KOROR STATE GOVERNMENT MARINE TOUR GUIDE ... - C3

Gozan Maru
A 305ft long naval cargo/transport vessel, almost completely salvaged with a debris field
on the bottom that is at a depth of 20m/60ft.
LST Type I
A 292ft long Japanese landing ship, designed to carry landing crafts, tanks, midget
submarines, cargo, and troops that lies at 20m/70ft to 30m/85ft.
Samidare
An Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyer that lies at 5m/15ft to 10m/30ft.
Sata
Sister ship to the Iro and lies completely capsized on a 36m/120ft bottom. No salvaging
was done on this wreck which sank on March 31, 1944. The ship is 470ft long like the
Iro.
Kamikaze Maru
This motor torpedo boat tender is sunk about a mile south of the Iro on a 35m/115ft
bottom. The stern of the ship is in very bad shape having had a large explosion destroy
most of it.
Ryuko Maru
A 321ft long Japanese Navy cargo steamer that sunk during air raids lies upright on a
36m/120ft bottom, bow pointed to the northeast.
Zero Fighter
Found upright in a few feet of water a few kilometers south of the single-seat fighter
located southeast of Koror. It is a popular snorkel site but only accessible during high
tide.
Information Source: Palau: Dive Sites, History, and Culture
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