Amagisan Maru

3D Model

Amagisan Maru – Passenger cargo ship with strong list to port. Large bow gun, trucks in hold and on sand floor, aircraft parts and staff car in front hold. Depth: 80-180ft/25-55m The Amagisan Maru was a large 450ft/136m, 7,620-ton Passenger Freighter built in 1933 by Mitsui Bussan Kaisha of Tokyo. She has six holds, and was designed with an extended bridge island amidships with holds served by kingposts built at the fore and aft ends of the island. Pairs of larger holds are located fore and aft of the midships island with tall topmasts mounted atop goal-post kingposts positioned between each pair. The Amagisan Maru sailed the Japan to New York route via the Panama Canal in the 1930’s, and was placed in the Japanese Naval Service in 1941. 17th February 1944, the Amagisan Maru was attacked and sunk by aircraft from USS Bunker Hill during Operation Hailstone. Scanned by Marcus Blatchford and processed with Agisoft Metashape pro as part of the Truk Wreck Baseline Project. www.facebook.com/groups/952753025117628