CHUYO MARU

History:

•  Japanese - Medium sized costal freighter
•  Bombed during Operation DESCECRATE ONE on March 31 st 1944
•  1 st hit on the port side amidship by a 500 lb bomb
•  After another 2 bomb hits, she sank on April 1
•  Rests upright

Artifacts:

•  Remains of the brass compass and ship's telegraph in the bridge
•  2 Anchors on the port side of the deck
•  In the 1990s a fishing boat snagged the Chuyo anchor. Its anchor broke trying to lift both anchors
•  All holds are empty 

Armament:

•  Stern gun: standard short barrel, 12cm, 1.86-ton maximum range of 17,388 feet
•  4 am munition boxes and 2 depth charge launchers both containing a depth charge.

Marine Life:

•  Heavy black coral, cock's comb oysters and soft coral growth line the rails and deck
•  Large number of translucent shrimps & Lion fish
•  Banded Pipefish, Shrimp, Tomato Anemone fish and Tridacna clams, Stone fish & Yellow Ribbon eel on fore & aft mast