RAIZAN MARU

History:
•  Japanese, medium size cargo Freighter
•  Built in 1943
•  Attacked by a Bunker Hill SBD (navy single-engine dive bomber) on 30 March, 1944
•  Heavily damaged – foreship lies 30 yards from the rest of the vessel
•  Bow lays blown apart
•  Slight damage to No. 2 hold
•  Significant damage to engine room from bombing and salvage attempts
•  Recovered ship's cargo – 2,500 tons of nickel ore and scrap iron
•  Stripped of all its upper superstructure, deck and hull

Artifacts:
•  Aft of amid ship – loose coils of cable strewn about

Marine Life:
•  Octopus, damsels, blue green chromis and many varieties of invertebrates
•  Coral: platter, brain, sponge and soft