Toa Maru

Toa Maru No 2 is a World War II Japanese transport ship sunk by the American submarine USS Searaven (SS-196)[1] off Gizo, Solomon Islands on 25 November 1943.

The hull of the wreck is intact and lying on its starboard side.

The ships masts are still attached to the hull; however, recently the superstructure has fallen into the sand.

The contents of the ship's six cargo holds include sake bottles, ammunition magazines, two Type 95 tanks, motor-cycle sidecar combinations, and a fuel tanker.

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