Akitsushima Maru
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Created on 2017-08-20 00:00:00.0
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Description (0)Japanese Navy Seaplane Tender
113m long, 16m wide, draught 6.5 m
Max depth: 38m / min 17m / Average 26m
Bow heading 110 degrees SE
Black mooring ball tied in 15m to the deck (no 2nd mooring at this time)
For experienced divers (deeper penetration, currents at times)
History: The Akitsushima is the only warship sunk in Coron Bay. She was anchoring west of Lusung beween Lajo island and Mangalet close to the Okikawa Maru.
Possible dives on the wreck and things to see:
The Akitsushima is a seaplane tender with a crane used to lower the planes down into the water. The planes (Kawanishi) would then take off from there. On deck you can still see parallel lines. This ship broke apart in the back. That is actually a very interesting place to go into the wreck. We dived through the crack from the underside of the wreck (the keel) through twisted metalsheets and a cloud of glasfish. In front there are gun placements. You can dive away from the wreck, following the radio mast all covered with black corals and sponges. Close to the mast are gunplacements pointing to the bottom.
Animals to see: lionfish, a group of batfish, many glasfish, black corals, shrimps and much more. In the big gap halfway to the back there are small waspfish hiding (see Kogyo Maru) in the black corals.
Andy Pownell from Sangat island Resort has found a small boat about 50 m from the Akitsushima, probably a landing boat. ReviewsBe the first to add a review!Helpful LinksNearby Places(to show the Places layer, click the layer button in the top right corner of the map)Be the first to add a Place!Nearby Markers (to show the Nearby Markers layer, click the layer button in the top right corner of the map)
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