Modern Shipwrecks in the Marshall Islands
Wreck of the Toreshima Maru in Maloelap Lagoon
A Photo Essay
by Dirk HR Spennemann


The partially submerged wreck of the Japanese freighter Toreshima Maru, off Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll. The vessel was sunk by US aircraft during World War II.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)




[Atolls of the Marshall Islands]


Bibliographic citation for this document

Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Modern Shipwrecks in the Marshall Islands--Wreck of the Toreshima Maru in Maloelap Lagoon--A Photo Essay. URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/History/Taroa_ToreshimaMaru.html

CONTACT:
Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia.
e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au


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