The Yamagiri Maru is a combined freighter/passenger liner that is now resting on its port side in 110ft of water. Similar to the Kiyuzumi, the Yamagiri was sitting at the repair anchorage due to torpedo damage inflicted by the U.S.S. Drum two months earlier. She was sunk in multiple airstrikes from the Yorktown and Bunker Hill. Hold 5 is of particular interest, since it holds several 14in battleship gun shells along with other miscellaneous equipment. This wreck also begins to highlight a particular aspect of the Japanese strategy.....liquid courage. EVERY shipwreck is littered with thousands of beer and sake bottles. Its like the day after a bad frat bash.
14in battleship shells:
Beer bottles
What looks like a cement mixer:
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