Imperial Japanese Navy Submarine RO-60

Marshall Islands / Kwajalein / Ningi /
 Second World War 1939-1945, shipwreck
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Remains of a Japanese submarine RO-60 beached on the reef. Large pieces used to be visible at low tide but it's corroding away. The dark streaks on the reef are rust.

The RO-60 was laid down at Mitsubishi Yard on 5 December 1921 as a medium 990-ton L4 type submarine and ran aground on the reef on 29 December 1941. She was a part of the IJN's Submarine Squadron 7, Division 26 assigned to Kwajalein and, along with RO-61 and 62, were later assigned to Wake Occupation Group on 12 December 1941.

She was strafed sometime during the war, which caused her torpedoes to explode and blow her apart.

www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/subs/RO-60.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Type_L_submarine#L4_type_.28Ro-60_class.29
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Coordinates:   9°11'50"N   167°37'15"E
This article was last modified 13 years ago