Wreck of Teiyo Maru

Papua New Guinea / Madang / Finschhafen /
 Second World War 1939-1945, military, navy, ship, shipwreck
The Teiyo Maru was an Imperial Japanese Army Transport sunk at this location at 1730hrs on March 3rd, 1943 during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Near-missed by at least 11 bombs of various sizes, the unarmored ship was struck with four bombs and and two torpedoes before suffering a large onboard explosion and fire. 17 of her crew, 15 shipboard gunners and 1,882 troops aboard the ship at the time of her loss were killed in her sinking.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bismarck_Sea
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Coordinates:   6°56'0"S   148°16'0"E
This article was last modified 12 years ago