Japanese Transport Ship
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In the Spring of 1945, U.S. 'Navy Seabees' sank 24 captured Japanese transport ships here to establish a breakwater for better supplying of Iwo Jima. This project was not a succes and was quickly abandoned. The wrecks are still there.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 24°46'56"N 141°17'34"E
- Largest Active Fumerole on Iwo Jima 0.7 km
- HILL 362-A 2.2 km
- Tenzan Charnel House 4.2 km
- Wreck of Japanese Transport No. 138 69 km
- JD1BMH 272 km
- Nishinoshima (updated) 278 km
- Kita-jima 283 km
- Iwo To / Iwo Jima 2.5 km
- 南硫黄島/ Minami Iōjima 63 km
- Kita Iojima 73 km
- Haha-jima island 226 km
- Chichi-jima island 271 km
- 兄島/ Ani-jima 277 km
- 弟島/ Ototo-jima 280 km
- Izu-Ogasawara Trench 559 km
- Torishima Volcano, 394 m 642 km
- Sumisu-jima (Smith`s island) 751 km