Shoun Maru
Japanese military cargo ship over 100 m long that sank in Sasanhaya Bay after attack by aircraft from USS White Plains on 23 June 1944; she rests on white sand with a large colony of garden eels nearby, maximum depth about 33 m. It lies inside the Sasanhaya Bay Fish Reserve, where damaging the wrecks is prohibited by local law. Diveable year-round but spring tides can bring strong current.
Facts
- Region: Mariana Islands – Guam & Saipan
- Area: Rota
- Depth: 33 m
- Level: intermediate
- Current: moderate
- Type: wreck
- Coordinates: 14.128, 145.151 (approximate)
- Highlights: Japanese cargo ship, garden eels, white sand, wreck
- Unverified: No published GPS found; the pin is placed in Sasanhaya Bay off Songsong (where the ship was sunk in June 1944) and is only indicative.
- Tips: Deep: check gas often. Do not damage or remove anything from the wreck, which is protected by Rota local law 9-2.