July 2013

Truk Lagoon was the scene of “Operation Hailstone” (Feb. 17-18, 1944), a devastating aerial bombardment by the US Navy on Japan’s largest Naval strongold in the Pacific.   Today it is known as the “world’s greatest wreck dive”, with more than 48 preserved and diveable wrecks all concentrated in one area.

To dive them is to step back in time.   You will see live munitions, guns, planes and tanks and personal artifacts from the period, such as china, bottles, books, shoes and even the occasional bone.  These wrecks are considered to be war graves.   You are allowed to penetrate the wrecks, but strict policies are in place that forbid the removal of anything from them.