| Vessel Name: | Unknown |
| Vessel Nationality: | Japanese |
| Type of Vessel: | Tanker |
| Depth to Wreck in Meters: | 19 |
| Depth to Seabed in Meters: | 20 |
| Location eg Gulf of Siam: | Gulf of Thailand |
| WGS Co-ordinates North: | 10.54 |
| WGS Co-ordinates East: | 99.36 |
| Length (m): | |
| Width (m): | |
| Tonnage: | 800 |
| Number of Props: | |
| How the Vessel Sunk?: | 17 July 1945 Morning 0915 hours to 1045 hoursUSS Bumper launched 3 torpedoes. First one missed and exploded at shore. Number 2 and 3 found the mark and did not leave much of the vessel. |
| Vessel Activity Priot to Sinking: | At anchor |
| Other Information: | There can be more pieces found on the surrounding hills than in the water. After getting hit by two torpedos and burning out prior to sinking it was later more or less salvaged by local fisherman.
War report : https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3079.html |
| Bottom Topology: | Sand |
| Dive Team Names and e-mail Addresses: | Sebastian Gintschel Oliver Zaiser |
| Your Email: | oz@gotex.co.th |
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| Your Web Site URL: | https://www.facebook.com/groups/3182691318621792 |
We salvaged a part in order to try to find numbers / markings :
We cleaned it up in order to preserve it. It was most likely a fuel diversion valve.
Pictures curtesy of Sebastian Gintschel 