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An outboard motor and some propeller blades in Hold 1 of the Fujikawa Maru.It is a short trip south from Eten Island to the Fujikawa Maru for an afternoon ‘shallow’ dive. This freighter is 132 metres long and lies upright in 34 metres of water. The ship was mainly used to transport aircraft. We descended over the big funnel and headed over the holds to the bow. The 6-inch bow gun was taken from an old cruiser. I followed Neil into Hold 1 where we found aircraft propeller blades and wings. He took some photos of an outboard motor at the bottom of the hold at 37 metres. I then followed Neil through the superstructure corridors and into the engine room. There are catwalks, a long staircase and a six-cylinder diesel engine. Neil went down into the aft holds while I swam along the deck to the stern and saw the matching cruiser gun. On our second visit to this wreck, Rod, Michael and I headed straight for Hold 2, which is in front of the superstructure. We entered the hold between the hatch cover beams and found three Zeros without engines. Michael took some photos of us in and around the fighters. Rod sat in the cockpit of one of them for a photo opportunity. We then headed up to the superstructure, which is now fairly open due to the deterioration of the steel and wooden structure in the relatively shallow water. |
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