Iro Maru

Iro

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Not the Iro Maru as there was no ship named Iro Maru. This ship was named IRO when she was built. She was designed to be a warship just as she was destined to be a shipwreck of Palau.

Palau Shipwrecks

470 Foot length, 58 foot beam Shiretoko Class Combined Fleet Oilier

 The Iro lays in 125 feet of water with her starboard anchor straight down, in Western Lagoon and is located at N7 17.648 E134 25.229.

Giant Clams, good visibility and easy penetration. I penetrated the forward Cargo hold to the floor at 102 feet 31 Meters on November 8, 2006. Sister ship to the Sata

The Iro was attacked by aircraft from the Carrier Bunker Hill as part of Task Force 58, Operation Desecrate One, on March 30 and finished off the following day by aircraft from the Carrier Yorktown. She had been previously hit by a torpedo from the US Submarine Tunny on March 22, 1944 West of Palau.

Pictures from the Iro 11 December 2006

Pictures on 11 December are compliments of Doctor Cassie Hamilton

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Pictures from the Iro 8 November 2006

 

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Just for the 3 pictures below you may click for a large picture that is printable or you may download the link below the picture

   Download   #6 Iro                            #7 IRO                            #8 IRO    Download

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Pictures below compliments of Jens Jahn "IT IS NOT ABOUT HOW MANY YEARS YOU GET TO LIVE IN, BUT HOW MUCH LIFE THERE IS IN THE YEARS YOU GET."

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