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Coron is the third-largest island in the Calamian Islands in northern Palawan in the Philippines. The island is part of the larger municipality of the same name. It is about 170 nautical miles (310 km) southwest of Manila and is known for several Japanese shipwrecks of World War II vintage. Because of its unique ecological features, the entire ...
Most of Coron Bay is in the Coron Island Protected Area and is a traditional fishing area of the indigenous Tagbanwa tribe. Coron Bay is famous for diving on ten Japanese shipwrecks. The ships Akitsushima , Okikawa Maru , Irako , Kogyo Maru , Olympia Maru , Taiei Maru , Kyokuzan Maru , East Tangat Gunboat and Lusong Island Gunboat were sunk on ...
A Chinese junk that was beached then burned at Santa Catalina Island. Olympic II: 4 September 1940 A barge that collided with the Japanese freighter Sakito Maru off San Pedro. The wreck was blown up as a hazard to navigation. Palmyra: A schooner that was beached and burned off Santa Catalina Island, around 1938. Princess Louise: 20 June 1990
The list of shipwrecks of Humboldt County, California lists the ships which sank on or near the coast of Humboldt County from the Del Norte county line to the north, the marine area around Cape Mendocino and south to the Mendocino County line to the south, as well as within Humboldt Bay itself. If survivors or casualties arrived or were ...
The wreckage of a Second World War US Navy destroyer known as the “Ghost Ship of the Pacific” has been discovered off the coast of California almost eight decades after it sank.
The wreck of what was once known as the mysterious “the Ghost Ship of the Pacific” that fought on both sides of the Pacific theater in WWII has been discovered lying off the coast of ...
Shipwrecks of the California coast, in the Pacific Ocean Subcategories ... Wreck Alley; Y. SS Yankee Blade; USS Young (DD-312) HMCS Yukon (DDE 263) Z. Zenobia (1836 ship)
The man behind the wheel of a boat that crashed into a reef near San Diego Sunday with more than 30 smuggled passengers on board was charged in federal court Wednesday.