Ship Wreck "IJN RO-65"
This Japanese Type L RO-60 class submarine (1925) accidently dived into a reef while trying to avoid an air attack on 26 September 1942. A total 45 other sailors managed to escape unharmed.
The wrecks is partly salvaged: the deck guns are missing among others.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons
- Wrecksite.eu
- Pacific wrecks
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- Former Japanese Harbor & Sea Plane Base - Kiska
- Japanese Guns Kiska Harbor - Kiska
- Japanese Type-A Midget Submarine - Kiska
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Ship wreck
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