In February 1944, U.S. aircraft carriers launched a surprise attack on a remote South Pacific harbor housing several Japanese transport ships.
The World War II offensive, called "Operation Hailstorm," dealt a devastating blow to the Imperial fleet, sinking over 45 ships, including armed cargo ships, huge tankers, small destroyers and a submarine. Several planes were also sent to their final resting place, the tranquil ocean floor of Truk Lagoon. Fifty years later, these relics of war are magnificent reefs housing countless tropical fish, anemones and macro critters. Antiaircraft guns and tank turrets are now cloaked in plumes of colorful soft corals. It is truly a wreck diver's paradise. . .
Throughout the week, the Truk Aggressor II explores the most beautiful wrecks in the lagoon including the Nippo Maru, Fujikawa Maru and Fumitzuki Destroyer. Tanks, tractors, trucks, planes, artillery shells, dinner ware and saki bottles are just a fraction of the artifacts awaiting your discovery in the holds of these sunken ships. Truk Aggressor II divers even have the opportunity to pilot a Japanese bomber, or at least pretend to, on the well-intact plane wreck, Betty Bomber.
The warm waters of Truk Lagoon are home to large variety of marine life including lionfish, clownfish, tuna, freckled frogfish, turtles, grouper and grey reef and white tip sharks.
