Navy
auxiliary supply ship (AK), Jap. "Yuso-sen"
Sunk on the 24 September 1944 by US Task Force
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Location:
East of the southeast corner of Lusong Island,
south of the Olympia Maru.
Access: By
banca 1 1/2 hour
Conditions:
Normally calm with some current. Visibility
10m (33ft) to 20m (66ft).
The
origin of this cargo vessel is not known,
probably built in Europe, captured and used
by the Japanese Fleet. This freighter was
sunk on 24 September 1944 by US aircraft,
the wreck - 129m (425ft) long, 6,352 gross
tons - lies on its starboard side pointing
230 degrees (compass bearing) in 36m (119ft)
of water. The port-side hull is at 22m (72ft).
A bulldozer and a cement mixer with about
1000 cement bags lies in one of the cargo
holes at 30m (99ft) depth. In another cargo
hole are still other construction supplies.
The Kogyo Maru is well covered with good corals,
particularly very large lettuce corals, shoals
of fish including fusiliers, snappers and
batfish, plus the ubiquitous lionfish and
scorpionfish.