F-420 Japanese WWII Beer Bottle from Truk Lagoon
Wreck
This was taken by me from the wreck of the Japanese “Rio De Janiero”
Maru which was sunk off of Truk Lagoon (by New Guinea). This ship is a 961
foot-long Naval transport and submarine tender that was sunk during the US
attack of Truk Lagoon, which was considered retaliation for the attack on Pearl
Harbor. Operation Hailstone started on February 17, 1944 and lasted for three
days; it was one of 60 Japanese ships and 275 planes were sent to the bottom of
the lagoon during the attack. The bottle measures 11.5” tall (29.2cm) and is
produced of brown glass. There is lots of Japanese writing on the bottle. I
picked this up on a diving trip I took back in 2003. An interesting piece of WWII
history!
$75.00
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Item F-420
