The surprise American assault obliterated Japanese defenses, sinking dozens of ships and aircraft, turning Truk Lagoon into one of the largest underwater ship graveyards in the world. House ...

Chuuk Lagoon is home to the largest naval cemetery with sunken Japanese ships, aircraft, gas masks, bullets, and skulls from World War II. Formerly known as Truk Atoll, the lagoon is part of Chuuk ...

Jean-Baptiste Cazajous photographed the wreck of the Togo, a coal transport ship sunk by a mine explosion ... Rio de Janeiro wreck in Micronesia's Truk Lagoon. The Rio de Janeiro was a passenger ...

In 1944, the US Navy commences Operation Hailstone, a 48 hours combined air and ground attack that devastates the Japanese position at Truk Lagoon, an atoll in Micronesia.

The winning wreck photo shows a ship that sank when it hit a reef in ... control room of the Rio de Janeiro wreck in Micronesia's Truk Lagoon. The Rio de Janeiro was a passenger and cargo liner ...