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	Truk Lagoon wreck diving aboard the Truk Lagoon SS Thorfinn In Micronesia
		Truk Lagoon wreck diving aboard the Truk Lagoon SS Thorfinn In Micronesia
		Welcome aboard Truk Lagoon's SS Thorfinn, one of the world's largest and most seaworthy live aboard wreck diving cruisers.
		Captain and dive crew have long dived the wrecks of Truk Lagoon and documented their configurations in a published sketchbook.
	www.thorfinn.net (225 words)

	Truk Lagoon News & Events of Diving
		One was born on the remote island of Truk, Micronesia and one was born in the bustling city of Hamburg, Germany.
		Kimiuo was a walking history of the battle and had a photographic memory of the Lagoon at the time of the attack.
		He visited Truk Lagoon nearly every year and dived with Kimiuo until the patriarch was no longer able to join him on the dives.
	www.truk-lagoon-dive.com /news.htm (915 words)

	TRUK LAGOON DIVING, MICRONESIA DIVING, TRUK LAGOON, TRUK STOP HOTEL
		The Truk Lagoon Diving Center is staffed by professional dive instructors and staff who provide instruction, and equipment repair as well as escorting dives.
		Shipwrecks are the main attraction of the diving in Truk Lagoon but there are also many warplanes at relatively shallow depths that are ideal for 2nd and 3rd dives later in a diving day.
		Visibility on the outside of Truk Lagoon is generally very good, often surpassing 200 ft. Sharks, manta rays, sea turtles, tuna and schools of fish are likely sights.
	www.trukstophotel.com /Diving.html (1203 words)

	Truk (Chuuk)
		Truk is part of the Federated States of Micronesian, and consist of 11 major islands, and many smaller islets within a 40 mile wide lagoon surrounded by a protective reef.
		Truk was the Japanese "Gibraltar of the Pacific" the seemingly impregnable base for its combined and Fourth Fleets.
		Truk was strategically bypassed and neutralized by incirclement, island hopping and aerial attack by the USN, 13th AF and 7th AF.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/truk.html (306 words)

	Truk Lagoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Truk Lagoon is a sheltered body of water almost fifty miles long by thirty miles wide surrounded by a protective reef.
		The area consists of 11 major islands, and many smaller ones within the lagoon and is known today as the Chuuk islands, part of the Federated States of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean.
		At anchor in the lagoon were the Japanese Navy’s giant battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, tankers, cargo ships, tugboats, gunboats, minesweepers, landing craft, and submarines.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Truk_Lagoon (555 words)

	Chuuk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The main population center of Chuuk State is the Chuuk Lagoon, a large archipelago with mountainous islands surrounded by a string of islets on a barrier reef.
		During World War II, Truk Lagoon was the Empire of Japan's main base in the South Pacific.
		Truk was the base for Japanese operations against Allied forces in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Truk (957 words)

	Chuuck (Truk) History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Truk's history of early Spanish domination was followed by German acquisition after the Spanish-American war about 1890, and then a Japanese mandate from the League of Nations upon Germany's defeat in 1918.
		Situated as it is, Truk was the most important Japanese base in the Pacific Ocean, providing a vital staging point for air and sea support for the war fronts of the Solomons and New Guinea.
		Truk was considered the most formidable of all Japanese strongholds in the Pacific.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /micronesia/about_destin/fsm_truk_history.html (924 words)

	Truk Blue Lagoon Resort, former Truk Continental Hotel,Hotel Resort on Chuuck (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Truk Continental Hotel is set in lush tropical gardens on a point of Weno Island with breathtaking views across one of the largest coral enclosed lagoons in the world.
		The 56 air-conditioned rooms have individual balconies from where the views of Truk Lagoon, outer islands, sunrises and sunsets are magnificent.
		Truk Lagoon is one of the world's premier dive destinations.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /micronesia/hotels/truk_continental.html (449 words)

	Truk Lagoon
		Truk has everything that the other Pacific atolls have - the clear water, corals, and sharks on the outer reef but Truk is unique because you dive exclusively inside the lagoon.
		Truk is a group of nine islands inside a forty mile radius barrier reef.
		At times there were 1500 vessels at anchor in the Lagoon and the base was a continual thorn in the side of the allies who were forced to run supply convoys further south.
	www.underwaterphotography.com /Articles/Travel/Truk.asp (1513 words)

	Truk Lagoon dive trip
		Truk Lagoon is the wreck diver's ultimate destination, suitable for both novice and experienced divers.
		The calm, clear, sheltered lagoon is one of the largest in the world and being relatively free of currents, providing safe, easy diving conditions.
		On February 17th and 18th 1944, the U.S. navy launched a devastating air attack on the Japanese Imperial Fleet that was situated inside the sheltered waters of Truk Lagoon.
	www.abyss.com.au /TTruk.html (440 words)

	Truk scuba Adventure Travel Underwater Phantaseas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Truk Lagoon is a wreck diver's paradise and an underwater photographer's dream.
		The diving in Truk Lagoon is mysterious and exciting with its beautiful soft coral growth and schools of colorful fish.
		The warm waters of Truk Lagoon are home to large variety of marine life including lionfish, clownfish, tuna, freckled frogfish, turtles, grouper and gray reef and white tip sharks.
	www.underwaterphantaseas.com /travel/truk.shtml (372 words)

	Dive Global Destination :: Truk (Chuuk)
		Truk Lagoon’s sunken fleet draped with brilliant soft corals, awaits your visit to view myriads of tiny multi-colored fish mixed with rays, wrasses, tuna, barracuda, and patrolling sharks.
		The Chuuk Islands (former Truk Lagoon) are part of the Caroline Islands in the South Pacific.
		The water temperature is on average a comfortable 82°F. The warm tropical water, prolific marine life and ocean currents have transformed the wrecks at Truk Lagoon into breathtakingly beautiful coral gardens and artificial reefs, home to hundreds of exotic marine animals and fish.
	www.diveglobal.com /explore_destinations/destinations/micronesia/truk.asp (1141 words)

	CDNN :: Scuba Diving for Sunken Warships in Truk Lagoon Chuuk
		The lagoon, on the island state of Chuuk in Micronesia, was the scene of a little-known battle which played a pivotal role in ending the war in the Pacific and turned the ocean floor here into the world's premier wreck-diving destination.
		Truk was the largest Japanese garrison in the Pacific outside of Japan and a huge obstacle for the Americans in their push toward Tokyo.
		To many war historians, the battle of Truk Lagoon was Japan's Pearl Harbour: Operation Hailstone was a surprise air attack launched from aircraft carriers; there was no invasion, and the attackers suffered relatively minor losses (only 25 US aircraft were shot down in the two-day battle).
	www.cdnn.info /news/travel/t050805.html (1723 words)

	MJ ADVENTURE: Secrets of the Deep - Diving Micronesia's Truk Lagoon
		Truk is a name that strikes fear and lust into the heart of every recreational diver.
		The lagoon itself is enclosed by a 140-mile-long coral reef, the third largest in the world, roughly 1,700 nautical miles southeast of Japan in the South Pacific.
		The Blue Lagoon is a lazy swim backward in time: The melting asphalt driveway is the old airstrip where the doomed Japanese planes took off, and the dive shop itself is guarded by five rusted anti-aircraft guns.
	mensjournal.com /adventure/0511/diving_truk.html (1911 words)

	High Sierra Divers:Truk (Chuuk) Dive Trip.
		Truk Lagoon's sunken fleet has become the standard by which all other wreck dives are measured.
		In February of 1944, Japan's fortress of Truk Lagoon was attacked by Task Force 58 - a group of nine aircraft carriers and related cruisers, destroyers and subs.
		Truk Lagoon is by no means limited to just sunken ships.
	www.hsdivers.com /truk.html (419 words)

	Lagoon Map (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Truk is a shallow lagoon in the western Pacific.
		Outside the lagoon's barrier reef the ocean floor is thousands of feet down, but depths inside are two hundred feet or less.
		There are a dozen or so islands within the lagoon that are large enough to have permanent residents, and a few smaller islets that are used for stop-overs by fishermen and other travellers.
	www.geocities.com /el_dano.geo/lagoon.htm (74 words)

	Truk Lagoon Underwater Fleet, Truk Atoll -- Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A National Register of Historic ...
		Truk Lagoon served as an important and formidable Japanese advance naval base during World War II, and today contains the remains of numerous sea vessels from this period.
		Within the lagoon are the submerged remains of freighters, tankers, supply vessels, the Fumitsuki, a Japanese destroyer and the 1-169, a large Japanese submarine.
		Today, the "underwater fleet" at Truk, resting amidst an infinite variety of marine life and containing the honored remains of Japanese warriors, is one of the world's underwater treasures.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/aviation/tru.htm (392 words)

	Truk Lagoon 2006 Prices
		Departures from Truk are on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Saturdays, arriving Manila via Guam the same evening, where an overnight stay is required.
		Truk Odyssey cruises are 7 nights in duration, with 5½ days diving, and start/finish in Moen on Sundays.
		It is possible to combine a trip to Truk Lagoon with a trip to Bikini Atoll.
	www.scuba-safaris.com /pages/prices/Truk2006.html (323 words)

	Truk Lagoon (Chuuk)
		Truk is best wreck diving in the world overall because of the numerous wrecks and their preservation and beauty.
		The wrecks of Truk Lagoon are war graves.
		The Trukese hope preserve their lagoon as an underwater living monument and museum of the war.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/truk_lagoon.html (204 words)

	Truk Lagoon History with Blue Lagoon Dive Shop
		Wreck divers fortunate enough to visit Truk Lagoon in Chuuk State today are offered many choices -- by Gradvin's count 48 incredible wrecks to dive on, three live-aboard dive boats to dive from, several good hotels and restaurants.
		The lure of Truk's unique diving came to the attention of American divers with the February 1972 issue of Skin Diver magazine.
		Truk's then Distad John Sablan pushed for approval from Saipan headquarters, and also authorized loan of the Marine Resources compressor.
	www.truk-lagoon-dive.com /history.htm (2299 words)

	Scuba Diving Truk Lagoon - Dive Truk (Chuuk) Atoll - Scuba Dive Travel Micronesia, Dive Adventures Australia
		The lagoon is the final resting place for more than 100 ships, planes and submarines - the legacy of a fierce World War II battle between the Imperial Japanese Fleet and Allied carrier planes.
		Truk is indisputably a Diver's Mecca, suitable for both novice and experienced divers.
		Blue Lagoon Resort is located on a palm fringed point of Moen Island with breathtaking views of the largest lagoon in the world.
	www.diveadventures.com /pages/destinations/Micronesia/truk.htm (1050 words)

	Truk Lagoon/Palau
		Truk Lagoon's sunken fleet has become the standard by which all other wreck dives are measured.
		In February of 1944, Japan's fortress of Truk Lagoon was attacked by Task Force 58 - an Allied group of nine aircraft carriers and related cruisers, destroyers and subs.
		In the far southwest of Micronesia, due west of Truk, lies the Republic of Belau (the traditional name) consisting of an archipelago of 343 islands, only eight of which are inhabited by the 14,000 inhabitants.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/2460.html (1611 words)

	MJ ADVENTURE: Secrets of the Deep - Diving Micronesia's Truk Lagoon
		Truk is a name that strikes fear and lust into the heart of every recreational diver.
		The lagoon itself is enclosed by a 140-mile-long coral reef, the third largest in the world, roughly 1,700 nautical miles southeast of Japan in the South Pacific.
		The Blue Lagoon is a lazy swim backward in time: The melting asphalt driveway is the old airstrip where the doomed Japanese planes took off, and the dive shop itself is guarded by five rusted anti-aircraft guns.
	www.mensjournal.com /adventure/0511/diving_truk.html (1911 words)

	Truk Lagoon Wreck Diving aboard the SS Thorfinn In Micronesia
		Truk Lagoon Wreck Diving aboard the SS Thorfinn In Micronesia
		Welcome aboard Truk Lagoon's SS Thorfinn, one of the world's largest and most seaworthy live aboard dive cruisers.
		Truk Lagoon and many adjacent sparkling islands of Micronesia will satisfy and possibly spoil you forever.
	www.thorfinn.net /truk_lagoon_overview.asp (486 words)

	Truk Lagoon-The Sea of Cortez Scuba Center
		Truk Lagoon's 'Shipwreck City' is the site of some of the world's best, safest and most affordable diving.
		She was then towed to Truk by Oyodo where she was sunk, all 43 hands on board going down with her..
		Rabaul came under attack before Truk, and Yamagiri was transported to the Truk repair facility to complete her rehabilitation.
	www.seaofcortez.com /Truk.html (1124 words)

	Thorfinn in Truk Lagoon - Floating Resort for Divers.
		Truk Lagoon's 'Shipwreck City' is the site of some of the world's best, safest and most comfortable diving....
		Truk Lagoon's 'Shipwreck City' is the site of some of the world's best, safest and most affordable diving.
		Two 14 day cruises between Truk and Yap states of the FSM are scheduled for June 2006.
	www.hideawayholidays.com.au /thorfinn.htm (1112 words)

	Scuba Diving Liveaboard Cruises Liveaboards Odyssey Chuuk/Truk Lagoon
		The Odyssey offers 7 night cruises in Truk all year round.
		There are more than 60 wrecks of the ghost fleet of Truk, which are today nature protected and are considered to be the Mecca for wreck divers.
		Truk, with its big protected lagoon used to be the biggest marine base of the Japanese in the Pacific and in the American "Operation Hailstone", in mid February of 1944 this fleet of mainly mercantile vessels was destroyed by massive air strikes.
	www.best-dives.com /links/odyssey.html (235 words)

	CLASSIC DIVING BOOKS - The wrecks of Truk Lagoon.
		Truk Lagoon has attracted thousands of divers from all over the world to this magnificent atoll, one of the biggest in the world.
		There were, and still are, the definitive work on the wrecks of Truk Lagoon, so detailed that on the several occasions that I have dived Truk, I did not update my normal log book, but instead, simply underlined and dated what I had seen and read in a softcover of the first edition.
		Section One covers Truk (or Chuuk as it is now); section two follows on with the Japanese occupation of the islands.
	classicdivebooks.customer.netspace.net.au /oeclassics-loc-truk.html (842 words)

	Scuba Dive in Truk Lagoon - Dive Fish Snow Travel
		Truk is a wreck divers paradise, suitable for both novice and experienced divers.
		The Truk Lagoon ocean floor holds an entire Japanese fleet frozen in time, where it sank in February 1944.
		As the lagoon has been declared a monument, salvage and souvenir taking of relics are prohibited by law.
	www.divefishsnow.co.nz /dive/truk-lagoon/default.asp (472 words)

	Truk Lagoon: The Ultimate Wreck Trip
		Truk Lagoon was so fantastic that we have to go back again.
		The Truk Odyssey was originally a forty passenger cruise ship in Fiji, purchased by two Americans, and converted into a premier dive boat accommodating only 16 lucky wreck divers.
		The 126’ Truk Odyssey screams space. Six cabins (14’x18’) have either one king or two twin beds, one cabin (10’x9’) accommodates either a couple or two singles, and two cabins (11’x6’) are singles. Each cabin has it’s own bathroom, air conditioning, carpeting, porthole or window, and plenty of storage space.
	www.downdive.com /Trips/Truk07/index.htm (233 words)

	Scuba Safaris - Truk Lagoon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The island's lagoon provided the Japanese with a deep and safe anchorage for freighters, tankers and supply ships, a vital logistic and strategic staging post during World War II as the Japanese Fleet swept all before it on its seemingly invincible march across the Pacific.
		By 1944, as Japan was in retreat across all fronts, Truk would often contain dozens of warships and supply ships.
		The Blue Lagoon Resort provides a convenient base for those looking for occasional diving, while the liveaboards Truk Odyssey and Truk Aggressor operate extended charters to Truk's legendary "Ghost Fleet" and to some of her fantastic outer reefs.
	www.scuba-safaris.com /pages/destination/truk (199 words)

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