Heian Maru

At over 150 m, the Heian Maru is the largest ship in the lagoon — a prewar NYK passenger liner converted into a submarine tender, caught at anchor in the February 1944 raids. Her name remains readable on the bow in both Latin and Japanese characters, a detail that stops most divers mid-fin-kick. Because she rests on her side, swimming her length feels like flying along a steel cliff: propellers, promenade windows, and holds where spare periscopes and torpedo bodies lie racked in the dark. Her scale means most visitors take two dives to feel they have seen her at all.

Khoảnh khắc bạn đến vì nó: The lettered bow; periscopes and torpedoes in the holds; the sheer scale of a liner-sized hull on its side.

Địa hình: Hull on its port side across the lagoon floor at about 34 m

Điểm vào: Moored dive; orientation matters — the ship lies on her port side, so decks read as walls.

Nguy hiểm cần lưu ý: Sideways orientation disorients inside; long swim distances for the air supply; torpedo warheads and ordnance remain in the holds.

Bảo tồn: Widely treated as a war grave — crew died in the attacks. Dive her as a memorial: nothing lifted, nothing rearranged, remains untouched.

Nitrox: Đáng dùng ở đây — các hồ sơ nằm trong khoảng độ sâu mà nitrox có thể kéo dài thời gian không dừng một cách thực sự có ý nghĩa (khi đã được đào tạo sử dụng).