"Rabaul - Japanese Fortress 1942 - 1945"

Shipwrecks - Rabaul

An excellent reference on this subject is:

"Rabaul's Forgotten Fleet"
Authors:  Monica Foster, and Peter Stone

A truly remarkable book, documenting in detail 15 large
wrecks (from a total of 50) still resting in Rabaul waters, and an
incredible variety of  facts covering all aspects of both war
and peace in this paradise that has known such extremes.

Published by:
Oceans Enterprises
303 Commercial Road, Yarram  VIC  3971 Australia

To quote some fascinating statistics from this book:
"According to the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, (The Allied
Campaign Against Rabaul), 154 large freighters, 70 small cargo
ships, 517 barges and four submarines were sunk in Rabaul
waters during the war(WWII)".

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