Kansho Maru was a combined passenger-cargo ship displacing 4,860 tons, 385ft long & 52ft wide. After requisition by the Japanese navy she was used a s a general supply ship plying the waters between Japan, the Marshalls & other parts of Micronesia. Kansho Maru was attacked on both 17 & 18 February 1944; it was reported that both a torpedo and 1000lb bomb hit her. She now sits almost upright on a sandy bottom; her stern, at about 130ft, is the deepest point of the wreck. Her starboard anchor is out on the sea floor, and her port anchor is stowed. There is an excellent bow gun with ammunition at about 70ft. From the fo’csle all the way to the bridge is severely damaged, the whole area buckled inwards. The bridge has an excellent radio room, telegraph & compass binnacle. The outside bridge area has a fabulous anemone colony with dozens of clownfish.