PSAI China Truk Lagoon Wreck Diving Trip
In September 2015, PSAI China instructor Gallup Lee (ITE-85) led a wreck diving team to the world famous wreck divers’ heaven—Truk Lagoon. During their week-long stay, the group of 7 PSAI technical divers from Hong Kong and Shanghai explored ten of the several dozen sunken Japanese warships in the pristine waters of Truk Lagoon, all of which were destroyed in World War II during the Operation Hailstone attack by U.S. Navy. Among them are the famous deep wreck San Francisco Maru, Kensho Maru, Heian Maru, Shinkoku Maru, Yamagiri Maru, Houki Maru and many others. Most of the wrecks are merchant ships that served as transport ships during WWII, some of them sit upright underwater and many of them are very accessible for penetrations. The divers were awed by the voluminous ammunitions, bombs, mines, oil barrels, fighter plane parts, as well as trucks and bulldozers found inside the cargo holds, as well as the tanks and anti-aircraft guns found on the decks. They were also mesmerized by the multi-storey engine rooms where many of the machinery, controls and tools were still in place. When the team left Truk Lagoon, the vivid memories of the wrecks were implanted deep in their minds, reminding them always of the magnitude of human destruction and the solemn significance of world peace.
PSAI 中國：特魯克礁湖沉船潛水之旅
2015年9月，在PSAI-中國教練李旭東的領導下，一隊來自香港和上海的技術潛水員遠赴世界有名的沉船潛點—-特魯克礁湖。一行七人在一周的潛水行程中造訪了沉沒在清澈的特魯克水域中的數十艘戰船的其中之十。這些沉船全都是在第二次世界大戰期間，遭美國海軍在一次名為「冰雹行動」的突襲中摧毀，因而長眠海底的。它們大部分是當時日軍徵用作運輸補給鑑的商用船，包括聞名已久的深海沉船桑港丸、還有乾祥丸、平安丸、神国丸、山霧丸、伯耆丸等等。雖然它們全都是遭炸毀而沉沒的，但其中不少的船體結構頗為完整，甚至有些還是直立海床的。潛水員作沉船穿越時，在船艙中發現大量的槍彈、炸彈、水雷、油桶、戰機部件、甚至卡車和推土機等，又在甲版看到多部坦克和一些高射炮，震懾不已。更讓我們感到震撼的，是那些有數層樓高的巨大機房，以及裏面保存完整的機器、操控版和各種各樣的工具。當潛水隊伍離開特魯克的時候，他們還帶走了深刻而難忘的潛水回憶，讓他們銘記人類的破壞力原來可以如此驚人，同時也讓他們體悟世界和平的深切意義何在。
