Join the DayDream Adventure Team in Palau and dive the 143 m / 471 ft long oil tanker IRO.
The Oil tanker Iro, probably one of the most dived wreck in Palau and a favorite dive site by many. Iro is definitely a world class wreck site and with its astonishing length of 143 meter (471 feet) there is a lot to explore and not possible to accomplish in one dive (unless diving technical but even then we strongly suggest more dives if you fully want to explore and enjoy this wreck).
Iro together with its sister ship Sata does not include the name “Maru” in their ship name as most of other wrecks in Palau. Most of ships sunken in Palau were originally civilian ship designed for transportation or likewise and later equipped with various guns, bombs and other war equipment and therefore given the name “Maru” in its title in connection to the original name. “Maru” in Japanese means “circle” referring to the fact that transportation ships usually moves in a circle like movement, returning to its port. Warships on the other hand, as we all know do not always return again after leaving port… Iro and Sata were originally built for warfare. In the 1920´s building programs ten Shiretoko- class fleet oilers were ordered by the Japanese Navy, including the Iro and Sata.
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