Originally Posted by
Globocnik
Whatever the amount it does rather pale in to insignificance when one thinks of the amount of allied shipping down there.
We get a TV show on Discovery over here called "Expedition Shipwreck" (worth the watch if you can access it on your side of the pond - last week they explored the wrecks of the Hood and Prince of Wales). Anyway, last night part was about Truk Lagoon - the wrecks of 40(!) Japaneses ships sunk back in 1944 by a US Navy multi-day carrier raid. The wrecks are rapidly deteriorating, and there is great concern that they are about to breakup and release large amounts of oil and Diesel into the lagoon (at least five of the ships were tankers).