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Japanese midget submarine wreck

-36m depth Bonin Islands Tokyo Japan. This is a Japanese navy midget submarine"kouhyoteki" wreck. Water temp was 20 degrees top to bottom.. Thanks to Fisheye dive shop and my buddy Mizushobai-san. The Fisheye is rebreather friendly dive shop.

from YouTube on Mon, May 05 2008

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