This relatively small freighter lies on a sloping reef with the stern at 10 meters and the bow at 30. She is called the Helmet Wreck because one of the most striking features was stacks of helmets in the hold, fused together from spending 54 years beneath the waves. The Vertical Wreck is the best wreck I've ever dived, for the stunning visibility and sense of discovery. The Helmet Wreck is by far the best from every other perspective.
Artifacts are seemingly everywhere.
The visibility was good at about 15 meters, and I could have spent dive after dive here. The wreck gave you a real sense of history, without the undignified display of skulls and bones you see in pictures from Truk, and I was a bit quiet after surfacing. All rights reserved. Website is created and designed by Dennis Wong , 2000.