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80 Years After Oryoku Maru Sinking in WWII, Divers Return to Recover Remains of 250 Trapped Men

Summary by World War Wings
A Return to Subic Bay Eighty years after one of the Pacific War’s most tragic maritime losses, divers have returned to the waters of Subic Bay in the Philippines to search for men who never came home. Beneath the surface lies the wreck of the Oryoku Maru, a former passenger liner turned wartime transport that sank in December 1944 during American air attacks. Inside the wreck are believed to be the remains of as many as 250 prisoners of war who …
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World War Wings broke the news in on Monday, March 16, 2026.
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