Parker/Wallace Maru

Local Name:

Parker/Wallace Maru

Depth:

Depth is approximately 50 to 60 feet.

Anchoring:

Once again, we anchor at a nearby coral head and then simply use GPS to give us a bearing and swim over. We typically do the Parker/Wallace trio of ships as they are all fairly close and shallow enough to easily do in one dive for most people.

Location:

Latitude Longitude
Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds
8 43 52.560 167 43 8.340
8 43.87600 --------- 167 43.13900 ---------
8.73126 --------- --------- 167.71898 --------- ---------

Notes:

This wreck was found by Hal Parker and Scott Wallace. It is a little ship similar to our "Ski Area Wreck", but perhaps a tad smaller. it is facing roughly northeast and laying on its' port side.

Photos:

A shot of the bow makes it easy to see that the ship is resting on its' port side. I have seen several nurse sharks under here, so be careful if you take a peek under here!
Here's a shot that show some of the stern with the prop and rudder visible.
Peering over the starboard side, we see some of the cabin area and the stack. I believe that the room on the left is the galley.
While not the best shot, I thought I'd include this as it caught my eye. What the picture shows is a series of valuve (at least 6) all in a row. I don't recall seeing this on other ships. I wonder what the purpose of these valves might have been. Anyone have any ideas?

Nearby Attractions:


A few words of caution are due here!

While I believe that this data is fairly accurate, one must apply some common sense when using this data. If the point of origin is a coral head, you may have anchored at a slightly different spot than I did and your bearing to the next attraction could be slightly different than mine. I suggest checking with your own GPS before rolling in!

Also, know roughly how fast you swim so that you know approximately how long it should take to reach the next attraction. You can (and likely will) miss things from time-to-time and you should know when to abort and turn around before you are too far from your boat.

I strongly urge you to try the shorter swims first and build your navigation skills. I have set the cutoff distance for this table to 750 feet, but that is a considerable challenge even for the best navigators. An error of more than a few degrees in poor visibility and you can easily miss your destination at the extreme ranges!

From: Parker/Wallace Maru
AttractionDistance (feet)Bearing (deg mag)
GBR North Coral Head 749 330
GBR Coral Head 532 108
Britain Upright 647 153
Parker/Wallace LCM 271 162
Parker/Wallace Barge 213 165


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Fri Sep 3 01:51:29 UTC 2010