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From the book "Bali Island", part 3 "North-East", episode 16.

8°16'30.63"S 115°35'34.21"E

The North coast of Bali, Tulamben village. It is well-known cause sunken cargo ship of the U.S. army "USAT Liberty". It was hit by a torpedo of Japanese submarine in 1942. The ship was towed to the shore and for a long time it remained afloat, but in 1963 during the eruption of the Agung volcano it was covered by ash, it slid down cause overload, and now it lies under water on the sandy slope at depths from 8 to 30 meters. And now this whopper of a length of 125 meters is overgrowing by soft corals, fish live in the holds and just sticking barrels of the guns remind of war time. The wreck is well-known over the world, there is always a lot of divers here and accordingly a lot of bubbles.

The ship is big, it is impossible to shoot her general view, therefore, look at just the fragments..


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