El lago de la “flota fantasma” - el mayor cementerio de barcos y restos bélicos sumergidos del mundo

[Ayudante De Santa]

[Tyler Durden]

Bucear entre un ejército “fantasma”sumergido: aviones de combate, tanques, bagones de ferrocarril, motos, torpedos, bombas, cajas de municiones, barcos, máscaras de gas, un submarino y restos humanos. En el Pacífico, y a unos 1.700 kilómetros al norte de Guinea se encuentra Laguna Truk (o Chuuk), un atolón resguardado por coral que encierra una enorme laguna, que en tiempos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial fue elegida por la armada japonesa como un puerto natural y una gigantesca base de operaciones a veces mencionada como “el Gibraltar del Pacífico” (de hecho, la principal base de operaciones japonesa de entonces en el Pacífico sur). El 17 de febrero de 1944 los estadounidenses lanzan un ataque en el que decenas de barcos japoneses, aviones y todo tipo de materiales bélicos terminaron en el fondo de la laguna. El sitio, es hoy uno de los Estados Federados de Micronesia, pero la huella del colonialismo, y sobre todo de los conflictos y de esa gran batalla, están presente tanto sobre tierra como debajo del mar. Laguna Truk es el mayor cementerio de barcos y restos bélicos sumergidos accesible del mundo.



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