''Toa Maru'' No 2 is a World War II Japanese transport ship sunk by the American submarine off Gizo, Solomon Islands on 25 November 1943.

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The hull of the wreck is intact and lying on its starboard side. The ships masts are still attached to the hull; however, recently the superstructure has fallen into the sand. The deepest point of the wreck is by the stern, which rests in of water; however, the top of the wreck can be reached at a depth of . The contents of the ship's six cargo holds include sake bottles, ammunition magazines, two Type 95 tanks, motor-cycle sidecar combinations, and a fuel tanker. However, since the sinking, the ship has been salvaged removing some of the cargo and the ship's propeller. In its 2010 travel guide, ''Diver'' magazine named the wreck as one of the top 20

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Ships sunk by American submarines World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean Maritime incidents in November 1943 Gizo, Solomon Islands Wreck diving sites {{ship-stub