The U.S.A.T LIBERTY, a 120 meter long shipwreck is the remains of a US World War II freight, torpedoed on January 11.1942 at 4.15h by Japanese submarine while crossing the Lombok Strait carrying rubber and railway parts from Australia to the Philippines.
Two US destroyers hitched up to the ship and tried to tow it to the port of Singaraja. The damaged was immense she was taking too much water and her crew ran the vessel up onto the beach of Tulamben 70 km away from the nearest safe harbor.
In 1963 the Liberty was pushed to her present location by the eruption of the volcano Gunung Agung. During this process the hull broke into two pieces. Now she’s laying only 30 m from the Tulamben beach on a sandy slope 90º on her side parallel to the shore, the deck side faces the ocean.
Definitively one of the best places for scuba diving in the world!
junio 15th, 2010 at 9:41
Really beautifull!!!
agosto 15th, 2010 at 15:41
woww !!such a wonderful place !!! te pasastes estas fotos son impresionantes …
marzo 12th, 2011 at 19:55
Fantastic article. Thank you.