After sleeping for 35 years, the bow of Apomaru surfaced (disintegrated underwater) and saw the light again. The English abbreviation "AAAR" of the ship's name is still intact, but the legendary hundreds of billions of gold and silver jewels and Peking man skulls have not been found, and the largest deep-water salvage project in China has ended.

Later, in 1980, the Japanese government handed over 368 skulls of victims and 2 18 boxes of relics to China. Once the time is ripe in the future, the Apomaru will be deeply salvaged; The lost treasure will always be found and paid attention to.

Apomaru is an ocean-going tanker built in Japan1940s, with a length of154.9m, a width of 20.2m, a depth of12.6m and a gross tonnage of1249.4t.. On March 28th, 1945, the Apomaru, which had been requisitioned by the Japanese army, loaded a large number of Japanese troops retreating from Southeast Asia in Singapore and sailed for Japan.

At midnight on April 1, the ship went to the sea east of Niushan Island in Pingtan, Fujian, China, and was discovered by the US submarine "Queen Fish" cruising in this sea area. It was attacked by several torpedoes and sank quickly after three minutes.

Except for 1 person, 2008 passengers and crew, as well as 40 tons of gold, 12 tons of platinum, about 40 boxes of jewelry and cultural relics, 3000 tons of tin ingots, 3000 tons of rubber and thousands of tons of rice loaded on board, all sank to the bottom of the sea.