LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS DISEMBARKING FROM AMERICAN LANDING SHIPS, TANK ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 306542
Collection type Photograph
Object type 6x8", Black & white, Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Physical description 6x8", Black & white, Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS DISEMBARKING FROM AMERICAN LANDING SHIPS, TANK (LST), INCLUDING LST-456, EAST OF LAE IN PREPARATION FOR THE ASSAULT ON THAT TOWN. 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS ARE MOUNTED IN THE BOWS OF THE LSTS. NOTE THE METHOD OF STOWING FUEL DRUMS ON THE DECK OF LST-456, READY FOR RAPID JETTISONING IN CASE OF FIRE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).