WILLIAMSTOWN, VICTORIA 1945-11-15. THE ARMY VESSEL AV 2767 "CRUSADER" HAS ITS HEAVY LIFT DERRICKS ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Williamstown
Accession Number 119686
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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WILLIAMSTOWN, VICTORIA 1945-11-15. THE ARMY VESSEL AV 2767 "CRUSADER" HAS ITS HEAVY LIFT DERRICKS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT TESTED. A 30 TON LIFTING DERRICK SWINGING A LOAD OF 34 TONS ABOARD THE VESSEL. THE BOOM OF ONE OF THE FORWARD PAIR OF DERRICKS IS SEEN IN THE FOREGROUND. (PHOTOGRAPHER CORPORAL CHRISTIAN)