LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-12. TWO BARGES MOORED WITH THE BD-240, THE 50 TON FLOATING CRANE ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 057994
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-12. TWO BARGES MOORED WITH THE BD-240, THE 50 TON FLOATING CRANE OPERATED BY THE UNITED STATES SMALL SHIPS SECTION. THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS A JAPANESE BARGE WHICH WAS SALVAGED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY ALLIED BOMBS.