LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-05. A BLITZED JAPANESE MERCHANT VESSEL, THE MYOKO MARU, WHICH WAS RUN ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 074513
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. 1944-07-05. A BLITZED JAPANESE MERCHANT VESSEL, THE MYOKO MARU, WHICH WAS RUN ASHORE BY THE CAPTAIN TO PREVENT ITS FOUNDERING. SOME OF THE VESSELS HULL PLATES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SALVAGED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.