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ESPIRITU SANTO, NEW HEBRIDES. 1943-07-23. VIEW OF TORPEDO DAMAGE TO THE CRUISER HMAS HOBART (I) INSIDE THE WARDROOM LOOKING AFT FROM ABOUT FRAME 173, NINE FEET INBOARD. NOTE THE CABLE JAMMED UNDER ..

ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-04-11. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS PIRIE (J189) SHOWING DAMAGE TO HER BRIDGE AND 12 POUNDER GUN, SUSTAINED WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY A BOMB IN A JAPANESE AIR RAID. THE ..

COLLINGWOOD BAY, NEW GUINEA. THE CORVETTE HMAS BROOME PREPARING TO TOW THE GROUNDED MERCHANT VESSEL COORABIE OFF A SHOAL. A TOWING HAWSER HAS BEEN PASSED BY BOAT TO THE STRANDED SHIP AND IS BEING ..

ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-03-28. THE DUTCH SS BANTAM, ON FIRE AFT AND BEGINNNING TO SETTLE BY THE BOWS AFTER BEING BOMBED IN A JAPANESE AIR RAID IN THE COURSE OF OPERATION LILLIPUT. NOTE THE 12 ..

ESPIRITU SANTO, NEW HEBRIDES. 1943-07-23. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE AFTER PART OF THE CRUISER HMAS HOBART (I) SHOWING DAMAGE SUSTAINED WHEN THE SHIP WAS TORPEDOED BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE. NOTE HOW THE ..

PORT HERVEY, PAPUA. 1943-05-09. BOMB DAMAGE TO THE STEAM PIPES OF THE MERCHANT VESSEL NOORA, DAMAGED BY JAPANESE AIR ATTACK. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

MILNE BAY, PAPUA. THE US TANKER PUEBLO, AGROUND ON DORISAI SHOAL, TRANSFERRING FUEL TO THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN FLEET AUXILIARY TANKER BISHOPDALE BEFORE BEING TOWED OFF BY HMAS BROOME. (NAVAL ..

PORT HERVEY, PAPUA. 1943-05-09. BOMB DAMAGE TO THE WIRELESS CABIN OF THE MERCHANT VESSEL NOORA, DAMAGED BY JAPANESE AIR ATTACK. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

PORT HERVEY, PAPUA. 1943-05-09. BOMB DAMAGE TO THE BOILER OF THE MERCHANT VESSEL NOORA, DAMAGED BY JAPANESE AIR ATTACK. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

COLLINGWOOD BAY, NEW GUINEA. THE CORVETTE HMAS BROOME APPROACHING THE GROUNDED MERCHANT VESSEL COORABIE PRIOR TO TOWING HER OFF A SHOAL. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

RABUAL, NEW GUINEA. TROOPS FROM THE PAPUAN INFANTRY ON BOARD HMAS KANIMBLA

ORO BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01-09. INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR OF THE DUTCH TRANSPORT VAN HEUTSZ CAUSED BY JAPANESE AIR ATTACK. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)