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Photograph 057992 Second World War, 1939-1945LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-12. CLOSE UP OF ONE OF THE RETRACTABLE SCREWS AND MOTORS OF THE 50 TON FLOATING CRANE, BD-240, OPERATED BY THE UNITED STATES SMALL SHIPS SECTION.

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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.
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-12. CLOSE UP OF ONE OF THE RETRACTABLE SCREWS AND MOTORS OF THE 50 TON FLOATING CRANE, BD-240, OPERATED BY THE UNITED STATES SMALL SHIPS SECTION.

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-12. THE COOKHOUSE ABOARD THE BD-240, A 50 TON FLOATING CRANE, OPERATED BY THE UNITED STATES SMALL SHIPS SECTION. SHOWN: C. MCCLAUSLAND (LEFT), AND M. FRENSHAM, COOK.

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-12. TWO AUSTRALIAN SEAMEN APPRENTICES EMPLOYED ON THE BD-240, THE 50 TON FLOATING CRANE, OPERATED BY THE UNITED STATES SMALL SHIPS SECTION. THEY ARE:- JOSEPH CONLEY (LEFT) AND

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-13. LARGE FLOATING CRANE OF THE UNITED STATES SMALL SHIPS SECTION, RAISING A SUNKEN JAPANESE BARGE FROM THE DOCK AREA.

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-13. LARGE FLOATING CRANE OF THE UNITED STATES SMALL SHIPS SECTION, RAISING A SUNKEN JAPANESE BARGE FROM THE DOCK AREA.

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-13. LARGE FLOATING CRANE OF THE UNITED STATES SMALL SHIPS SECTION, RAISING A SUNKEN JAPANESE BARGE FROM THE DOCK AREA.
