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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. MEMBERS OF COMMONWEALTH SALVAGE BOARD FROM THE SALVAGE SHIP CAMBRIAN SALVOR EXAMINE CHOCKS ON THE FOREDECK OF THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301 BELIEVED TO BE CRADLES FOR MIDGET SUBMARINES. THE DAMAGE TO THE TANKER WAS CAUSED TWELVE MONTHS EARLIER BY ALLIED BOMBING.
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. THE SALVAGE SHIP, CAMBRIAN SALVOR, OPERATED BY COMMONWEALTH SALVAGE BOARD, WORKING ALONGSIDE THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301 WHICH WAS DAMAGED IN SIMPSON HARBOUR TWELVE M
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. SALVAGE OFFICER, CAPTAIN MCDONALD, CAPTAIN OF THE CAMBRIAN SALVOR, OPERATED BY COMMONWEALTH SALVAGE BOARD, WITH HIS TEAM OF DIVERS. THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE S
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. THE CREW OF THE CAMBRIAN SALVOR, SALVAGE SHIP OPERATED BY COMMONWEALTH SALVAGE BOARD. THE MEN ARE ON THE BOW OF THEIR SHIP. THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE SALVAGE O
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. THREE PUMPS OPERATED BY COMMONWEALTH SALVAGE BOARD PERSONNEL FROM THE SALVAGE SHIP CAMBRIAN SALVOR, PUMPING WATER AT THE RATE OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED TONS PER HOUR FROM TH
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. THE SALVAGE SHIP CAMBRIAN SALVOR, OPERATED BY MEMBERS OF COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD, MOORED ALONGSIDE THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301 (ON LEFT) DURING SALVAGE OPER
SIMPSON HARBOUR, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-13. THE JAPANESE TANKER 5301, (9,000) TONS) WHICH WAS RAISED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE HARBOUR BY PERSONNEL OF COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD, WORKING FRO
