PICTURES TAKEN DURING NET LAYING OPERATIONS AT Manus in the Admiralty Islands, North of New Guinea, during June and July 1944


Figure 26

USS INDUS (AKN-1) at Manus. Panels of net are being connected together on her main deck.

Figure 27
A pontoon barge at Manus with a load of steel mooring anchors and other gear. It was easier for the Net Tenders to unload the anchors from the barge then from the AKN
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