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


Figure 28

USS SILVERBELL (AN-51) along side another vessel prior to laying the net at Manus.

Figure 29
USS CINNAMON (AN-50) installing net at Manus. She has hoisted the end Mark II buoy from the previously installed net section and is making the overlap to connect the new section to the old section.
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