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Kelanoa Harbour
Kelanoa Harbour is a harbour on the north coast of the Huon Peninsula in Papua New Guinea serving the town of Kelanoa. It is a large bay with an impenetrable reef and a small island. History During World War II, the United States Navy PT boats ''Patrol torpedo boat PT-151, PT-151'' and found a large Towing, towed Japanese supply container floating off New Guinea on December 24, 1943, and destroyed it. The wreckage of the container drifted ashore on Gneisenau Point in Kelanoa Harbour, where it was photographed. The photograph has been widely reproduced and captioned with an assertion that the supply container′s wreckage is the wreck of the Imperial Japanese Navy Kaidai-type submarine#Kaidai VII (I-176 class), ''Kaidai'' VII-type submarine . In fact, ''I-181'' was Depth charge, depth-charged and sunk in a running battle in the Vitiaz Strait off Gali, New Guinea, Gali, New Guinea, by an unidentified U.S. Navy destroyer and PT boat on January 16, 1944, with the loss of all 89 men ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbour
A harbor (American English), harbour (British English; see spelling differences), or haven is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked. The term ''harbor'' is often used interchangeably with ''port'', which is a man-made facility built for loading and unloading vessels and dropping off and picking up passengers. Ports usually include one or more harbors. Alexandria Port in Egypt is an example of a port with two harbors. Harbors may be natural or artificial. An artificial harbor can have deliberately constructed breakwaters, sea walls, or jettys or they can be constructed by dredging, which requires maintenance by further periodic dredging. An example of an artificial harbor is Long Beach Harbor, California, United States, which was an array of salt marshes and tidal flats too shallow for modern merchant ships before it was first dredged in the early 20th century. In contrast, a natural harbor is surrounded on several sides of land. Examples ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
