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    Langemak Bay (Langemark, Langemaak) is a bay north of Finschhafen, on the north east coast of Papua New Guinea. Langemak Bay saw extensive naval operations...
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    Milne Bay, New Guinea, for refit. Dace put to sea on her third war patrol on 18 March, and two days later embarked a group of commandos at Langemak Bay. For...
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    course for New Guinea. She underwent voyage repairs at Milne Bay, then proceeded via Langemak Bay to her patrol area in the Mariana Islands. She arrived in...
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  • 1941 "Bombay Northward"; 33 convoys BN Cape Gloucester, New Britain to Langemak Bay, New Guinea or Guadalcanal Apr 1944 to Jun 1944 Reverse NB BP Bombay...
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    Moresby to Townsville, Queensland 1942 1942 MV Milne Bay to Townsville, Queensland NA Langemak Bay to Admiralty Islands NB New Guinea to New Britain NE...
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    advance up the back of the New Guinea "bird." After stops at Milne Bay and Langemak Bay, she dropped anchor in Seeadler Harbor, Manus, on 31 March. She remained...
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  • sent to Moresby boarded USS Half Moon and USS San Pablo for passage to Langemak Bay. On 19 February 1943, air-sea rescue and evacuation missions were conducted...
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    the Philippines. She departed Milne Bay on 3 March 1944 and, after uneventful patrolling, put in at Langemak Bay from 29 to 31 March 1944 for repairs...
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    Base, boat repair depot, and harbor facilities at Dreger Harbour and Langemak Bay to support the Pacific War in 1943. Harbor was also built to support...
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    limited opposition. On 1 October, they crossed the Mape River adjacent to Langemak Bay, while the forward troops from the 20th Infantry Brigade, overwhelmed...
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    Finschhafen, New Guinea, and helped to establish a new advance base at Langemak Bay, New Guinea. At times, she also tended the planes of Patrol Squadron...
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    surfaced again, all trace of the convoy was gone, and she set course for Langemak Bay, New Guinea, with all her torpedoes expended. On 7 March, Balao moored...
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    Cero a chance to escape unharmed. On 23 February 1944, Peto headed for Langemak Bay to refuel and obtain spare parts, arriving there on 27 February. On 1...
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    sailed on 23 March for Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, arriving on 27 April. She then sailed to Langemak Bay, returning to Milne Bay on 30 April and sailing two...
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  • the Australian 4th Battalion along with other 5th Division troops from Langemak Bay, Finschafen, Papua, New Guinea, then sailed to Saidor, a 21-hour voyage...
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    support of the United States Army. On 20 March 1944, she was underway for Langemak, New Guinea, with 42 wounded soldiers for evacuation to Base Hospital,...
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    Matilda tanks from the 1st Tank Battalion arriving by landing craft at Langemak Bay amidst tight security that was aimed at keeping their arrival secret...
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    nine-ship convoy and protected those vessels until they anchored safely in Langemak Bay on the 24th. A week later, she commenced the first in a series of voyages...
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  • Townsville, Milne Bay, Buna, Langemak Bay, and Brisbane. The second, leaving San Francisco in March 1944, was to Milne Bay, Oro Bay, and Finschhafen....
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    voyage to the South Pacific. The transport loaded troops and cargo at Langemak Bay from 13 through 27 December and headed for Manus on 28 December 1944...
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    storage and transportation operations in the area of Nouméa, Langemak Bay, and Milne Bay, New Guinea; and Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands. By...
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    Reinforcements were escorted to Langemak Bay and to Scarlet Beach east of Satelberg. On 28 November 1943, she departed Milne Bay for Buna, steaming independently...
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    USS Bootes (category Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet)
    When Bootes departed Aitape on 29 April, she had Etamin in tow for Langemak Bay located just to the south of Finschhafen on the Huon Peninsula of eastern...
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    the threat of Japanese counterattack grew, the 24th Brigade landed at Langemak Bay on 10 October to reinforce the 20th Brigade. The following day, Wootten...
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    Throughout 1944, she made independent trips to Milne Bay, Langemak Bay, Aitape, Morobe, Oro Bay, Biak, Lae, Auckland, Nouméa, Manus and Balboa. It was...
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    August 1944, she voyaged back to New Guinea, stopping at Finschhaven and Langemak Bay before returning to Blanche Harbor on the 12 August and resuming her...
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    were good anchorages for vessels of up to 5,000 tons in Dreger Harbour, Langemak Bay, and Finsch Harbour. The flat coastal strip provided a number of potential...
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    the Admiralties. The ship visited Manus, Hollandia, Finschhafen, and Langemak Bay, New Guinea; and Manus a second time before she returned to Hollandia...
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    known as the "9th Division Navy". The capture of Dreger Harbour and Langemak Bay provided sheltered unloading areas, although they had not yet been developed...
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    Bathurst-class corvette that collided with the American tanker York north of Langemak Bay. 6°4′S 147°45′E / 6.067°S 147.750°E / -6.067; 147.750 (HMAS Geelong...
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