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    Kieta Harbor Bougainville Papua New Guinea

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Josh McDade 1999


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Shirley Cook 1975

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Shirley Cook 1975

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Shirley Cook 1977

Location
Located to the south of the Kieata Peninsula near Kieta, Bakawari Island is to the south.

Allied Missions Against Kieta
January 21, 1943 - June 14, 1944

Kieta Wharf
The Kieta Wharf has been cleaned and is back in use since the Civil War. There is still a half submerged wreck beside the wharf. The Christian book ship the MV DOULOS was here the other month and docked at Kieta Wharf. The Aropa airfield has been repaired since the crisis and is the airfield used by the PMG.

Buka
WWI German wooden steamer scuttled in 1914 near Kieta peninsula.

Wogoromodo Reef Wreck
Unknown vessel (barge?) on the reef between Tautsina and Arovo Islands.

Mawara Bay
Bay on the south side of Kieta Peninsula, east of Kieta Harbor.

Large Japanese Wreck
Sunk by air attack in Mawara Bay off Kieta Harbor.

Small Japanese Wreck
Sunk in Mawara Bay off Kieta Harbor.

Yoshinogawa Maru
Sunk off Kieta on January 9, 1943

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October 16, 2009

 

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