Photos taken 1996 by Don Fetterly. ANGAU Station at Tufi Became Advanced PT Base on December 20, 1942. PT Boats Operating From Tufi Attacked Shipping Along Coast From Buna to Mambare. PT 122 sank Japanese submarine I-22 Off Kumusi River 12-24-42. Moved Forward 4-20-43 to Morobe. Today, Tufi is a Dive Resort and Regional Center.

PT Boat Wrecks
The two boats, (PT 67 and PT 119) burned and sunk in a fueling accident at Tufi on March 17, 1943.

Two PT Boat Propellers
Recovered from SS Masaya in 1997. The top prop has two bullet holes near the tip of one blade. These holes were made by Japanese bullets when the ship was under attack and being strafed and bombed. This holed prop was cleaned and donated to the Tufi Dive Resort at Tufi Harbor. which was the advanced PT Base that Masaya had sailed from carrying material for a new advanced PT Base at Cape Ward Hunt.