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English: Donation by the US Coast Guard of 17 photographs related to salvage operations on US Navy PBM plane (P-81), which grounded on a coral reef of Carti Village, Gulf of San Blas, Panama on September 22, 1944. USCGC Sweetgum floated the plane and hoisted same on an Army barge. The images show various stages of the salvage and hoisting of the PBM, as well as overhead views of the aircraft on the coral.
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Source https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/alphabetical---donations0/c/ua-46-01-us-coast-guard-collection.html
Author US Coast Guard

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This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy , taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government , it is in the public domain in the United States.

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22 September 1944

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