Zo764

Zo764. The diver is going down with the Morse Shallow Water hat, a tool is handed to the diver. I assume the diver/s had formal training and had a NEC, but who knows, it was war! This is at the USN PT Boat Base at Tulagi – March 1943. Calvertville, the Tulagi PT base, was named for Commander Allen P. Calvert, who was Commander of the Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla. This is a Re-post from 2018 by Peter DeForest from LIFE Magazine – Scherschel Photographer

Zo763

Zo763. The Morse Shallow Water hat is lowered on to the shoulders of the diver. Notice the weights bolted to the helmet, front and back. I assume the diver/s had formal training and had a NEC, but who knows, it was war! This is at the USN PT Boat Base at Tulagi – March 1943. Calvertville, the Tulagi PT base, was named for Commander Allen P. Calvert, who was Commander of the Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla. This is a Re-post from 2018 by Peter DeForest from LIFE Magazine – Scherschel Photographer

Zo629

Zo629. In my search of history, I learned it was put to work in Manila Bay 1945, to help clear the bay from the Japanese sunken ships. Here is USS Teak (AN-35) near the Mare Island Navy Yard, 21 February 1944, after alterations.
US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo # 19-N-62751 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. Mike Green.

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Zo634

Zo634. USS Teak (AN-35) clearing wrecks in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands during March and April 1945.
Image series by Carl Mydans, Life Magazine, used for educational and non-commercial purposes. Source-John Chiquoine.

Zo633

Zo633. USS Teak (AN-35) clearing wrecks in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands during March and April 1945.
Image series by Carl Mydans, Life Magazine, used for educational and non-commercial purposes. Source-John Chiquoine.

Zo632

Zo632. USS Teak (AN-35) clearing wrecks in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands during March and April 1945.
Image series by Carl Mydans, Life Magazine, used for educational and non-commercial purposes. Source-John Chiquoine.

Zo631

Zo631. USS Teak (AN-35) clearing wrecks in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands during March and April 1945.
Image series by Carl Mydans, Life Magazine, used for educational and non-commercial purposes. Source-John Chiquoine.

Zo630

Zo630. Broadside view of USS Teak (AN-35) in San Francisco Bay, 21 February 1944.; Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1224-44; SourceDarryl Baker.
Specifications: Displacement 700 t.(fl) 805 t.(lim); Length 162′ 2″”; Beam 30′ 6″; Draft 11′ 8″ (lim); Speed 12.5 kts. (trial); Complement: Officers 4, Enlisted 44; Armament: one single 3″/50 dual purpose gun mount; two .50 cal machine guns, one y-gun; Largest Boom Capacity 12 t.; Propulsion: one General Motors 6278 Diesel-electric engine; Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gear; Ships Service Generators: three Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.; single propeller, 800shp; Fuel Capacity 620 bbls.

Zo587

Zo587. This is or could be USS Teak AN-35 (Auxiliary Net-laying) at the Great Silver recovery operation in Manila Bay near Corregidor Island, the former Fort Mills in 1945. Shoveling the money to a heap on deck. That is the southside of Bottomside on Corregidor. This is Life picture from the above Facebook URL.