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US Navy Lt Robert S Selby shoots the sun with a sextant inside one of the 40mm gun tubs aboard seaplane tender USS Castle Rock, Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Apr 1945. Note 40mm ammunition racks and PBM Mariners beyond.

Caption     US Navy Lt Robert S Selby shoots the sun with a sextant inside one of the 40mm gun tubs aboard seaplane tender USS Castle Rock, Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Apr 1945. Note 40mm ammunition racks and PBM Mariners beyond. ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   80-G-K-16187
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PBM Mariner   Main article  Photos  
40 mm Bofors   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 1,231 x 967 pixels
Photos at Same Place Tanapag, Saipan, Mariana Islands
Added By David Stubblebine
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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WW2-Era Place Name Tanapag, Saipan, Mariana Islands
Lat/Long 15.2289, 145.7371
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