Kelanoa Harbour

Coordinates: 6°1′5″S 147°30′12″E / 6.01806°S 147.50333°E / -6.01806; 147.50333

Kelanoa Harbour is a harbour on the north coast of Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea serving the town of Kelanoa. It is a large bay with an impenetrable reef and a small island.

History

The Imperial Japanese Navy submarine Japanese Kaidai class submarine I-181 was beached upon Gneisenau Point in Kelanoa Harbour, after it was attacked in Vitiaz Strait by a United States Navy destroyer and a PT boat on 16 January 1944 and lost with all (89) hands.

Some sources claim the I-181 was sunk in St. George's Channel on the same day by US Navy aircraft.

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