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Some info on that buoy tender lifting the mini sub---occurred at Guadalcanal.

"USCGC Ironwood (WLB 297) - History
The vessel was launched on March 16, 1943, after being built at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland. The vessel is a one-of-a-kind because it was the only 180-foot buoy tender built at the yard. It was home-ported in Boston from 1943 to 1946, however, it spent most of that time in the South Pacific. The vessel participated in W.W.II, Korea and Vietnam. One of its most impressive accomplishments from W.W.II was the raising of a Japanese two-man submarine from the bottom of Guadalcanal.
In Korea, the Ironwood served as a loran station support vessel for navigation stations in the Pacific Ocean during the Korean War. Nine loran stations provided direct navigation support to United Nations ships and aircraft engaged in the war. One of these stations was based on the Korean Peninsula in the port city of Pusan.
The Ironwood has been homeported in Boston; San Francisco; Monterey, California; Guam; Honolulu; Homer, Alaska; and Adak, Alaska."

The B-17 that mounted the big camera was actually 44-85828, later Bureau No. 77254, later N9323R. She is now at Pima on display with the 390th Bombardment Group Memorial Museum.

I believe the second photo is the film magazine for the camera as the gentleman holding it is shown in other photos of the camera installed in the airplane.

Great pictures!
Scott