A U.S. Army coastal freight and supply vessel, marked "F 115," lies moored at a makeshift log wharf carved from the surrounding jungle, her rigging strung with signal flags for a ceremonial occasion. Small vessels like this one formed the backbone of the inter-island supply network that sustained Allied forces advancing through the Southwest Pacific during World War II, ferrying food, ammunition, and equipment between forward bases often inaccessible to larger shipping. Project: 218696