The Federal Censor ordered total censorship of the events, issuing an official statement on the afternoon of 1 June which reported that the Allies had destroyed three submarines in Sydney Harbour, and described the loss of Kuttabul and the 21 deaths as the loss of "one small harbour vessel of no military value".
Greenpeace's inflatables were chased by harbour patrol vessels, its ship Beluga was towed from the harbour, and commandos boarded the Moby Dick.
Tombo Island, the site of the original settlement, is linked to the peninsula by a 328-yard (300-metre) causeway; it contains Conakry's deepwater harbour (accommodating vessels of 36-foot [11-metre] draft), which exports alumina (treated bauxite), bananas, oranges, pineapples, coffee, palm produce, and fish.
In the harbour, seven vessels washed ashore, each sustaining minor damage.
The construction of deepwater port facilities capable of harbouring oceangoing vessels, the completion of the Northern Pacific transcontinental railroad, and the introduction of cheap hydroelectric power encouraged industry, and during World War II Portland was a major shipbuilding centre.
The Pueblo was off the coast of Wonsan - North Korea's most active and largest cargo and military port - when a local harbour patrol vessel sent a message warning the crew that they should allow them to board.
Another harbour tour vessel, the tern schooner Silva, broke from her moorings and caused extensive damage to the Cable Wharf on the Halifax Waterfront.
The harbour accommodates oceangoing vessels.
Its deepwater harbour accommodates sizable vessels and has been used as a fueling station since the 19th century.
The Lindö Canal, completed in 1961, permits the harbour to take vessels of up to 30-foot (9-metre) draft.
