Probable WWII submarine found off Papua New Guinea (AP)

CANBERRA, Australia ? Authorities are trying to determine the nationality of a submarine wreck found off the Papua New Guinea town of Rabaul, which was a major Japanese military base during World War II.

The Australian Defense Department says in a statement that the governments of Japan, the United States, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand have been informed of Thursday's find in Simpson Harbor on the South Pacific island nation's northeast coast.

The statement says the wreck is probably World War II vintage, but identification could take days.

The discovery was made by Australian and New Zealand warships involved in an operation to clear the Southwest Pacific of World War II-era explosives.

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