SS Pruth (1916)

SS Pruth was a 4698 gross ton steam ship built by J.L. Thompson and Sons, Sunderland for the Hain Steamship Company in 1916. She was wrecked on a voyage from New York to Cairns, via Port Moresby upon Natara Reef, Port Moresby 31 December 1923. Attempts to salvage her failed. Her wreck became known as the Moresby Wreck.

Her wreck was used for strafing and bombing practice by the United States Army Air Forces 5th Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force between 1942 and 1943 during World War II. Six allied aircraft crashed while undertaking the strafing and bombing practice.