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The Karry Krane was a popular dockside-use crane in the years just before the war. It, along with jeeps and the Hebard Shop Mule tractors (also popular in dockside warehouses) were some of the first deck vehicles employed aboard carriers until the later purpose-built LeTourneau crane and Ford Mototug tractor could be put into mass production.

By later war, we find this:

http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/CV/1945-8-10_CVCranes.html

Other pertinent items:

http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/CV/1943-7-19CarrierAutoAllowances.html


http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/CV/1943-4-20_LeTourneau.html

It is a Hebard Shop Mule that is found in the "famous" photo from the Hornet wreck:

https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/10ic7te/aircraft_tug_aboard_the_wreck_of_uss_hornet_cv8/

Says "International Harvester" on the machine itself, but if you look into it all, you find Hebard took International Harvester farm tractors and redesigned them for warehouse use. Apparently, warehouse towing requires different transmission requirements from farm work.

I do hope this link is not paywall protected. It is an excellent article on the Karry Krane:

https://www.forkliftaction.com/news/the-carry-all-karry-krane.aspx?n=28329