US NAVY IN AUSTRALIA DURING WWII
Note:- USS Submarines are listed in a separate table below this table.
SHIPS
USS Abner Read Destroyer |
USS Acubens Stores Ship |
USS Alcona Cargo Ship |
USS Altamaha Escort Carrier |
USS Amycus Repair Ship |
USS Arequipa Stores Ship |
USS Bache Destroyer |
USS Bagley Destroyer |
USS Ballard Sea Plan Tender |
USS Barnes Escort Carrier |
USS Birmingham Cruiser |
USS Bootes Stores Ship |
USS Breese Destroyer |
USS Brooks Transport |
USS Bush Destroyer |
USS Calamares Tanker |
USS Carondelet Tanker |
USS Chanticleer Submarine Rescue Ship |
USS Chicago Cruiser |
USS Conyngham Destroyer |
USS Copahee Escort Carrier |
USS Coucal Submarine Rescue Ship |
USS Crosby Transport |
USS Crux Stores Ship |
USS Daly Destroyer |
USS Dent Transport |
USS Dobbin Destroyer Tender |
USS Drayton Destroyer |
USS Euryale Submarine Tender |
USS Fanshaw Bay Escort Carrier |
USS Farragut Destroyer |
USS Flusser Destroyer |
USS Fulton Submarine Tender |
USS Gamble Minelayer |
USS Ganymede Cargo Ship |
USS General
Anderson Transport |
USS General
Butler Transport |
USS Gilmer Destroyer |
USS Glendale Frigate |
USS Gold Star Stores Ship |
USS Grayson Destroyer |
USS Griffin Submarine Tender |
USS Half Moon Seaplane Tender |
USS Helm Destroyer |
USS Henley Destroyer |
USS Henry T.
Allen Transport |
USS Heron Seaplane Tender |
USS Hilo Motor Torpedo Boat Tender |
USS Holland Submarine Tender |
USS Hopkins Destroyer |
USS Humphreys Destroyer |
USS Hutchins Destroyer |
USS Jarvis Destroyer |
USS Jenkins Destroyer |
USS John D.
Edwards Destroyer |
USS John D. Ford Destroyer |
USS Kailua IX71 Loop Repair Ship |
USS Kenwood Tanker |
USS Kilty Transport |
USS Lamson Destroyer |
USS Long Beach Frigate |
USS Long Island Escort Carrier |
USS LST-22 |
USS LST-168 | USS LST-181 Landing Ship Tank |
USS LST-334 |
USS LST-453 Landing Ship Tank |
USS LST-454 | USS LST-458 |
USS LST-459 Landing Ship Tank |
USS LST-469 | USS Midway Escort Carrier |
USS Mizar Stores Ship |
USS Mugford Destroyer |
USS Mullaney Destroyer |
USS Murzim Cargo Ship |
USS Nassau Escort Carrier |
USS New Orleans Cruiser |
USS Nicholas Destroyer |
USS O'Bannon Destroyer |
USS Octans Stores Ship |
USS Orion Submarine Tender |
USS Otus Submarine Tender |
USS Oyster Bay Motor Torpedo Boat Tender |
USS Patterson Destroyer |
USS Pensacola Cruiser |
USS Perkins Destroyer |
USS Phoenix Cruiser |
USS Pollux Stores Ship |
USS Pontus Motor Torpedo Boat Tender |
USS Portland Cruiser |
USS President Jackson (AP-37) | USS Pyro Ammunition Carrier |
USS Ralph Talbot Destroyer |
USS Rigel Repair Ship |
USS Rockhampton Transport |
USS Roe Destroyer |
USS Ronaki (IX-94) | USS Salt Lake
City Cruiser |
USS Sampson Destroyer |
USS San Pablo Sea Plane Tender |
USS Sands Destroyer |
USS Selfridge Destroyer |
USS Shikellamy Tanker |
USS Smith Destroyer |
USS Solace Hospital Ship |
USS Southard Destroyer |
USS Sperry Submarine Tender |
USS Sumner Survey Ship |
USS Susquehanna Tanker |
USS Tangier Seaplane Tender |
USS Trever Destroyer |
USS Triangulum Cargo Ship |
USS Trinity Tanker |
USS Tulsa Gunboat |
USS Walke Destroyer |
USS Warrington Destroyer |
USS West Point Transport |
USS Whipple Destroyer |
USS Zane Transport Ship |
YP-279 Patrol Vessel |
CIVILIAN SHIPS IN MILITARY SERVICE
SS Cities Service Boston Ran aground at Bass Point, NSW |
AVIATION
Aircraft Seventh Fleet |
Fleet
Air Wings (FAW) (previously known as Patrol Wings or PatWings) |
Fleet
Air Wing 17 (FAW-17)
Included Patrol Squadrons VP-101, VP-11(later VPB-11), VP-33, VP-34, VP-52, |
Half Moon (AVP
26) Support Vessel for FAW-17 |
Marine Utility Squadron Two VJ-2, Detachment "A" for "Able", Marine Aircraft Group Twenty One, Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing, Fleet Marine Force | Naval Task Force, Southern Bomber Command (ex 88th Reconnaissance Squadron, 7th Bomb Group) |
Patrol
Squadron VP-11, later Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-11 (Initially assigned to FAW-17, then FAW-10) |
Patrol Squadron 22 (VP-22) | Patrol Squadron 101, Patrol Wing 10 (US Navy) |
Patrol Squadron 101, Patrol Wing 11 (US Navy) | San Pablo (AVP
30) Support Vessel for FAW-17 |
Scouting Squadron Sixty-One VS-61, Fleet Air Wing Ten |
SUBMARINE OPERATIONS
Fremantle
Submarine Base, US Navy Navy 137 |
Torpedo
Overhaul Shop Light St., Fortitude Valley, Brisbane |
US Submarine Base, Capricorn Wharf, Brisbane |
US
Submarine Base, Exmouth Gulf, WA Navy 81 |
US
Submarine Supply Depot Windsor State School, Brisbane, QLD |
USS
Griffin Submarine Tender |
US
NAVY SUBMARINES OPERATING |
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USS S-31 (SS-136) * | USS S-37 (SS142) * | USS S-38 (SS-143) * |
USS S-39 (SS-144) * | USS S-40 (SS-145) * | USS S-41 (SS-146) * |
USS S-42 (SS-153) * | USS S-43 (SS-154) * | USS S-44 (SS-155) * |
USS S-45 (SS-156) * | USS S-46 (SS-157) * | USS S-47 (SS-158) * |
USS Albacore (SS-218) * | USS Amberjack (SS-219) * | USS Angler |
USS Argonaut (SS-166) | USS Aspro | USS Barbel |
USS Balao (SS-285) * | USS Barbero | USS Batfish |
USS Bashaw (SS-241) * | USS Baya | USS Becuna |
USS Bergall | USS Bersugo | USS Billfish |
USS Blenny | USS Blower | USS Blueback |
USS Blackfish (USS-221) * | USS Bluefish (SS-222) | USS Blue Gill (SS-242) * |
USS Boarfish | USS Bonefish (SS-223) | USS Bowfin (SS-287) |
USS Bowfish | USS Bream (SS-243) | USS Brill |
USS Buena | USS Bugara | USS Bullhead |
USS Bumper | USS Cabrilla | Caiman |
USS Capelin (SS-289) | USS Capitaine | USS Carbonero |
Cavalla | USS Cavalla | USS Cero (SS-225) * |
USS Charr | USS Chub | USS Cisco |
USS Cobia | USS Cod (SS-224) | USS Codfish |
USS Crevalle (SS-291) | USS Croaker | USS Dace (SS-247) * |
USS Darter (SS-227) * | USS Drum (SS-228) * | USS Finback |
USS Flasher | USS Flier | USS Flounder (SS-251) * |
USS Flying Fish (SS-229) * | USS Gabilan (SS-252) * | USS Gar (SS-206) * |
USS Gato (USS-212) * | USS Grampus (SS-207) * | USS Grayback (SS-208) * |
USS Grayling | USS Greenling (SS-213) * | USS Grenadier (SS-210) |
USS Grouper (SS-214) * | USS Growler (SS-215) * | USS Guardfish (SS-217) * |
USS Guavina (SS-362) * | USS Gudgeon (SS-211) | USS Guitarro |
USS Gunnel | USS Gurnard | USS Haddo |
USS Hake | USS Hammerhead | USS Harder |
USS Hardhead | USS Hawkbill | USS Hoe |
USS Icefish | USS Jack | USS Kingfish |
USS Kraken | USS Lagarto | USS Lamprey |
USS Lapon | USS Lark | USS Lizardfish |
USS Loggerhead | USS Mingo (SS-261) * | USS Muskallunge |
USS Narwhal (SS-167) | USS Nautilus (SS-168) | USS Paddle |
USS Pampanito | USS Pargo | USS Perch II |
USS Permit (SS-178) * | USS Peto (SS-265) * | USS Pickerel (SS-177) |
USS Pike | USS Pintado (SS-387) * | USS Plunger (USS-179) * |
USS Pollack (SS-180) * | USS Pompon (SS-267) | USS Porpoise |
USS Puffer (SS-268) * | USS Rasher | USS Raton (SS-270) |
USS Ray (SS-271) | USS Redfin | USS Robalo |
USS Rock | USS Sailfish (SS-192) ex Squalus * | USS Salmon |
USS Sandlance | USS Sargo (SS-188) | USS Saury (SS-189) |
USS Scamp (SS-277) * | USS Sculpin (SS-191) * | USS Seadragon (SS-194) |
USS Seahorse (SS-304) * | USS Seal | USS Sea Lion II |
USS Sea Robin | USS Searaven | USS Seawolf (SS-197) * |
USS Silversides (SS-236) * | USS Skipjack | USS Snapper (USS-185) * |
USS Spearfish (SS-190) | USS Stingray (SS-186) * | USS Sturgeon (SS-187) |
USS Swordfish (SS-193) | USS Tambor | USS Tarpon |
USS Tautog | USS Thresher (SS-200) | USS Tinosa |
USS Triton (SS-201) | USS Trout (SS-202) | USS Tuna (SS-203) * |
USS Tunny (SS-282) * | USS Wahoo (SS-238) | |
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES NAVAL FORCES |
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K IX | K VIII |
NOTE:- The asterisk in the
above table denotes submarines that
were docked at the South Brisbane Dry
Dock during WW2
US Navy Submarines still existing today as Museums
US Navy Code Words used during WWII
Base
Facilities, U.S. Naval Activities,
Southwest Pacific Area
Subchaser
SC 761, 3rd Fleet, rescues Australian
and New Zealand Coast Watchers1
Camp Seabee at Eagle Farm, Brisbane
US Naval
Mine Depot at Camp Coot-tha
at J.C. Slaughter Falls, Brisbane
US Cemetery Townsville during WW2
Mactan
Army Hospital Ship
REFERENCES
Charlton, Peter, "South Queensland WWII 1941 - 1945", Boolarong Publications, 1991
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'd like to thank Greg Philpot for his assistance with this web page.
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This page first produced 29 April 2001
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