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USAT Meigs

Details:

Title

USAT Meigs

Photo number

PH1069/0010

Collection

Norman Frederick Townsend Collection; PictureNT; PictureNT

Date

1942

Description

USAT Meigs was a transport ship built in 1921 and sunk in Darwin Harbour on 19 February 1942.

Notes

This album was compiled by Norman Frederick Townsend (1914-2004) Service No. S6005 who served in the RAN and was based at HMAS Melville from 12 February 1942 to 21 October 1942.

Language

English

Subject

Navy (Ship); United States

Digital format

3547 x 5000 pixels : 48bpp ; 103.93Mb, jpeg 2.42Mb.

Format

1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 8.7 cm.

File type

image/tiff; image/jpeg

Use

No known copyright

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm

Related links

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/272184 [Norman Frederick Townsend Photo Album]

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/273285

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/427038