Territory Stories

USS Parrott (DD-218)

Details:

Title

USS Parrott (DD-218),

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Nation of service

United States of America,

Service

Navy,

Service branch

Destroyer,

Unit

USS Parrott (DD-218),

Date arrived in NT

1942-01-01,

Date left the NT

1942-01-05,

Honours and awards

World War II service, 2 Battle stars,

History

Destroyers USS Barker, USS Parrott, USS Bulmer, USS Stewart and USS Pope as well as cruisers USS Boise and USS Marblehead escorted the Bloemfontein from Darwin, arriving in Surabaya on 11 January 1942. They transported the 2 Battalion and 131 Field Artillery who then joined other Allied Forces already in Surabaya.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second Word War, 1939-1945, Navy, United States Navy, USS Parrott (DD-218), Destroyer, USS Parrott,

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Naval History and Heritage Command,

License

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

Related links

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-42000/NH-42800.html [Naval History and Heritage Command : NH 42800], https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/parrott.html [Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships], http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/218.htm [USS Parrott (DD-218)],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842580,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842878