Territory Stories

USS Narwhal (SS-167)

Details:

Title

USS Narwhal (SS-167),

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

Submarine,

Unit

USS Narwhal (SS-167),

Date arrived in NT

1943-11-15,

Date left the NT

1944-09,

Honours and awards

World War II service, 15 Battle stars,

History

Narwhal was tied up at the submarine base when Pearl Harbour was bombed. On her arrival in Australia she was prepared for her primary role which was to ferry passengers and cargo. Narwhal did 14 war patrols often carrying evacuees, including women and children, escaping from the Japanese. Narwhal sunk 7 enemy ships during her career.,

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, United States Navy, Submarine, USS Narwhal, Navy, USS Narwhal (SS-167),

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/19-N-13000/19-N-13587.html [Naval History and Herritage Command : 19-N-13587], https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/narwhal-ii.html [Dictionary of American Naval FIghting Ships], http://www.fleetsubmarine.com/ss-167.html [SS-167 Narwhal], http://issuu.com/hnsa/docs/ss-167_narwhal_part1 [Narwhal (SS-167) War Patrol Reports], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=34860 [USS Narwhal (SS-167)],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842577,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842881