Territory Stories

USS Skipjack (SS-184)

Details:

Title

USS Skipjack (SS-184),

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 Skipjack (SS-184),

Date arrived in NT

1942-01-14,

Date left the NT

1942-02,

Honours and awards

World War II service, 7 Battle stars,

History

On her first war patrol on 3 January 1942 Skipjack fired three torpedos at an enemy submarine which resulted in two explosions but a sinking could not be confirmed. She refueled at Balikpapan in Borneo on 4 January and arrived at Port Darwin for a refit on 14 January. Skipjack's second war patrol was conducted in the Celebes Sea and was uneventful with the exception of an unsuccessful attack on a Japanese carrier. She returned to Fremantle on 10 March 1942.,

Notes

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Language

English,

Subject

Second Word War, 1939-1945, United States Navy, Submarine, USS Skipjack, Navy, USS Skipjack (SS-184),

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/nara-series/19-n/19-N-40000/19-N-42441.html [Naval History and Herritage Command : 19-N-42441, Bureau of Ships Collection (U.S. National Archives)], https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/skipjack-i.html [Dictionary of American Naval FIghting Ships], http://issuu.com/hnsa/docs/ss-184_skipjack [USS Skipjack (SS-184) World War II Patrol File], http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08184.htm [Skipjack (SS-184) Keel laying],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842589,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842888