Territory Stories
USAT Meigs
Details:
Title
USAT Meigs,
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
Merchant Marine,
Service branch
Transport,
Unit
USAT Meigs,
Parent unit
United States American Army Transport,
Date arrived in NT
1942-01-19,
Date left the NT
1942-02-19,
History
Meigs was part of the Pensacola convoy and was the biggest ship in the harbour on the 19 February 1942. She was bombed twice, burned and sank. Meigs carried 52 A-24's of the 27 Bomb Group (Light), Brisbane.,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Language
English,
Subject
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Merchant Navy,
Merchant Marine,
United States of America,
Transport,
USAT Meigs,
File type
image/tiff,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm ,
Related links
https://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/MCCLELLAN_CREEK_TO_MINNIE_M_FISKE.pdf [USAT MEIGS p.14] ,
http://www.ozatwar.com/pensacola.htm [Pensacola Convoy],
https://lant.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/951520605 [Tow Lewis Collection 1989-1993] ,
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/839233 [Roll of Honour - John H. Cleborne] ,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=35202 [USAT Meigs],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843769 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843898
Territory Stories
USAT Meigs
Details:
Title
USAT Meigs,
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
Merchant Marine,
Service branch
Transport,
Unit
USAT Meigs,
Parent unit
United States American Army Transport,
Date arrived in NT
1942-01-19,
Date left the NT
1942-02-19,
History
Meigs was part of the Pensacola convoy and was the biggest ship in the harbour on the 19 February 1942. She was bombed twice, burned and sank. Meigs carried 52 A-24's of the 27 Bomb Group (Light), Brisbane.,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Language
English,
Subject
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Merchant Navy,
Merchant Marine,
United States of America,
Transport,
USAT Meigs,
File type
image/tiff,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm ,
Related links
https://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/MCCLELLAN_CREEK_TO_MINNIE_M_FISKE.pdf [USAT MEIGS p.14] ,
http://www.ozatwar.com/pensacola.htm [Pensacola Convoy],
https://lant.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/951520605 [Tow Lewis Collection 1989-1993] ,
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/839233 [Roll of Honour - John H. Cleborne] ,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=35202 [USAT Meigs],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843769 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843898