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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