WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Darwin Harbour,
Nation of service
Netherlands,
Service
Merchant Navy,
Service branch
Tanker,
Unit
Fort Schuyler,
Date arrived in NT
1945-09-17,
Date left the NT
1945-10-24,
History
Built in 1944 the Fort Schuyler was lease/loaned to the Dutch government where it delivered oil and aviation fuel to the Allied Forces during World War II. She made 2 trips to Darwin.,
http://www.aukevisser.nl/t2tanker/id738.htm [Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages],
http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/FERNPLANT_FORT-TREMBLANT.pdf [Fort Schulyer p.165],
http://www.usmm.org/tankers.html [Tankers built in U.S. during WWII],