Territory Stories

Sea Witch (1658)

Details:

Title

Sea Witch (1658),

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

Cargo Motor Vessel,

Unit

Sea Witch (1658),

Parent unit

United States Maritime Commission,

Date arrived in NT

1942-09-23,

Date left the NT

1942-09-25,

History

Sea Witch was escorted by Ballarat on her only journey into Darwin, from Thursday Island. She carried ground crews of United States 49 Pursuit Squadron, code name Maple, to New Guinea.,

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, Cargo steamship, Motor vessel, Sea Witch (1658),

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Australian War Memorial,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/SAMUEL_LANCASTER_TO_SELMA_VICTORY.pdf [Sea Witch (1658) p.167-169], http://www.usmaritimecommission.de/ [United States Maritime Commission],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843812,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844079