![]() ![]() In January 1945 US Navy Seabees built a Seabees base camp at Darwin. Much of the Darwin submarine base operations was moved to the Fremantle submarine base in West Australia, as this was out of range of land-based Japanese aircraft. USS Langley (CV-1), the US Navy's first aircraft carrier, assisted the Royal Australian Air Force in running anti-submarine patrols out of Darwin from January 1 to 11 1942. ![]() The USS Black Hawk (AD-9) a destroyer tender operated out of Naval Base Darwin from Januar圓 to February 1942. USS Chanticleer (ASR-7) worked at the base from October 1944 to January 1945. The USS Coucal (ASR-8) worked at the base from Augto October 29, 1944. In February 1943 Holland departed Australia for Mare Island Navy Yard for overhaul. A land submarine repair base with docks and depots was built to support the operations. The Submarine tender USS Holland (AS3) arrived on Januand began arond the clock service to US submarines. The submarine started with the arrival of the submarine tender USS Otus (ARG-20) worked at the base from Decemto January 1942. ABDACOM did not have enough troops or supplies to carry out the mission in 1942. ![]() With ABDACOM the Allies tried to limit the advance of Japan. Naval Base Darwin was part of the 1942 American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM). The city of Darwin is on a peninsula between Clarence Strait and Frances Bay in the northern coast of Australia. Due to Japan's southern advance in the Pacific War into the Southwest Pacific the US Navy also built a submarine base and PT boat Bases on the northwest coast of Australia, to patrol and protect the shipping lanes. As such the Navy built a Naval mine depot at the port of Darwin, in Darwin Harbour. The US Navy received an Australian government contract to provide Naval mines for the protection of Australian ports and to disrupt Japanese shipping. US Navy operations started in 1942 and ended after the war in 1945. As the US Navy expanded in the Island hopping campaign, Naval Base Darwin expanded to include a Port Darwin submarine base, PT boat Bases, and other facilities. The first US operations at Darwin was Naval mine depot, built to supply Australia with mines to support the Pacific War. Naval Base Darwin was a United States Navy base built during World War II at Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Darwin Harbour with the sunken ship MV Neptuna and burnt-out wharf of Darwin Harbour following the attack on FebruMap of the 1942 American-British-Dutch-Australian Command USS Holland with (left to right: Cachalot, Dolphin, Barracuda, Bass, Bonita, Nautilus, Narwhal) ![]()
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