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The Small Ships fleet

The Small Ships fleet

Will Watch

Will Watch

Two Freddies

Two Freddies

US Army OL1

US Army OL1

25PDR Guns

25PDR Guns

M.V. Lorinna

M.V. Lorinna

The Kooraka

The Kooraka

Maiwara

Maiwara

Ditch Digger

Ditch Digger

Small Ships Trawler

Small Ships Trawler

Advanced Base

Advanced Base

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    The Small Ships fleet

    The Small Ships fleet

    Some of the vessels that made up the Small Ships Fleet . They carried troops to the landings , & brought back the wounded & the dead ; they also provided the supplies .
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    Will Watch

    Will Watch

    “Will Watch” wooden hulled ketch rigged sailing vessel . Built 1895 at Woy Woy ; sank in the Bass Strait 1987 .
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    Two Freddies

    Two Freddies

    “Two Freddies” , wooden hulled single screw fishing vessel. Built 1941 , sunk at Magnetic Island March 1945 . Under tow by “Willyama Two” , wooden hull single screw fishing vessel . Built 1941 , strafed in 1942 , repaired & saw out the war .
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    US Army OL1

    US Army OL1

    OL 1 Ocean Lighter 250 tons displacement twin screw , carried 180 tons , some were cargo others carried water or were medical evacuation ships
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    25PDR Guns

    25PDR Guns

    25pdr guns being loaded onto a captured Japanese barge for the A.I.F. which was then towed by the U.S. Army Small Ship in the background
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    M.V. Lorinna

    M.V. Lorinna

    “M.V. Lorinna” built Greamouth , Scotland , sailed to Tasmania . Requisitioned 1942 , returned to owners 1945 .
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    The Kooraka

    The Kooraka

    “Kooraka” steel hull single screw , passenger cargo built 1925 unloading petrol with native labour 1943 at Pongani .
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    Maiwara

    Maiwara

    “Maiwara” single screw cargo steamer built 1924 Germany , requisitioned 1943 from Burns Philp , after war sold to China .
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    Ditch Digger

    Ditch Digger

    A Ditch Digger brought ashore by a vessel of the US Army Small Ships , they also transported tanks & artillery .
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    Small Ships Trawler

    Small Ships Trawler

    Small ships trawler off shore loading barbed wire onto a barge which was then being unloaded by native labour . Note the captured Japanese barge alongside .
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    Advanced Base

    Advanced Base

    A Liberty ship & two captured Japanese sampans discharge & load cargo at an unnamed advanced base .
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