128144 Accession Number: 128144

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United States of America Liberty Ship 'Starr King' sinks off Port Macquarie, NSW after being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. During the six months after 18 January 1943, Japanese attacked 21 Allied ships totalling 109,651 tons off the East Coast of Australia and ships totalling 50,022 tons were sunk.

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Accession Number
128144
Photographer
RAAF Official photograph
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
10 February 1943
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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