Fremantle in WW2 History | World War II Database

22 Feb 1942

Australia

USS Langley and freighter Sea Witch departed Fremantle, Australia with 59 P-40 fighters aboard for Java, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Langley (Langley-class) | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

10 Mar 1942

Australia

USS Skipjack arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Skipjack | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]
USS S-41 arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia, Austalia, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [S-41 | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

13 Mar 1942

Australia

USS S-38 arrived at Fremantle, Austalia, ending her third war patrol. ww2dbase [S-38 | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

17 Mar 1942

Australia

Submarine USS Saury ended her second war patrol at Fremantle, Australia. ww2dbase [Saury | Fremantle | DS]

14 Apr 1942

Australia

USS Skipjack departed Fremantle, Australia for her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Skipjack | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

28 Apr 1942

Australia

Submarine USS Saury left Fremantle, Australia for her third war patrol assigned to the waters of the Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Saury | Fremantle | DS]

4 May 1942

Australia

Submarine Saury arrived at Fremantle, Australia for repairs. ww2dbase [Saury | Fremantle | DS]

5 May 1942

Australia

USS Permit departed Fremantle, Australia, starting her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Permit | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

7 May 1942

Australia

After repairs, submarine USS Saury departed Fremantle, Australia to resume her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Saury | Fremantle | DS]

22 Jun 1942

Australia

USS Grayback arrived at Fremantle, Australia. ww2dbase [Grayback | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

28 Jun 1942

Australia

Submarine USS Saury ended her third war patrol at Fremantle, Australia. ww2dbase [Saury | Fremantle | DS]

29 Jun 1942

Australia

[date approx.] Lieutenant Commander Leonard Sparks Mewhinney took command of submarine USS Saury at Fremantle, Australia. ww2dbase [Saury | Fremantle | DS]

2 Jul 1942

Australia

Submarine USS Saury departed Fremantle, Australia bound for Albany, Australia. ww2dbase [Saury | Fremantle | DS]

18 Jul 1942

Australia

USS Skipjack departed Fremantle, Australia for her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Skipjack | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

25 Jul 1942

Australia

HNMS Tromp, USS Holland and the US submarines USS Seal and USS Saury arrived at Fremantle, Australia. ww2dbase [Saury | Holland | Seal | Fremantle | DS]

31 Jul 1942

Australia

Submarine USS Saury left Fremantle, Australia for her fourth war patrol assigned to patrol in the Philippines area. ww2dbase [Saury | Fremantle | DS]

4 Sep 1942

Australia

USS Skipjack arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Skipjack | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

23 Sep 1942

Australia

Submarine USS Saury ended her fourth war patrol at Fremantle, Australia. This patrol was hampered by near constant rain and near typhoon conditions the entire nine days Saury was patrolling west of Luzon. ww2dbase [Saury | Fremantle | DS]

18 Oct 1942

Australia

Submarine USS Saury departed Fremantle, Australia bound for Sydney, Australia. ww2dbase [Saury | Fremantle | DS]

7 Dec 1942

Australia

USS Grayback departed Fremantle, Australia for her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Grayback | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

26 Oct 1943

Australia

Lieutenant Commander Walter Griffith relieved Commander Joseph Willingham as commanding officer of submarine USS Bowfin at Fremantle, Australia. ww2dbase [Bowfin | Fremantle | DS]

11 Dec 1943

Australia

USS Ray departed Fremantle, Australia for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

16 Dec 1943

Australia

Submarine USS Tinosa arrived at Fremantle, Australia to end her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Tinosa | Fremantle | DS]

6 Jan 1944

Australia

Before departing Fremantle, Australia on her fifth war patrol, submarine USS Tinosa took aboard Australian commandos and 5,000 pounds of their equipment to be inserted in the jungles of Borneo. ww2dbase [Tinosa | Fremantle | DS]

12 Jan 1944

Australia

USS Ray arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

6 Feb 1944

Australia

USS Ray departed Fremantle, Australia for her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

5 Mar 1944

Australia

USS Hoe arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Hoe | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

13 Mar 1944

Australia

USS Cod arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Cod | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

27 Mar 1944

Australia

USS Ray arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

4 Apr 1944

Australia

USS Hoe departed Fremantle, Australia for her fourth war patrol in the South China Sea. ww2dbase [Hoe | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]
USS Puffer arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Puffer | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

6 Apr 1944

Australia

USS Cod departed Fremantle, Australia for her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Cod | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]
USS Gunnel arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Gunnel | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

23 Apr 1944

Australia

USS Ray departed Fremantle, Australia for her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

3 May 1944

Australia

USS Harder arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Harder | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

26 May 1944

Australia

USS Harder departed Fremantle, Australia for her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Harder | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

2 Jun 1944

Australia

USS Hoe arrved at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Hoe | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

14 Jun 1944

Australia

USS Ray arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

26 Jun 1944

Australia

HMS Cumberland deployed on patrol in Indian Ocean and called at Fremantle, Australia. ww2dbase [Cumberland | Fremantle | DS]

29 Jun 1944

Australia

USS Hoe departed Fremantle, Australia for her fifth war patrol in the South China Sea. ww2dbase [Hoe | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

5 Jul 1944

Australia

USS Flier arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Flier | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

9 Jul 1944

Australia

USS Ray departed Fremantle, Australia for her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

28 Jul 1944

Australia

USS Ray departed Fremantle, Australia after restocking her store of torpedoes. ww2dbase [Ray | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

2 Aug 1944

Australia

USS Flier departed Fremantle, Australia for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Flier | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

5 Aug 1944

Australia

USS Harder departed Fremantle, Australia for her sixth war patrol. ww2dbase [Harder | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

23 Aug 1944

Australia

USS Hoe arrved at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Hoe | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

31 Aug 1944

Australia

USS Ray arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

15 Sep 1944

Australia

USS Hoe departed Fremantle, Australia for her sixth war patrol in the South China Sea. ww2dbase [Hoe | Fremantle, Australia | CPC]

23 Sep 1944

Australia

USS Ray departed Fremantle, Australia for her sixth war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

26 Sep 1944

Australia

Submarine USS Growler arrived at Fremantle, Australia for a refit after completing her tenth war patrol. ww2dbase [Growler | Fremantle | DS]

20 Oct 1944

Australia

Submarines USS Growler, Hake, and Hardhead departed Fremantle, Australia as a wolfpack bound for the South China Sea. This would be Growler’s eleventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Hardhead | Hake | Growler | Fremantle | DS]

22 Oct 1944

Australia

USS Hoe arrved at Fremantle, Australia, ending her sixth war patrol. ww2dbase [Hoe | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

23 Nov 1944

Australia

USS Hoe departed Fremantle, Australia for her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Hoe | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

29 Dec 1944

Australia

USS Gabilan departed Fremantle, Australia for her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Gabilan | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

2 Jan 1945

Australia

USS Barbero arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Barbero | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

3 Jan 1945

Australia

USS Hoe arrved at Fremantle, Australia, ending her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Hoe | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

5 Jan 1945

Australia

USS Hawkbill arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Hawkbill | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

8 Feb 1945

Australia

USS Hoe departed Fremantle, Australia for her eighth war patrol in the South China Sea. ww2dbase [Hoe | Fremantle, Australia | CPC]

15 Feb 1945

Australia

USS Gabilan arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Gabilan | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]
USS Boarfish arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Boarfish | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

11 Mar 1945

Australia

USS Boarfish departed Fremantle, Australia for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Boarfish | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

20 Mar 1945

Australia

USS Gabilan departed Fremantle, Australia for her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Gabilan | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

30 Mar 1945

Australia

USS Pintado arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Pintado | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

18 Apr 1945

Australia

USS Chub arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Chub | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

14 May 1945

Australia

USS Chub departed Fremantle, Australia for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Chub | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

8 Jun 1945

Australia

USS Boarfish arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Boarfish | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

5 Jul 1945

Australia

USS Boarfish departed Fremantle, Australia for her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Boarfish | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

13 Aug 1945

Australia

USS Cod returned to Fremantle, Australia, ending her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Cod | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

17 Aug 1945

Australia

USS Chub arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her third and final war patrol. ww2dbase [Chub | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

31 Aug 1945

Australia

USS Brill departed Fremantle, Australia. ww2dbase [Brill | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis

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