11 Jul 1938
Australia
Australia
17 Apr 1940
Australia
Australia
- RMS Queen Mary arrived at Sydney, Australia. ww2dbase [Queen Mary | Sydney | CPC]
5 Oct 1941
Australia
Australia
- Allied convoy SC-48 departed Sydney, Australia for the United States. ww2dbase [Sydney | CPC]
7 Feb 1942
Australia
Australia
- Japanese submarine I-25's floatplane conducted a reconnaissance mission on Sydney, Australia. ww2dbase [Sydney | CPC]
17 Feb 1942
Australia
Australia
- Warrant Officer Nobuo Fujita, flying an E14Y floatplane from Japanese submarine I-25, flew over Sydney Harbor, Australia at 0430 hours, conducting a reconnaissance mission. He was back aboard I-25 by 0730 hours. ww2dbase [Nobuo Fujita | Sydney | CPC]
28 Mar 1942
Australia
Australia
- RMS Queen Mary arrived at Sydney, Australia and disembarked 8,400 troops. ww2dbase [Queen Mary | Sydney | CPC]
31 May 1942
Australia
![Cruiser USS Chicago underway in Sydney Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, before the Japanese midget submarine attack that took place later that night, May 31, 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_54b1fa8ca57da.jpg)
Australia
- Japanese submarines I-22, I-24, and I-27 launched three midget submarines 7 miles off of Sydney, Australia. At 2235 hours, one was caught in torpedo nets and was scuttled by her own crew of two (both were killed in the process). The two others continued into Sydney Harbor. ww2dbase [Japanese Midget Submarine Warfare in World War II | Type A-class | Sydney | CPC]
![Cruiser USS Chicago underway in Sydney Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, before the Japanese midget submarine attack that took place later that night, May 31, 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_54b1fa8ca57da.jpg)
1 Jun 1942
Australia
![A Japanese Ko-hyoteki class midget submarine raised from of Sydney Harbor the day after the submarine attack in Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, Australia, Jun 1 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_54b1fb743803f.jpg)
![Japanese Type 98 torpedo that ran aground on Green Island in Sydney Harbor during the submarine attack 9 days earlier being prepared for recovery, Sydney, Australia, Jun 10, 1942. Note the sandbags.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_54b1fc28af3bc.jpg)
Australia
- Two Japanese midget submarines entered Sydney Harbor in Australia in the final hours of the previous day. One of them, M-24, was able to fired two torpedoes at cruiser USS Chicago just after 0000 hours; missing the American cruiser, one of the torpedoes hit the breakwater, sinking nearby barracks ship HMAS Kuttabul (21 were killed, 10 were wounded). M-24 would be able to escape the harbor; her crew abandoned the midget submarine 13 miles north of Sydney but was never seen again. The other midget submarine was depth charged and destroyed by Australian auxiliary patrol boats HMAS Steady Hour, HMAS Sea Mist, and HMAS Yarroma at 0500 hours, killing both men aboard. ww2dbase [Sydney | CPC]
![A Japanese Ko-hyoteki class midget submarine raised from of Sydney Harbor the day after the submarine attack in Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, Australia, Jun 1 1942](/images/imagemagick/tmb_54b1fb743803f.jpg)
![Japanese Type 98 torpedo that ran aground on Green Island in Sydney Harbor during the submarine attack 9 days earlier being prepared for recovery, Sydney, Australia, Jun 10, 1942. Note the sandbags.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_54b1fc28af3bc.jpg)
9 Jul 1942
Australia
Australia
- Destroyers USS Castor, Ralph Talbot, and Blue arrived at Sydney, Australia. ww2dbase [Ralph Talbot | Sydney | DS]
26 Oct 1942
Australia
Australia
27 Oct 1942
Australia
Australia
24 Dec 1942
Australia
Australia
- Destroyers USS Lansdowne and Shaw in escort of the badly damaged cruiser USS New Orleans arrived at Sydney, Australia. ww2dbase [Shaw | Lansdowne | New Orleans | Sydney | DS]
2 Jan 1943
Australia
Australia
7 Mar 1943
Australia
![USS New Orleans underway from Sydney, Australia after being fitted with a temporary bow because she was struck by a torpedo in the Battle of Tassafaronga that blew off 150 feet of her bow.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_5f2c9140853b7.jpg)
Australia
- Cruiser USS New Orleans (New Orleans-class) departed Sydney, Australia bound for Puget Sound, Washington, United States after being fitted with a temporary bow at Sydney. ww2dbase [New Orleans | Sydney | DS]
![USS New Orleans underway from Sydney, Australia after being fitted with a temporary bow because she was struck by a torpedo in the Battle of Tassafaronga that blew off 150 feet of her bow.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_5f2c9140853b7.jpg)
23 Apr 1943
Australia
Australia
17 May 1943
Australia
Australia
5 Sep 1943
Australia
Australia
15 Jan 1944
Australia
Australia
- USS Nashville arrived at Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia for ten days of recreation and upkeep. ww2dbase [Nashville | Sydney, New South Wales | DS]
29 Apr 1944
Australia
Australia
- USS New Mexico arrived at Sydney, Australia. ww2dbase [New Mexico | Sydney, New South Wales | CPC]
5 May 1944
Australia
Australia
- USS New Mexico departed Sydney, Australia. ww2dbase [New Mexico | Sydney, New South Wales | CPC]
13 Oct 1945
Australia
Australia
- HMS Formidable arrived in Sydney, Australia, disembarking 1,300 Australian troops and liberated prisoners of war. ww2dbase [Formidable | Sydney, New South Wales | CPC]
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