Naval Base Brisbane#Naval Base Cairns

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Naval Base Brisbane was a major United States Navy base built in the early part of World War II at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. At first, it operated as a base for patrol aircraft and convoy escort aircraft to protect the last leg of the Pacific War to the Southwest Pacific. As the US Navy expanded in the island hopping campaign, Naval Base Brisbane expanded to include a submarine base, repair depot, seaplane base and other facilities. US Navy operations started on April 14, 1942, and ended after the war in 1945.[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/b/building-the-navys-bases/buidling-navys-bases-vol-2-chapter-26.html US Navy, Bases of World War II]{{Cite web|url=https://www.navy.gov.au/history/feature-histories/usn-submarines-based-brisbane-during-world-war-ii|title=USN Submarines Based in Brisbane during World War II|first=corporateName=Royal Australian|last=Navy|website=www.navy.gov.au}}

File:USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) moored at Brisbane, Australia, 10 February 1944 (80-G-364211).jpg moored at Brisbane, Australia, 10 February 1944]]

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History

Australia entered World War II on September 3, 1939, being a self-governing nation within the British Empire. The United States formally entered the war on December 7, 1941, following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. On April 14, 1942, the USS Griffin (AS-13) and a fleet of eleven S-class US submarines arrived at Brisbane's New Farm Wharf. The wharf had a few storage sheds and some other support facilities, which the US Navy rented using the reverse Lend-Lease program, but a much larger facility was needed as a staging area. The US Government hired Australian construction crews to build a new staging area using mostly Australian supplies but with Quonset huts shipped in.

The S-class submarines' first mission was supporting the Solomon Islands campaign. Later, Gato-class submarines were added to the fleet. By the end of the war the Brisbane submarine fleet had sunk 117 enemy ships, totaling 515,000 tons, and rescued many downed airmen. In the spring of 1943, more space was needed and on March 24, 1943, the US Navy Seabee's 55th Battalion arrived and built "Camp Seabee", 5 miles north-east of Brisbane, at Eagle Farm. Camp Seabee became a staging camp for Seabees and their equipment in island hopping operations. The first departure was half the Seabees, to build Naval Base Milne Bay in New Guinea on May 23, 1943. Some Seabees departed to build an airfield at Merauke in New Guinea and others to Port Moresby, New Guinea. Most returned at the end of the construction for R&R. The Brisbane Seabees built a mine depot outside of Brisbane. The next departure was most of the Brisbane Seabees going to Palm Island and Cairns. At Palm Island, Seabees built Palm Island Naval Air Station and Palm Island Seaplane Base.{{Cite web|url=https://pacificwrecks.com/provinces/australia_queensland.html|title=Pacific Wrecks|website=pacificwrecks.com}} Seabees built the Cairns Harbor PT-Boat Base and Cairns Harbor Seaplane Base. At Cairns, Seabees built the Cairns Airfield used for patrols and a staging camp.{{Cite web|url=https://pacificwrecks.com/airfields/australia/cairns/index.html|title=Pacific Wrecks - Cairns Airfield (Cairns Airport), Queensland, Australia|website=pacificwrecks.com}} On June 19, 1943, the Seabee 84th Battalion arrived at Camp Seabee, with half the Battalion departing to continue the expansion at Naval Base Milne Bay. The 55th and 84th Battalion continued to build up Naval Base Brisbane. Seabees built a mine depot, more barracks at Camp Seabee, a Merchant Marine anti-aircraft training camp, and Mobile Navy Hospital No. 9. In May 1943, Seabee 60th Battalion arrived at Camp Seabee. On January 20, 1944, Seabee Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 544th arrived to service the Naval Base Brisbane Bases. At Hamilton, Queensland, Seabees built a ship-repair depot. Outside of the base, a ammunition depot was built. The 55th Battalion built and operated a sawmill. By March 1994 the base had 90,000 square feet of depot warehouse space and 53 acres of open deposit storage. The other large US Naval Advance Bases in Australia were at Naval Base Sydney and Naval Base Darwin. Unlike Darwin, Brisbane was out of the reach of Japanese bombers. Parts of Naval Base Brisbane began moving to more forward bases in January 1944. Palm Island base was moved on September 1, 1944, and Townsville moved in July 1944.

Bases and facilities

Brisbane, Queensland Bases:
United States Seventh Fleet:

=Naval Base Brisbane=

Naval Base Brisbane on the Brisbane River{{Cite web|url=https://pacificwrecks.com/provinces/australia_queensland.html|title=Pacific Wrecks - Queensland (QLD) Australia|website=pacificwrecks.com}}
Navy Headquarters, from Naval Base Melbourne in July 1942.
New Farm Wharf depot, now New Farm Park ferry wharf
AHS Centaur, USS Samaritan (AH-10) and USS Comfort (AH-6) Hospital ships
Brisbane Submarine baseJones, David; Nunan, Peter (2005). U.S. Subs Down Under. Brisbane, 1942–1945. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-644-5.[https://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/capricorn.htm Brisbane Submarines base, ozatwar.com]
Some Submarines Base at Brisbane:{{USS| S-47 |SS-158|2}}, {{USS| S-41 |SS-146|2}}, {{USS| S-39 |SS-144|2}}, {{USS| S-44 |SS-155|2}}, {{USS| S-40 |SS-145|2}}, {{USS| S-42 |SS-153|2}}, {{USS| S-37 |SS-142|2}}, {{USS| Scamp |SS-277|2}}, {{USS| Grayback |SS-208|2}}, {{USS| Darter |SS-227|2}}, {{USS| Growler |SS-215|2}}, {{USS| Crevalle |SS-291|2}}, {{USS| Seawolf |SS-197|2}}, {{USS| Gato |SS-212|2}}, {{USS| Sturgeon |SS-187|2}}, {{USS| Trout |SS-202|2}}, {{USS| Pintado |SS-387|2}}, {{USS| Seadragon |SS-194|2}}, {{USS| Dace |SS-247|2}}, {{USS| Narwhal |SS-167|2}}, {{USS| Permit |SS-178|2}}, {{USS| Nautilus |SS-168|2}}, {{USS| Bonefish |SS-223|2}}, {{USS| Silversides |SS-236|2}}, {{USS| Perch |SS-313|2}}, {{USS| Guardfish |SS-217|2}}, {{USS| Grampus |SS-207|2}}, {{USS| Medregal |SS-480|2}}, {{USS| Segundo |SS-398|2}}, {{USS| Greenling |SS-213|2}}, {{USS| Greenling |SS-213|2}}, {{USS| S-38 |SS-143|2}}, {{USS| Amberjack |SS-219|2}}, {{USS| Sailfish |SS-192|2}}, {{USS| Cisco |SS-290|2}}, {{USS| Tiru |SS-416|2}}, {{USS| Swordfish |SS-193|2}}, {{USS| Sculpin |SS-191|2}}, {{USS| Ray |SS-271|2}}, {{USS| Albacore |SS-218|2}}, {{USS| Wahoo |SS-238|2}}, {{USS| Stingray |SS-186|2}}, {{USS| Gilmer |DD-233|2}}, {{USS| Seahorse |SS-304|2}}, {{USS| Spearfish |SS-190|2}}, {{USS| Tunny |SS-282|2}}, {{USS| Drum |SS-228|2}}, {{USS| Seahorse |SS-304|2}}, {{USS| Argonaut |SM-1|2}}, {{USS| Sterlet |SS-392|2}}, {{USS| Plunger |SS-179|2}}, {{USS| S-31 |SS-136|2}}, {{USS| Bluefish |SS-222|2}}, {{USS| Cero |SS-225|2}}, {{USS| Gar |SS-206|2}}, {{USS| Flying Fish |SS-229|2}}, {{USS| Pollack |SS-180|2}}, {{USS| Tuna |SS-203|2}}, {{USS| Guardfish |SS-217|2}}, Caiman, Pompon, Cod, Raton, Guavina, Bowfin, Grouper, Grouper, Blackfish, Rasher, Balao, Corvina
Submarine maintenance depot
Submarine training center
Brisbane Degaussing Station [https://www.ozatwar.com/usnavy/brisbanedegaussingstation.htm Brisbane Degaussing Station, ozatwar.com]
Crash boat base
Fleet Post Office FPO# 134 SF Brisbane
Barracks [https://www.ozatwar.com/usnavy/usnquartersbne.htm Brisbane Barracks ]ozatwar.com
Supply depot[https://www.ozatwar.com/usnavy/northgateusn.htm Northgate depot] ozatwar.com
Ammunition depot, Brisbane Navy 134 at Mount Coot-tha[https://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/jcslaughter.htm Ammunition depot Mount Coot-tha, ozatwar.com][https://www.ozatwar.com/usnavy/navy134.htm Navy 134, ozatwar.com]
Mine depot outside of the city
Mobile Explosives Investigation Unit. No.1 [https://www.ozatwar.com/usnavy/meiunitno1.htm Mobile Explosives Investigation Unit. No.1 ozatwar.com]
Archerfield shared with Army, just south of Brisbane.[https://www.ozatwar.com/arch@war.htm Archerfield ozatwar.com]
Camp Perry Park, Navy housing unit at Camp Perry Park[https://www.ozatwar.com/locations/campperrypark.htm Camp Perry Park] ozatwar.com
Toowoomba Recreation Center, at Toowoomba west of Brisbane
Coolangatta Recreation Center at Coolangatta, south of Brisbane
Transmitting Station at Colmslie[https://www.ozatwar.com/locations/usntransmittingstation.htm ransmitting Station Colmslie] ozatwar.com

=Naval Air Station Brisbane=

Naval Air Station Brisbane was based in Colmslie on the Brisbane River.[https://www.ozatwar.com/locations/usnatscolmslie.htm Naval Air Station Brisbane] ozatwar.com

Naval Base Colmslie [https://www.ozatwar.com/locations/colmsliearea.htm Naval Base Colmslie] ozatwar.com
NATS Seaplane Base Colmslie (now Colmslie Recreational Park)
Colmslie Seaplane workshop, repair of Navy Consolidated PBY Catalina planes
Navy and Pan Am radio station, Pan Am used the base for mail and other services.
Imperial Airways, BOAC, RAAF and Qantas also use the base.
Post war became Barrier Reef Airways base[https://aussieairliners.org/BarrierReef/bra.html Barrier Reef Airways ] ussieairliners.org

=Hamilton repair depot=

Repair depot
Hamilton repair depot in Hamilton on the Brisbane River.
Cairncross Dockyard [https://www.ozatwar.com/locations/sthbnedrydock.htm Dockyard] ozatwar.com
Supply depot
Machine shops
Engineering camp
Chemical Engineering Camp
Some repair ship at Brisbane:
USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16)
USS Remus (ARL-40)
USS Clytie
USS Fulton (AS-11)
USS Sperry (AS-12)
USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)
USS Satinleaf (AN-43)
USS Sonoma (AT-12)
USS Geronimo (ATA-207)
USS Wright (AV-1)
USS Coucal (ASR-8)
USS Mataco (AT-86)
USS Portunus (AGP-4)
USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6)
SS Stratheden
USS Tangier (AV-8)
USS Dobbin (AD-3)

=Camp Seabee=

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Camp Seabee at Eagle Farm on the Brisbane River in Brisbane
Camp Seabee[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/Cruisebooks/wwiicruisebooks/ncb-cruisebooks/55%20th%20NCB%20%201942-1945.pdf US Navy, Camp Seabee][https://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/campseabee.htm Camp Seabee, ozatwar.com]
Camp Seabee staging camp and depot
Merchant Marine Anti-aircraft training camp, Wellington Point Gunnery School at Wellington Point[https://www.ozatwar.com/locations/ackackwellingtonpt.htm ozatwar.com, Merchant Marine Anti-aircraft training camp]
Advanced Base Construction Depot (ABCD)[https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/place?id=591 Royal Australian Navy, Seabess Advanced Base Construction Depot]
Mobile Navy Hospital No. 9, with 3,000 beds [https://www.ozatwar.com/usnavy/mob9.htm Mobile Navy Hospital No. 9, ozatwar.com],
Theater
Recreation building
Laundry depot
Power station
Decomposed granite quarry for roads.
Eagle Farm Airfield, shared with Army[https://www.ozatwar.com/eaglefarm.htm Eagle Farm Airfield, ozatwar.com]
Allison Engine Testing Area[https://www.ozatwar.com/civilian/allisontestingarea.htm Eagle Farm, engine testing ozatwar.com]

Camp Seabee was home to the:

19th Construction Battalion Special The boom-dozer: 30th Special Naval Construction Battalion, 19th Construction Battalion Special, US Navy 1948
20th Construction Battalion[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/UnitListPages/NCB/020%20NCB.pdf US Navy 20th CB]
55th Construction Battalion [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/UnitListPages/NCB/055%20NCB.pdf US Navy 55th CB]
60th Construction Battalion [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/UnitListPages/NCB/060%20NCB.pdf US Navu 60th CB]
77th Construction Battalion
84th Construction Battalion[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/UnitListPages/NCB/084%20NCB.pdf US Navy 84th CB]
91st Construction Battalion [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/UnitListPages/NCB/091%20NCB.pdf US Navy 91st CB]
Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 - 104th Naval Construction Battalion [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/UnitListPages/NCB/104%20NCB.pdf US Navy 104th CB]
115th Construction Battalion[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/UnitListPages/NCB/115%20NCB.pdf US Navy 115th CB]
138th Naval Construction Battalion[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/UnitListPages/NCB/138%20NCB.pdf US Navy 138th CB]
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11

From the staging at Camp Seabee, Construction Battalions departed to help build:

Naval Base Cairns
Naval Air Station Palm Island
Townsville Naval Section Base
Thursday Island PT Boat Base
Naval Base Sydney
Naval Base Merauke
KanaKopa PT Boat Base
Oro Bay Airfield
Naval Base Lae - Landing at Lae
Naval Base Mios Woendi at Mios Woendi PT Boat Base and Owi Airfield
Naval Base Woodlark Island
Naval Base Milne Bay
Naval Base Finschhafen
Naval Base Hollandia
Kiriwina Airfield
Naval Base Cape Gloucester - Battle of Cape Gloucester
Naval Base Alexishafen, at Madang
Naval Base Morotai - Battle of Morotai
Naval Base Banika Island on Banika:
Renard Field and Banika Field
Renard Sound Seaplane Base
Naval Base Saipan
Naval Base Okinawa
Naval Base Amsterdam Island on Amsterdam Island, West Papua, PT Boat Base
Leyte-Samar Naval Base 60th CB
Naval Base Guadalcanal - Guadalcanal campaign 61th CB[https://pacificwrecks.com/provinces/solomons_guadalcanal_koli.html pacificwrecks, Koli Point Camp][https://pacificwrecks.com/provinces/solomons_guadalcanal_lunga_anchorage.html pacificwrecks, Naval Base Lunga]
Tenaru Camp - Battle of the Tenaru
Koli Point Camp - Koli Point action
Naval Base Lunga at Lunga Point
Henderson Field 6th CB
Naval Base Manicani Repair base
Radar Station at Auki for RNZA 60th CB
Naval Base Emirau 60th CB on Emirau Island
Naval Base Darwin 84th CB
Naval Base Puerto Princesa at Palawan 84th CB [https://pacificwrecks.com/airfields/philippines/puerto_princesa_sea/index.html pacificwrecks, Puerto Princesa Seaplane Base]
Naval Base Manus
Naval Base Treasury Islands
Torokina Airfield
Piva Airfield
Naval Base Lingayen - Sual Bay PT Boat Base 104th CB
Naval Base Subic Bay
Olongapo Naval Station Olongapo Camp, 115th CB
NAS Attu 138th CB on Attu Island
Naval Base Auckland at Auckland
Bases in the Aleutian Islands 138th CB

=Other camps=

Camp La Fayette Prison Stockade at Eagle Farm[https://www.ozatwar.com/locations/camplafayette.htm ozatwar.com, Camp La Fayette Prison Stockade]
Camp Whinstanes, Prison [https://www.ozatwar.com/locations/campwhinstanes.htm ozatwar.com, Camp Whinstanes]

Remote Advanced Bases

File:CampSeabeeNavalBaseBrisbane_buildingtrips.jpg

Naval Base Brisbane built and supported remote advanced bases in Queensland:

=Naval Base Cairns=

Naval Base Cairns at Cairns, north of Brisbane, closed January 7, 1945 (now HMAS Cairns). Part of the base was on Green Island, {{cvt|28|km}} offshore.

Cairns Harbor PT-Boat Base, later moved to Milne Bay
Cairns Harbor Seaplane Base [https://pacificwrecks.com/airfields/australia/cairns_harbor/index.html pacificwrecks.com, Cairns Harbor Seaplane Base]
PT Boat repair base
Escort Base One destroyer repair depot
US Amphibious Training Base
Naval mine maintenance depot
Patrol-craft repair depot
Supply depot
Mess hall
Navy hospital
Feet post office FPO# 144 SF Cairns, Australia
Floating drydocks: AFD-10, ARD-7[https://www.ozatwar.com/usnavy/floatingdockscairns.htm ozatwar Cairns floating drydocks]
600-foot timber wharf
5,000-gallon water tank farm
Ammunition depot outside of camp
Cairns Airfield used for patrols
Cairns staging camp
Trinity Bay, amphibious training, US Army, Navy with US Navy support.{{Cite web|url=https://pacificwrecks.com/provinces/australia_cairns.html|title=Pacific Wrecks - Cairns, Queensland, Australia|website=pacificwrecks.com}}
Sheridan Street Camp, Cairns Army Camp located along Sheridan, Dutton and Spence Street.

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Naval Air Station Palm Island
Naval Air Station Palm Island, at Palm Island north of Brisbane, started July 6, 1943, closed June 1, 1944.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ozatwar.com/airfields/palmislandnavalairstation.htm|title=Palm Island Naval Air Station, Palm Island, Queensland, near Townsville during WW2|website=www.ozatwar.com}}
VPB-29 Patrol Bomber unit
VP-11 Patrol Squadron with Consolidated PBY Catalina
Hangars
Seaplane Base Palm Island
Fleet Post Office FPO# 420 SF Palm Island, Australia
Naval Air Station Wallaby Point [https://www.navyhistory.org.au/palm-islands-a-naval-connection/11-sea-bees-constructing-naval-air-station-at-wallaby-point-palm-island/ US Navy Naval Air Station Wallaby Point]
60,000 barrels tank farm
Palm Island patrol bombers repair depot
Docks
Radio stations
PT boat bases
Hospitals
Naval mine depot
Power station
Supply base

=Townsville Naval Section Base=

Townsville Naval Section Base
North of Brisbane a section base was built a Townsville closed and moved July 1944.
Rose Bay Townsville Navy hospital, 120-bed
Ammunition depot outside of camp
Fleet Post Office FPO# 143 SF Townsville, Australia
Townsville Navy hospital, 100-bed{{Cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2022673/townsville-war-cemetery/|title=Townsville War Cemetery | Cemetery Details|website=CWGC}}
Black River Navy hospital
US Navy at Cleveland Bay
Army camp, staging
Army airfields and Army 12th Station Hospital
HMAS Magnetic Royal Australian Navy base near US base

=Horn Island Seaplane Base=

Horn Island Seaplane Base at small Horn Island, far north of Brisbane[https://pacificwrecks.com/provinces/australia_horn.html pacificwrecks, Horn Island Seaplane Base]
Horn Island Airport RAAF

=Thursday Island PT Boat Base=

Thursday Island PT Boat Base was built on Thursday Island, far north of Brisbane, by the Seabees. The base opened in February 1943 and closed in September 1945. Thursday Island PT Boat Base had a PT Boat repair depot. The base was shared, HMAS Carpentaria base. The US also stationed some submarine bases at the base.[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/b/building-the-navys-bases/buidling-navys-bases-vol-2-chapter-26.html US Navy Thursday Island PT Boat][http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05127.htm navsourcem PT-127][https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-44000/NH-44487.html US Navy Thursday Island repair base]

=Toorbul Combined Training Centre=

Toorbul Combined Training Centre (CTC) was a joint Army and Navy amphibious training center opened on the summer of 1942 at Toorbul on Toorbul Point, now called Sandstone Point. The center had classrooms, camp, mess hall, jetties, slipway, a mock ship, and workshops. Royal Australian Air Force also had Radar Station at the base.

Fleet PO Box was 146.[https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/place?id=1373 Toorbul Combined Training Centre]ww2places.qld.gov.au

=Other bases=

Fleet Radio Unit Radio Station Cooktown at Cooktown, Queensland. FPO# 813 SF Cooktown
For Prisoner of war 16 camps were built in Queensland by Australians and US.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ozatwar.com/pow/pow.htm|title=Prisoner of War and Internment Camps in Australia during WW2|website=www.ozatwar.com}}
Mareeba Airfield (Hoevet Field) US Army
Torrens Creek Airfield in Torrens Creek, US Army, now Torrens Creek Airport
Mackay Airfield and Mackay recreation facilities at Mackay, Queensland

Post war

After Victory over Japan Day the base closed and the US Navy started taking Troops home in Operation Magic Carpet.

A number of Memorials were built in memory of the World War II activities in Australia:

Catalina Memorial Cairns Esplanade, at Cairns Esplanade near Cairns Harbor. Three white pillars with a model of a Consolidated Catalina atop and a memorial plaque to the crew of Catalina A24-25, at {{coord|16.913447|145.770323|display=inline}}{{Cite web|url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww2/display/90955-catalina-memorial|title=Catalina Memorial | Monument Australia|website=monumentaustralia.org.au}}
Cairns War Cemetery, administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) at {{coord|16.90787|145.7535|display=inline}} {{Cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/13712/cairns-war-cemetery/|title=Cairns War Cemetery | Cemetery Details|website=CWGC}}
Cairns Museum{{Cite web|url=https://www.cairnsmuseum.org.au/|title=Home|website=Cairns Museum}}
Beck Museum in Mareeba, closed
Milne Bay Military Museum in Toowoomba
Townsville War Cemetery at {{coord|19.24631|146.7879|display=inline}} {{Cite web|url=https://pacificwrecks.com/cemetery/australia-townsville-cemetery.html|title=Pacific Wrecks - Townsville War Cemetery, Queensland, Australia|website=pacificwrecks.com}}
Centaur Park, Memorial plaque and park dedicated to AHS Centaur sunk offshore at {{coord|-26.802784|153.146869|display=inline}} in Caloundra.
Bundaberg War Cemetery in Bundaberg at {{coord|-24.866066|152.348909|display=inline}}.
Memorial at Bakers Creek in Bakers Creek.{{Cite web|url=https://pacificwrecks.com/provinces/australia_bakers_creek.html|title=Pacific Wrecks - Bakers Creek (Scrubby Creek), Queensland, Australia|website=pacificwrecks.com}}

Gallery

CampSeabeeNavalBaseBrisbane-fromair.jpg|Camp Seabee at Naval Base Brisbane from the air

File:Damaged USS Growler (SS-215) at the submarine base at New Farm, Australia, in February 1943.jpg|Damaged USS Growler at the submarine base at New Farm in February 1943

StateLibQld 1 149299 Dunedin (ship).jpg|Dunedin at Gardens Reach on the Brisbane River. South Brisbane wharves in background

BRISBANE, QLD. C.1942. THE DOCK GATE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE UNFINISHED CAIRNCROSS GRAVING DOCK. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).jpg|Cairncross Dockyard in 1942

BRISBANE, QLD. C.1942. THE DRYDOCK UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT CAIRNCROSS GRAVING DOCK, LOOKING TOWARDS THE ENTRANCE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).jpg|Building Cairncross Dockyard in 1942

StateLibQld 1 79147 Royal Australian Naval ship ML 1322 at Colmslie Naval Base, Brisbane, ca. 1944.jpg|Colmslie Naval Base Brisbane in 1944

SoPacStratSit.gif|Strategic supply chain situation in South Pacific in July 1942

External links

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqdAyEFtt0A youtube, Abandoned Navy Base on The Brisbane River]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg29an7cM4o youtube, World War 2 - Defence of Australia]