Freemantle, Australia was a submarine hub in the West Pac during WWI 2, with Allied boats of all stripes including British and Dutch vessels, mixing with locals and Americans. In all, some 170 Allied subs at one time or another passed through Fremantle between 1941 and 1945.
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Freemantle, ahoy!
In the late 1930s and early 1940s, the idea to keep the Japanese Combined Fleet fenced in its home waters was through investing a lot in submarines. Admiral Hart’s Asiatic Squadron, based in …
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Even more US-Australia submarine collaboration on the horizon
The new year will bring new work between the two navies.
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