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    Sydney Harbor New South Wales Australia

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Richard E. Smith 1943

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Located at Sydney. Used by Australian and American ships, target of Japanese attacks by midget submarines and shelling.

Japanese Missions Against Sydney Harbor
May 29 - June 8, 1942

Type A Midget Submarine M22
Scuttled by the crew May 31, 1942 at 10:35pm, later salvaged & displayed at AWM

Type A Midget Submarine M24
Sunk May 31, 1942 discovered November 12, 2006

Type A Midget Submarine M27
Sunk May 31, 1942, later salvaged & displayed at AWM

Garden Island
Located in Sydney Harbor. Garden Island naval base in the harbor.

HMAS Kuttabul
Sunk May 31, 1942 by torpedo from Japanese midget submarine, salvaged, displayed at AWM

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