4 Feb 1942
4 Feb 1942 Photos
4 Feb 1942 Photos
6 Feb 1942
Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies
- USS Stewart, USS Edwards, USS Marblehead, and USS Houston arrived at Tjilatjap, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Houston | Marblehead | Stewart | Tjilatjap, Java | CPC]
18 Feb 1942
Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies
19 Feb 1942
Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies
2 Mar 1942
Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies
- Submarine USS Spearfish arrived at Tjilatjap, South Java, Dutch East Indies (now Cilacap, Indonesia) and experienced a change of command. Lieutenant James C. Dempsey relieved Lieutenant Commander Roland F. Pryce. Spearfish took aboard 12 members of the staff of the Commander Submarines Asiatic Fleet for transportation to Fremantle, Australia. ww2dbase [Spearfish | Tjilatjap | DS]
5 Mar 1942
Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies
- Tanikaze covered carriers during the raid on Tjilatjap, Java, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Dutch East Indies Campaign, Java | Tanikaze | Tjilatjap, Java | CPC]
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