Don Bowen -> RE: Reloading Dutch ML's (5/28/2007 3:00:43 AM)
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In a related vein. here is some data on equipment that was enroute to the NEI at the time it was overrun. This is from a report by General MacArthur's HQ detailing the cargo of those ships that went into Australian ports. SS Bantam - 18 P-40E, 29 Marmon-Herrington Tanks, 4 37mm A/T guns, 1595 M1928 (Thompson) sub-machine guns, 20 M501 Searchlights USAT Mapia - 6 DB-7B, 4 Brewster-439, 10 OS2U Kingfisher, 3 Marmon-Herrington Tanks, 25 M3 Light Tanks, 2 37mm A/T Guns SS Sloterdijk - 10 Brewster-439, 7 CW-22B Falcon SS Tabian - 3 Brewster-439, 7 OS2U Kingfisher, 12 Marmon-Herrington Tanks, 4 37mm A/T Guns, 375 Johnson semi-automatic rifles, 10,000 Enfield rifles SS Tabinta - 3 DB-7B SS Tarakan - 5 DB-7B, 5 Lockheed L-12 SS Tjibesar - 4 Brewster-439, 14 CW-22B Falcon SS Tosari (or Tossari??) - 3 DB-7B, 25 M3 Light Tanks, 9580 Enfield rifles SS Weltevreden - 5 DB-7B, 7 OS2U Kingfisher, 10 Marmon-Herrington Tanks, 6 M3 155mm Guns, 8 7.62mm Hotchkiss Machine Guns, 700 Ivor Johnson .38 revolvers, 10 TFQ 108" range finders. SS Zaandam - 5 Brewster-439 (reached Tjilatjap but did not unload - took on 892 refugees and withdrew to Australia) All of these cargos were unloaded in Australian Ports and allocated to the US, Australian and surviving NEI forces.
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