In what Australian city did the United States ship supplies in 1943 as part of the Lend-lease policy during WWII
New South Wales 79 class locomotive In 1943, during World War II, four diesel-electric industrial shunting type locomotives built by General Electric Company, Erie for the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) were imported from the United States of America by the Department of Supply under Lend-Lease conditions for use at the Dunheved munitions factory in Sydney. They were four units of 58 units built for the USATC by General Electric numbered 8499-8528 & 7900-7929.
USS Denebola (AF-56) USS "Denebola" (AF-56) was a "Denebola"-class stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy. She was built as the SS "Hibbing Victory" as a type VC2-S-AP2 Victory ship built by Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation of Portland, Oregon, under a Maritime Commission. The Maritime Administration cargo ship was the 113h ship built. Its keel was laid on May 2, 1944. The ship was christened on June 30, 1944. She was built at the Oregon Shipbuilding yards in just 59 days, under the Emergency Shipbuilding program for World War II. The 10,600 ton ship was constructed for the Maritime Commission. She was operated by the (Pacific-Atlantic SS Company under the United States Merchant Marine act for the War Shipping Administration. USS "Denebola"task was to carry stores, refrigerated items, and equipment to ships in the fleet, and to remote stations and staging areas.