Keywords: USS Whipple (DD-217) at Sydney 1942.jpg The U S Navy destroyer USS Whipple DD-217 at Sydney Australia After escaping from the Netherlands East Indies Whipple sailed to Melbourne Australia and arriving on 23 March and operated with Australian and New Zealand Navy warships on convoy escort duties along the Great Barrier Reef until 2 May when she departed Sydney for Pearl Harbor 302772 ca 1942-05 Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia USS Whipple DD-217 Sydney in the 1940s Black and white photographs |