USS destroyer a 'sitting duck' after being bombed by Japanese aircraft in 1942

By Chris McLennan
August 24 2020 - 10:00am
RENEWED INTEREST: An ocean discovery by a diver has cast new light on the sinking of the USS Peary, a destroyer moored in Darwin Harbour, in 1942.
RENEWED INTEREST: An ocean discovery by a diver has cast new light on the sinking of the USS Peary, a destroyer moored in Darwin Harbour, in 1942.

The discovery of two large ship propellers has offered a new interpretation of the events around the bombing of Darwin in 1942.

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