HMAS COOK, (survey ship), located the wreck of the Japanese submarine I-24, some 37 miles off Darwin. I-24 was the first Japanese vessel sunk by the RAN. She was sunk by HMA Ships DELORAINE, KATOOMBA, and LITHGOW, (corvettes), on 20 January, 1942.
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Preserving Australia's Naval History
HMAS COOK, (survey ship), located the wreck of the Japanese submarine I-24, some 37 miles off Darwin. I-24 was the first Japanese vessel sunk by the RAN. She was sunk by HMA Ships DELORAINE, KATOOMBA, and LITHGOW, (corvettes), on 20 January, 1942.