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Luganville Seaplane Base
Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands
PBY Catalinas at the Luganville Seaplane Base Ramp in February 1942
Coordinates15°33′18″S 167°08′49.2″E / 15.55500°S 167.147000°E / -15.55500; 167.147000
TypeMilitary Seaplane Base
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Navy
Conditionabandoned
Site history
Built1942
Built bySeebees
In use1942-5

Luganville Seaplane Base is a former World War II seaplane base in the Segond Channel between the islands of Espiritu Santo and Aore Island in the New Hebrides Islands at the Espiritu Santo Naval Base.

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