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Naval Base Samoa
Location of Naval Base Samoa in Samoa ,  United States Navy 1940 to 1951
Location of Naval Base Samoa in Samoa
, Naval Base Samoa United States Navy
1940 to 1951
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A Martin PBM Mariner plane is loaded on USS Chandeleur (AV-10)'s aft deck in Apia Harbor, Samoa, 15 February 1943. The nose of the plane had been damaged during a take off attempt due to wind and high sea.

Naval Base Samoa, codename Operation Straw, was a number of United States Navy bases at American Samoa in the central Pacific Ocean. The bases were used during World War II to support the island hopping Pacific War efforts of the allied nations fighting the Empire of Japan.

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Naval Base Samoa

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Naval Base Samoa, codename Operation Straw, was a number of United States Navy bases at American Samoa in the central Pacific Ocean. The bases were used...

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Naval Base Upolu

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on Upolu Island, Samoa in the Western Pacific Ocean, part of the Samoan Islands's Naval Base Samoa. After the surprise attack on Naval Station Pearl Harbor...

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Naval Base Funafuti

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Naval Base Funafuti was a naval base built by the United States Navy in 1942 to support the World War II effort. The base was located on the Island of...

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United States Naval Station Tutuila

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United States Naval Station Tutuila was a naval station in Pago Pago Harbor on the island of Tutuila, part of American Samoa, built in 1899 and in operation...

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US Naval Base Australia

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U.S. Naval Base Australia comprised several United States Navy bases in Australia during World War II. Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939...

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American Samoa

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United States took possession of American Samoa in the late 19th century, developing it into a major naval outpost; the territory's strategic value was...

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Palmyra Atoll

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Geography portal Islands portal Oceania portal List of Guano Island claims Naval Base Samoa "Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge". Ramsar Sites Information...

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Second Samoan Civil War

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marines, 88 sailors and 136 Samoans left the coast for an attack on the landward side of Vailele, leaving the protection of naval gunfire support. The cruisers...

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German Samoa

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German Samoa (German: Deutsch-Samoa; Samoan: Siamani-Sāmoa) was a German protectorate from 1900 to 1920, consisting of the islands of Upolu, Savai'i,...

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US Naval Advance Bases

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Tutuila, Samoa - depot, repair (1921-1951) Naval Base Upolu at Upolu Island, Samoa - Advanced Base (1942-1944) Palmyra Island Palmyra Island Naval Air Station...

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Apia

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Apia (Samoan: [a.pi.a]) is the capital and only city of Samoa. It is located on the central north coast of Upolu, Samoa's second-largest island. Apia...

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Samoan Civil War

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rival Samoan factions in the Samoan Islands of the South Pacific. The political struggle lasted roughly between 1886 and 1894, primarily between Samoans contesting...

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Upolu

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administrator and, after independence, for the Samoan head of state. During World War II, the US Navy built Naval Base Upolu on the island. The island of Upolu...

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American Samoa Fono

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the naval governor, who retained the sole legislative power. During Governor Vernon Huber's term in office, from 1947 to 1949, American Samoans moved...

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American Samoan citizenship and nationality

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1845. Based upon the Tripartite Convention of 1899, the United States, Great Britain, and Germany agreed to partition the islands into German Samoa and...

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Naval Base Melbourne

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Naval Base Melbourne was a United States Navy base at Melbourne during World War II. Naval Base Melbourne became the South West Pacific Area Command Headquarters...

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List of American military installations

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(ARNG training site/base)[citation needed] Redstone Arsenal Pele U.S. Army Reserve Center & Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Samoa[citation needed] Fort...

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Faleolo International Airport

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subsequently constructed an airfield and Naval Base Upolu. It became an auxiliary field of U.S. Naval Station Tutuila in the Samoa Defense Group Area during the...

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Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Seven

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with two more as well as a large naval base. One field was for fighters the other two were for bombers. For the Naval Station they constructed 12 docks...

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Samoa Field Airport

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Samoa Field Airport formerly Eureka Municipal Airport (FAA LID: O33) is a city-owned, public airport 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Eureka, on the northern...

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Blunts Point Battery

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Naval Gun or Matautu Ridge Gun Site, is a gun battery on Matautu Ridge near Pago Pago, American Samoa. It was part of the fortification of the Samoan...

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Pago Pago International Airport

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was originally known as Tafuna Airfield. It was part of U.S. Naval Station Tutuila - Samoa Defense Group Area and was partially constructed before war...

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Seabee

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Forces Atlantic/Pacific fleets as well as on many base Public Works and USN diving commands. Naval Construction Battalions were conceived of as replacements...

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Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11

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Upolo, Samoa, "Straw-stack" was Tutuila, Samoa, and "Fetlock" was Pago Pago. Eleven's primary projects were the construction of a Cub destroyer base and...

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List of United States Naval Academy alumni

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American Samoa. 2009. Archived from the original on June 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-06. "Robert E. Coontz Class of 1885". United States Naval Academy....

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Samoan patrol vessel Nafanua III

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patrol boat entering[needs update] service with the Samoan Police Force. She was given to Samoa by Australia as part of the Pacific Maritime Security...

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Royal Australian Navy

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