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Naval Base Manus

January 01, 1970

Manus Naval Base was a number of bases built after the World War II Battle of Manus by United States Navy on the Manus Island and a smaller island just east, Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Islands chain. The major naval base construction started with the Los Negros landings on February 28, 1944.[1] The Navy repaired and did the expansion of the airfields on the Admiralty Islands. United States Navy Seabee built or repaired the facilities on the islands. The large Manus Naval Base, also called the Admiralty Island base, supported United States Seventh Fleet, Southwest Pacific command, and part of the Pacific Fleet. The base was abandoned by the US Navy after the war.[2][3][4]

Manus Naval Base
Location of the Manus Naval Base on Manus Island among the Admiralty Islands
Base was on the east end of the island
Manus Naval Base
Geography
Coordinates2°01′50″S 147°16′20″E / 2.03056°S 147.27222°E / -2.03056; 147.27222
ArchipelagoAdmiralty Islands
Area2,100 km2 (810 sq mi)
Length100 km (60 mi)
Width30 km (19 mi)
Highest elevation718 m (2356 ft)
Highest pointMt. Dremsel
Naval Base Administrative United States Navy
1944-1947
Largest settlementLorengau
Largest bases:
Seeadler Harbor
Lombrum Naval Base
Aerial view of Seeadler Harbor in 1945, with US Navy Fleet Anchorage
Floating ship repair dock ABSD-4 background in Seeadler Harbor with ABSD-2 (foreground) in September 1945
Manus Naval Base, Naval supply depot with piers and quonset Hut warehouses on September 18, 1945
Naval Receiving Station, Lorengau, Manus, November 1944

History edit

Japanese called Los Negros Island the Hyane Island and had built some facilities on the two islands.[5] Manus Island was picked for a major air and sea base as it was near Empire of Japan strong points: 387 miles to Rabaul, 694 miles to Truk, 273 miles Kavieng and 244 miles to Wewak. The other reason was Manus Island's Seeadler Harbor, which offered the largest and most protected Southwest Pacific fleet anchorage. By March 1944 the beaches were secured enough that the Seabees started construction. The first airfield captured was Hyane Airfield which was renamed Momote Airfield. While the airfield was captured the outlining area still had fighting and the airfield was attacked two times while under construction. Hyane Airfield has one 4,000-foot runway in poor condition. On March 10, fighter planes began using the Momote Airfield. Seabees completed all Momote Airfield construction and improvements on June 1, 1944 and turned the 7,800-feet runway Momote Airfield over to the United States Army Air Forces. The newly built air base had a camp, 90 fighters and 80 bombers, a tank farm with 17,000-barrel aviation gasoline that was filled from a small T1 tanker harbor and an ammunition depot. On April 1, 1944 Seabees started construction at Mokerang Airfield on Los Negros Island with the US Army engineers. The existing runway was improved to 8,000 feet and a new second 8,000 feet runway was built. Built at Mokerang Airfield were: a base camp, supply depot, repair depot, and a 30,000-barrel tank farm. At Hyane Harbor Seabees constructed a 500-bed evacuation hospital for the US Army. For the US Navy, at Hyane Harbor Seabees built a waterfront complex: two cargo ship wharves, a repair pier, 800-foot ship refueling pier, and a ship unloading and repair crane. Also starting on June 19, 1944, at Hyane Harbor was a pontoon assembly depot, as it was found that shipping pontoon flat, unassembled took a lot less space in ships. The pontoon depot had a personnel camp and warehouses. For the US Army and Navy a large aviation supply depot was built. For the Navy a 5,000 runway was built and a 7,000-barrel aviation-gasoline tank farm. To support the activity at Hyane Harbor a small-boat repair depot and camp was built. As the built up in the Pacific continued in April 1944, two new camp constructions were started on Los Negros Island: Papitalai Point and one at Lombrum Point. At Papitalai Point Seabee 58th Battalion built a base camp, depot, a PT boat overhaul base, fuel oil and diesel tank farm. Seabee started work at Lombrum Point on April 17, 1944, which become Lombrum Naval Base. At Lombrum Point Seabee built seaplane repair base, a ship repair base, and a Landing craft repair base. Each base required the building of camps, depots, piers and shops. Landing craft base supported LCT, LSM, and a host of smaller landing craft. For ship repair, different sized Auxiliary floating drydocks were towed to the base. The largest USS AFDB-2 and USS ABSD-4 were able to drydock battleships. Also at Lombrum Point Seabee built a seaplane base with a concrete seaplane ramp and 8,000-barrel tank farm. At the captured coastal Lorengau Airfield a large supply depot was built. Lorengau Airfield was a 3,500-foot grass runway and due to lack of space, it was not improved, but a support camp and depot was built at the Lorengau Airfield. Navy Base headquarters was built at Lorengau, near the mouth of Lorengau River. At the Lorengau Navy Base Seabee built a 1,000-bed Navy Hospital 15. The headquarters also had a camp for 5,000 men incoming Troops. Pityilu Airfield, on Pityilu Island was built to support aircraft carriers, with a training center and storage of 350 spare fighter planes for later aircraft carrier use. Ponam Airfield on Ponam Island was also built to support aircraft carrier fighter planes. After the war, most bases were abandoned in 1946 and 1947. Momote Airfield became Momote Airport. Some bases were turned over to the Royal Australian Navy and later to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force.[2][3][6][7]

Bases and facilities edit

*Repair Base

Airfields edit

 
Mount Hood explodes: the smoke trails are left by fragments ejected by the explosion.
 
Aerial view of USS Mindanao (ARG-3) after the explosion of USS Mount Hood (AE-11) at Seeadler Harbor on November 10, 1944

Attacks and losses edit

  • USS Mount Hood (AE-11), an ammunition ship, exploded on November 10, 1944 in Seeadler Harbor. The 350 men on the ship were killed. She damaged nearby ships, like the USS Mindanao which had 180 crewmen killed and injured by the explosion.[20]
  • USS ABSD-4 was attacked on April 22, 1945, Mitsubishi A6M Zero thought that the large floating dock was an aircraft carriers and damaged the dry dock.
  • USS AFDB-2 was attacked on April 22, 1945 also, damaging section G.

Seabees units edit

Main article: Seabees in World War II
  • Seabees working on Manus Naval Base:[2][21]
  • 2nd Naval Construction Regiment: 11th, 58th and 71st Naval Construction Battalion
  • 5th Naval Construction Regiment: 35th, 44th, and 57th Battalions
  • 40th Battalion
  • 46th Battalion
  • 78th Battalion
  • 17th Battalion
  • 58th Battalion
  • 104th Battalion
  • 20th Special Battalion
  • 21st Special Battalion
  • 22nd Special Battalion
  • 63rd Battalion
  • 140th Battalion
  • 561 Construction Battalion
  • 587 Construction Battalion
  • 621 Construction Battalion
  • PAD 1 - Navy Pontoons Battalion

Post war edit

On January 1, 1950 Royal Australian Navy (RAN) founded HMAS Seeadler, HMPNGS Tarangau (PNG Defence Force Base Lombrum) at the former US Naval Base. The new base replace the older base at Dreger Harbour, near Finschhafen.[22][23] to replace the RAN base at Dreger Harbour, near Finschhafen.[23][24] The base was renamed HMAS Tarangau, the name of the former Dreger Harbour base,[23][25] on 1 April 1950.[22][25]

Gallery edit

See also edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seeadler Harbor in World War II.

External links edit

  • 1944 U.S. Military Film "The Admiralty Islands" Capture & Occupation Of Manus & Los Negros
  • youtube Manus Island is Important Pacific Base. Australian Diary 72.
  • youtube "They Came To An Island" U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps Wwii Seabees Construction Battalions 29564

References edit

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  2. ^ a b c "Building the Navy's Bases, vol. 2 (part III, chapter 26)". history.navy.mil.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Pacific Wrecks". pacificwrecks.com.
  4. ^ Burroughs, Walter (June 24, 2013). "The Admiralty Islands". Naval Historical Society of Australia.
  5. ^ "Pacific Wrecks - Lorengau (Lorangau, Rorengau, Lorungau, Losa or Leronguan) Manus Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG)". pacificwrecks.com.
  6. ^ "Former American Naval Base Manus - Los Negros - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com.
  7. ^ "HyperWar: Beans, Bullet and Black Oil [Chapter 16]". www.ibiblio.org.
  8. ^ "Pacific Wrecks - Seeadler Harbor, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG)". pacificwrecks.com.
  9. ^ "Lombrum Seaplane Base - Los Negros - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com.
  10. ^ "Location Former American Naval Store Depot Base - Lorengau - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com.
  11. ^ "Koruniat Island - Koriunat Island - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com.
  12. ^ "Pacific Wrecks - Momote Airfield (Hyane Airfield), Manus Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG)". www.pacificwrecks.com.
  13. ^ "Pacific Wrecks - Lorengau Airfield, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG)". pacificwrecks.com.
  14. ^ "Pacific Wrecks - Ponam Airfield (HMS Nabaron), Manus Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG)". pacificwrecks.com.
  15. ^ a b . October 21, 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012.
  16. ^ "Pityilu Airfield - Pityilu Island - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com.
  17. ^ "Pacific Wrecks - United States Navy (USN) - PV-1 Ventura". pacificwrecks.com.
  18. ^ "Pacific Wrecks - Utility Squadron 2 (VJ-2) - United States Navy (USN)". www.pacificwrecks.com.
  19. ^ "Naval Air Transport Squadron Thirteen, Squadron VR-13, US Navy, based at Eagle Farm Airfield, Brisbane, Queensland, in Australia during WW2". www.ozatwar.com.
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  24. ^ Eldridge, Stephen; (member, RAN, 1947–1950). "Verbal History" (Interview).{{cite interview}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  25. ^ a b "HMAS Tarangau" (PDF). Royal Australian Navy News. 14 (8). Royal Australian Navy. 16 April 1971.
  26. ^ "1st Calvary Division Memorial - Los Negros - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com.
  27. ^ "Remains AFDB / ABSD Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock 2 - Los Negros - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com.
  28. ^ "Remains AFDB / ABSD Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock 4 - Los Negros - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com.
  29. ^ "Wrecks LCVP Landing Crafts - Los Negros - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com.
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January 01, 1970
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Manus Naval Base was a number of bases built after the World War II Battle of Manus by United States Navy on the Manus Island and a smaller island just east Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Islands chain The major naval base construction started with the Los Negros landings on February 28 1944 1 The Navy repaired and did the expansion of the airfields on the Admiralty Islands United States Navy Seabee built or repaired the facilities on the islands The large Manus Naval Base also called the Admiralty Island base supported United States Seventh Fleet Southwest Pacific command and part of the Pacific Fleet The base was abandoned by the US Navy after the war 2 3 4 Manus Naval BaseLocation of the Manus Naval Base on Manus Island among the Admiralty IslandsBase was on the east end of the islandManus Naval BaseGeographyCoordinates2 01 50 S 147 16 20 E 2 03056 S 147 27222 E 2 03056 147 27222ArchipelagoAdmiralty IslandsArea2 100 km2 810 sq mi Length100 km 60 mi Width30 km 19 mi Highest elevation718 m 2356 ft Highest pointMt DremselNaval Base Administrative United States Navy 1944 1947Largest settlementLorengauLargest bases Seeadler HarborLombrum Naval Base Aerial view of Seeadler Harbor in 1945 with US Navy Fleet Anchorage Floating ship repair dock ABSD 4 background in Seeadler Harbor with ABSD 2 foreground in September 1945 Manus Naval Base Naval supply depot with piers and quonset Hut warehouses on September 18 1945 Naval Receiving Station Lorengau Manus November 1944 Contents 1 History 2 Bases and facilities 3 Airfields 4 Attacks and losses 5 Seabees units 6 Post war 7 Gallery 8 See also 9 External links 10 ReferencesHistory editJapanese called Los Negros Island the Hyane Island and had built some facilities on the two islands 5 Manus Island was picked for a major air and sea base as it was near Empire of Japan strong points 387 miles to Rabaul 694 miles to Truk 273 miles Kavieng and 244 miles to Wewak The other reason was Manus Island s Seeadler Harbor which offered the largest and most protected Southwest Pacific fleet anchorage By March 1944 the beaches were secured enough that the Seabees started construction The first airfield captured was Hyane Airfield which was renamed Momote Airfield While the airfield was captured the outlining area still had fighting and the airfield was attacked two times while under construction Hyane Airfield has one 4 000 foot runway in poor condition On March 10 fighter planes began using the Momote Airfield Seabees completed all Momote Airfield construction and improvements on June 1 1944 and turned the 7 800 feet runway Momote Airfield over to the United States Army Air Forces The newly built air base had a camp 90 fighters and 80 bombers a tank farm with 17 000 barrel aviation gasoline that was filled from a small T1 tanker harbor and an ammunition depot On April 1 1944 Seabees started construction at Mokerang Airfield on Los Negros Island with the US Army engineers The existing runway was improved to 8 000 feet and a new second 8 000 feet runway was built Built at Mokerang Airfield were a base camp supply depot repair depot and a 30 000 barrel tank farm At Hyane Harbor Seabees constructed a 500 bed evacuation hospital for the US Army For the US Navy at Hyane Harbor Seabees built a waterfront complex two cargo ship wharves a repair pier 800 foot ship refueling pier and a ship unloading and repair crane Also starting on June 19 1944 at Hyane Harbor was a pontoon assembly depot as it was found that shipping pontoon flat unassembled took a lot less space in ships The pontoon depot had a personnel camp and warehouses For the US Army and Navy a large aviation supply depot was built For the Navy a 5 000 runway was built and a 7 000 barrel aviation gasoline tank farm To support the activity at Hyane Harbor a small boat repair depot and camp was built As the built up in the Pacific continued in April 1944 two new camp constructions were started on Los Negros Island Papitalai Point and one at Lombrum Point At Papitalai Point Seabee 58th Battalion built a base camp depot a PT boat overhaul base fuel oil and diesel tank farm Seabee started work at Lombrum Point on April 17 1944 which become Lombrum Naval Base At Lombrum Point Seabee built seaplane repair base a ship repair base and a Landing craft repair base Each base required the building of camps depots piers and shops Landing craft base supported LCT LSM and a host of smaller landing craft For ship repair different sized Auxiliary floating drydocks were towed to the base The largest USS AFDB 2 and USS ABSD 4 were able to drydock battleships Also at Lombrum Point Seabee built a seaplane base with a concrete seaplane ramp and 8 000 barrel tank farm At the captured coastal Lorengau Airfield a large supply depot was built Lorengau Airfield was a 3 500 foot grass runway and due to lack of space it was not improved but a support camp and depot was built at the Lorengau Airfield Navy Base headquarters was built at Lorengau near the mouth of Lorengau River At the Lorengau Navy Base Seabee built a 1 000 bed Navy Hospital 15 The headquarters also had a camp for 5 000 men incoming Troops Pityilu Airfield on Pityilu Island was built to support aircraft carriers with a training center and storage of 350 spare fighter planes for later aircraft carrier use Ponam Airfield on Ponam Island was also built to support aircraft carrier fighter planes After the war most bases were abandoned in 1946 and 1947 Momote Airfield became Momote Airport Some bases were turned over to the Royal Australian Navy and later to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force 2 3 6 7 Bases and facilities editSeeadler Harbor Large fleet anchorage some times called Manus Island Harbor or Manus Harbor 8 9 Lombrum Seaplane Base 3 with PBY Catalina G 21 Goose PBM Mariner VPB 71 VPB 52 VP 33 and VPB 34 PBY 1 Patrols and air sea rescue and FAW 17 Patrol and Reconnaissance PT Boat Base Submarine chaser base Pityilu Island fleet recreation center for up to 10 000 troops Lombrum Naval Base HMPNGS Tarangau 3 Advanced Base Construction Depot ABCD Seabee Camp Mokerang floating Liberty ship dock a fixed Liberty dock and a pile dock LST landing beach USS Hope AH 7 USS Bountiful AH 9 and USS Refuge AH 11 hospital ships Lorengau Naval Depot 10 Naval Air Station Receiving station Lorengau Salami communication center Koruniat Island on 4 April 1944 the 5th Cavalry established a base on this island 11 Crash boat base Ammunition depots Base and Fleet Headquarters Post office FPO 3205 SF Manus Island Quartermaster depot Medical center 128 storage depot buildings 50 refrigerator storage units 5 miles of road Water supply systems able to produce 4 000 000 gallons per day Many piers and Pontoons docks Sawmill Coral quarries for fill Power Plants Radar Stations Mess halls Tankers USS Caribou USS Alameda USS Arethusa USS Leopard and USS Armadillo Repair Base Major ship repair base with Large auxiliary floating drydock USS ABSD 4 and ASDB 2 USS ARD 19 Floating dry dock USS White Sands ARD 20 Service Squadron Lombrum Part depots Lombrum Machine shops Engineering camp Chemical Engineering Camp Motor pool USS Argonne AS 10 USS Mindanao ARG 3 USS Medusa AR 1 USS Briareus AR 12 USS Vestal USS Cebu ARG 6 USS Fortune IX 146 USS Aviation parts ship USS Piedmont AD 17 USS Sierra AD 18 USS Whitney AD 4 USS Amycus USS Current ARS 22 USS Apache ATF 67 USS Chimaera ARL 33 USS Currituck AV 7 USS Creon ARL 11 USS Oyster Bay AGP 6 USS Euryale USS Tangier AV 8 USS San Pablo AVP 30 USS Willoughby AGP 9 USS Wright AV 1 Airfields editMokerang Airfield two 8 000 feet bomber runways Army and Navy use 3 Momote Airfield Hyane Airfield 7 800 feet foot runway turned over to US Army after war Momote Airport 12 Lorengau Airfield 3 500 foot grass runway not used became supply depot 13 NAS Ponam Airfield on Ponam Island was built by the US Navy in June 1944 This was an aircraft carrier flighter plane overhaul base has one coral surfaced 5 000 foot runway Ponam Airfield did anti submarine warfare patrols Later became HMS Nabaron after the US Navy closed base on September 1 1947 It was also used by the Royal Navy in March April 1945 camp was at 1 54 52 S 146 53 14 E 1 914413 S 146 887171 E 1 914413 146 887171 14 15 Based at Ponam Airfield was 78th Naval Construction Battalion 140th Battalion ACORN 28 Seabee unit VMF 312 24 x FG Vought F4U Corsair unit VP 130 15 Lockheed Ventura PV 1 unit VC 75 Grumman F4F Wildcat unit Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 42 Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 13 Carrier Aircraft Service 587 Mobile Naval Air Base 4 Royal Navy NAS Pityilu Airfield on Pityilu Island Built by US Navy in 1944 5 500 feet runway aircraft carrier fighter plane training base with storage of 350 spare planes Complete camp for 5 000 troops Was later transferred to the Royal Navy camp is at 1 57 37 S 147 13 20 E 1 960412 S 147 222106 E 1 960412 147 222106 16 15 Based at Pityilu Airfield was VPB 146 PV 1 Lockheed Ventura unit 17 ACORN 28 VJ 2 JM 1 detachment Able Martin B 26 Marauder unit 18 Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 42 Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 13 US Navy 5 000 foot x 150 feet runway with 7 000 barrel aviation gasoline storage VR 13 Naval Air Transport Service Brisbane to Manus with R4D 5 and RY 2 planes 19 VPB 117 with PB4Y 1 Liberators VB 106 with PB4Y 1 Liberators nbsp Mount Hood explodes the smoke trails are left by fragments ejected by the explosion nbsp Aerial view of USS Mindanao ARG 3 after the explosion of USS Mount Hood AE 11 at Seeadler Harbor on November 10 1944Attacks and losses editUSS Mount Hood AE 11 an ammunition ship exploded on November 10 1944 in Seeadler Harbor The 350 men on the ship were killed She damaged nearby ships like the USS Mindanao which had 180 crewmen killed and injured by the explosion 20 USS ABSD 4 was attacked on April 22 1945 Mitsubishi A6M Zero thought that the large floating dock was an aircraft carriers and damaged the dry dock USS AFDB 2 was attacked on April 22 1945 also damaging section G Seabees units editMain article Seabees in World War II Seabees working on Manus Naval Base 2 21 2nd Naval Construction Regiment 11th 58th and 71st Naval Construction Battalion 5th Naval Construction Regiment 35th 44th and 57th Battalions 40th Battalion 46th Battalion 78th Battalion 17th Battalion 58th Battalion 104th Battalion 20th Special Battalion 21st Special Battalion 22nd Special Battalion 63rd Battalion 140th Battalion 561 Construction Battalion 587 Construction Battalion 621 Construction Battalion PAD 1 Navy Pontoons BattalionPost war editOn January 1 1950 Royal Australian Navy RAN founded HMAS Seeadler HMPNGS Tarangau PNG Defence Force Base Lombrum at the former US Naval Base The new base replace the older base at Dreger Harbour near Finschhafen 22 23 to replace the RAN base at Dreger Harbour near Finschhafen 23 24 The base was renamed HMAS Tarangau the name of the former Dreger Harbour base 23 25 on 1 April 1950 22 25 Monument 1st Calvary Division Memorial Los Negros 26 Remains AFDB ABSD Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock 2 Los Negros 27 Remains AFDB ABSD Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock 4 28 Ship wreck Wrecks LCVP Landing Crafts Los Negros 29 Ship Wreck USS Mount Hood AE 11 Los Negros 30 Japanese Shipwreck Los Negros 2 01 50 S 147 22 58 E 2 030551 S 147 382715 E 2 030551 147 382715 31 Gallery edit nbsp US Navy map Manus Naval Base in 1945 nbsp Ship Repair Facilities Manus Naval Base at Lombrum in 1944 Built by 46th Seabees nbsp USS Iowa battleship being repaired at Manus Naval Base on December 28 1944 nbsp ARD 20 floating repair dry dock for repairing subs destroyers and small vessels nbsp Manus Naval Base Chapel Chapel dedication services on Easter morning April 1 1945 nbsp Map Admiralty Islands operations 29 February to 30 May 1944 nbsp Admiralty Islands map 1944 nbsp Map of Manus and Los Negros nbsp RAAF Kittyhawks on Momote Airfield 8 March 1944 nbsp Ponam Island with ruway and base nbsp Momote Airfield with Seabees working at night in 1944 CB 40 worked day and night on the Los Negros Momote Airfield nbsp Pityilu Island with air base nbsp Map Pityilu Island with air base 1944 nbsp US Navy maintenance crews VB 106 clean engine parts under an airplane wing while raining at Momote Airstrip in March 1944 nbsp No 71 Squadron RAAF on Los Negros base nbsp Small Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock repairing submarine chaser PC 1121 at Seeadler Harbor in September 1944 nbsp No 76 Squadron RAAF nbsp US Navy floating Dry Dock Number 4 in Seeadler Harbor 1945 surrounded by floating barges with workshops and a tugboat repairing seaplane tender and Navy Liberty ship nbsp USS Oyster Bay AGP 6 tending PT boats in Seeadler Harbor on March 25 1944 nbsp USS Claxton DD 571 USS Canberra CA 70 and USS Killen DD 593 in floating dry dock ABSD 2 on 2 December 1944 nbsp USS Mindanao ARG 3 damaged by the explosion of USS Mount Hood AE 11 in Seeadler Harbor on November 10 1944See also edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seeadler Harbor in World War II U S Naval Base Subic Bay Espiritu Santo Naval Base US Naval Advance Bases Naval Advance Base Saipan Manus Regional Processing CentreExternal links edit1944 U S Military Film The Admiralty Islands Capture amp Occupation Of Manus amp Los Negros youtube Manus Island is Important Pacific Base Australian Diary 72 youtube They Came To An Island U S Navy Civil Engineer Corps Wwii Seabees Construction Battalions 29564References edit Gamble at Los Negros The Admiralty Islands Campaign public2 nhhcaws local permanent dead link a b c Building the Navy s Bases vol 2 part III chapter 26 history navy mil a b c d e Pacific Wrecks pacificwrecks com Burroughs Walter June 24 2013 The Admiralty Islands Naval Historical Society of Australia Pacific Wrecks Lorengau Lorangau Rorengau Lorungau Losa or Leronguan Manus Province Papua New Guinea PNG pacificwrecks com Former American Naval Base Manus Los Negros TracesOfWar com www tracesofwar com HyperWar Beans Bullet and Black Oil Chapter 16 www ibiblio org Pacific Wrecks Seeadler Harbor Manus Province Papua New Guinea PNG pacificwrecks com Lombrum Seaplane Base Los Negros TracesOfWar com www tracesofwar com Location Former American Naval Store Depot Base Lorengau TracesOfWar com www tracesofwar com Koruniat Island Koriunat Island TracesOfWar com www tracesofwar com Pacific Wrecks Momote Airfield Hyane Airfield Manus Province Papua New Guinea PNG www pacificwrecks com Pacific Wrecks Lorengau Airfield Manus Province Papua New Guinea PNG pacificwrecks com Pacific Wrecks Ponam Airfield HMS Nabaron Manus Province Papua New Guinea PNG pacificwrecks com a b Background to Ponam Airfield October 21 2012 Archived from the original on 21 October 2012 Pityilu Airfield Pityilu Island TracesOfWar com www tracesofwar com Pacific Wrecks United States Navy USN PV 1 Ventura pacificwrecks com Pacific Wrecks Utility Squadron 2 VJ 2 United States Navy USN www pacificwrecks com Naval Air Transport Squadron Thirteen Squadron VR 13 US Navy based at Eagle Farm Airfield Brisbane Queensland in Australia during WW2 www ozatwar com NH 96174 Explosion of USS Mount Hood AE 11 in Seeadler Harbor Manus Admiralty Islands 10 November 1944 public2 nhhcaws local permanent dead link hoover org Seabees Can Do Attitude a b Dennis Peter Grey Jeffrey Morris Ewan Prior Robin 2008 The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History 2nd ed South Melbourne VIC Oxford University Press p 349 ISBN 9780195517842 OCLC 271822831 a b c Base At Manus The Sydney Morning Herald National Library of Australia 21 December 1949 p 1 Eldridge Stephen member RAN 1947 1950 Verbal History Interview a href Template Cite interview html title Template Cite interview cite interview a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link CS1 maint numeric names authors list link a b HMAS Tarangau PDF Royal Australian Navy News 14 8 Royal Australian Navy 16 April 1971 1st Calvary Division Memorial Los Negros TracesOfWar com www tracesofwar com Remains AFDB ABSD Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock 2 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