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Naval Base Gilbert Islands

May 01, 2024

Naval Base Gilbert Islands were naval bases built by the United States Navy in 1943 to support the World War II effort. The bases were located on in the Gilbert Islands in the Central Pacific Ocean. The bases were built as part of the many advance bases in the island-hopping campaign towards the Empire of Japan. The largest base was the Naval Base Tarawa. At Tarawa the Navy built a seaport, supply depots, a small ship repair depot, Carrier Aircraft Service Unit, seaplane base and two airbases. Construction started after the Battle of Tarawa ended on November 23, 1943, part of Operation Galvanic. The bases were built by the US Navy's Seabees, Naval Construction Battalions. After the war the bases were abandoned. Some of the airfields became civilian airports.[1] [2][3]

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Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates1°20′N 173°00′E / 1.333°N 173.000°E / 1.333; 173.000 (Tarawa)
ArchipelagoGilbert Islands
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Gallery edit

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    Pacific War Theater Areas map 1942
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    South Tarawa, Tarawa Atoll
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    Map Gilbert Group of Islands
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    Aerial view of Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll before invasion of the island by U.S. Marines, 18 September 1943.
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    Seabee building Hawkins Field
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    Seabee building Hawkins Field
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    Map of runway on Betio and landing plans
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    Long range aircraft at Hawkins Field (Tarawa), March 1944
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    Aerial view of Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 24 November 1943, looking north toward "The Pocket", the last place of Japanese resistance. An emplacement just onshore with two 12.7 mm anti-aircraft guns is visible near the left edge of the photograph.
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    Gilbert Islands 1943
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    The largest of 37 cemeteries on Tarawa
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    Map of Abemama
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    Map of Abemama
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    South Pacific islands in 1945

See also edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battle of Tarawa.

References edit

  1. ^ "Building the Navy's Bases Online: Tarawa, in the Gilbert Islands". www.microworks.net.
  2. ^ Tarawa Lagoon (Betio Lagoon) pacificwrecks.com
  3. ^ Building the Navy's Bases in World War II, Volume II (Part III, Chapter 26), Chapter XXVI, Bases in the Southwest Pacific US Navy

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