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The Navy code named the type of base the Seabees built for its size and purpose, i.e. Oak, Acorn, Lion and Cub. A Lion was a main base for the fleet. Naval base Guam was the first named Naval Operating Base and later nicknamed The Pacific Supermarket. In recent years, expansion of the base has been opposed by many locals in Guam. [4]
The facility dates back to 1944, immediately after the 1944 Battle of Guam.It was previously designated Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Western Pacific (NCTAMS WESTPAC), before those responsibilities were merged with NCTAMS EASTPAC to form NCTAMS PAC in Honolulu in 2000, and the Guam facility was redesignated a NCTS.
Guam's U.S. military installations remain among the most strategically vital in the Pacific Ocean. When the United States closed U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay and Clark Air Base bases in the Philippines after the expiration of their leases in the early 1990s, many of the forces stationed there were relocated to Guam.
Naval Base Guam was lost to the Empire of Japan during the Battle of Guam in December 1941. Guam was retaken by United States Armed Forces on July 21, 1944, now also known as Liberation Day . Naval Station Guam was founded on August 7, 1899, after Spain lost the Spanish–American War .
The Naval Government of Guam [1] was a provisional military government and later unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States that was established during the Spanish–American War in 1898. It was under the administration of the United States Department of the Navy until the territory of Guam was organized in 1950.
Naval Base Guam (1944–current), the main Naval installation on Apra Harbor and its various components; Commander Naval Forces Marianas (1944–current), responsible for U.S. Naval activities in the region; Joint Region Marianas (2009–current), naval region of the U.S. Navy that includes Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Naval Air Station Agana (IATA: GUM, ICAO: PGUM, FAA LID: GUM) is a former United States Naval air station located on the island of Guam. It was opened by the Japanese Navy in 1943 and closed by the United States government in 1995. During and after its closure, it was operated alongside Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport.
Ordnance Annex is a US naval base in the United States territory of Guam.It used to be known as Naval Magazine, Guam.The base is on the south-central section of the island. It occupies an area of 8,800 acres (36 km 2