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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 during World War II to support the island hopping Pacific War efforts of the allied nations fighting the Empire of Japan .
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 until 1951. During the United States Navy rule of American Samoa, from 1900 to 1951, it was customary for the commandant of the station to also serve as Military Governor of the territory.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, right, and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief Pacific, center, talks with a Navy officer while inspecting US defenses at Upolu Island, Samoa, in January 1943. Samoa map Samoa Upolu Upolu Island Beach. Naval Base Upolu was a naval base built by the United States Navy in 1942 to support the World War ...
Pago Pago was a vital naval base for the U.S. during World War II. [96] Limited improvements at the naval station took place in the summer of 1940, which included a Marine Corps airfield at Tafuna. The new airfield was partly operational by April 1942, and fully operational by June.
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [ 3 ]
WELLINGTON (Reuters) -A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground and sank off Samoa but all 75 crew and passengers on board were safe, the New Zealand Defence Force said in a statement on Sunday.
Government House, also known as Building No.1, Naval Station, Tutuila or Government House, U.S. Naval Station Tutuila, is a historic government building on the grounds of the former United States Naval Station Tutuila in Pago Pago, American Samoa. Built in 1903, it has served as a center of government on the island for much of the time since then.
United States Naval Station Tutuila, Samoa - depot, repair (1921–1951) Naval Base Upolu at Upolu Island, Samoa - Advanced Base (1942–1944) Palmyra Island Palmyra Island Naval Air Station - Advanced Base (1939–1947) Naval Base Funafuti , Funafuti, Ellice Islands - Advanced base - Air Base, anchorage and small hospital