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Along with several adjacent beaches on which U.S. Marines landed during the Battle of Tinian, the airfield is the major component of the National Historic Landmark District Tinian Landing Beaches, Ushi Point Field, Tinian Island. North Field was one of several bases for Twentieth Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress operations against the ...
Tinian (/ ˈ t ɪ n i ən, ˌ t iː n i ˈ ɑː n /) is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Together with uninhabited neighboring Aguiguan, it forms Tinian Municipality, one of the four constituent municipalities of the Northern Marianas.
The Japanese town of Sunharon became known as the Village because its location corresponded to that of Greenwich Village, and the open area between North and West Fields became known as Central Park. Another 34 miles (55 km) of new roads were built, with 22-foot (6.7 m) roadways and 3-foot (0.91 m) shoulders.
Hwy. 21 in northern Tinian — — Hwy. 21: 7.07: 11.38 Hwy. 205 in San Jose: Hwy. 203 at Broadway Roundabout south of North Field — — Hwy. 22: 3.59: 5.78 Hwy. 205/Hwy. 207 in San Jose: Hwy. 21 near Tinian International Airport — — Hwy. 23: 5.04: 8.11 Hwy. 25 near Tinian International Airport: Hwy. 25 near North Field — — Hwy. 24: 3 ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in the Northern Mariana Islands on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
North Field (Tinian) on Tinian from which the aircraft were launched to drop the atomic bombs on Japan during World War II; North Field (Iwo Jima) or Iwo Jima Air Base, a World War II airfield on Iwo Jima in the Bonin Islands and still in operation today; South Pars / North Dome Gas-Condensate field, a gas reserve beneath the Persian Gulf
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North Field became operational in February 1945 and West Field in March. The Seabees built six 8,500-foot (2,600 m) runways for the Twentieth Air Force's Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers. Bombers based on Tinian took part in the bombing of Tokyo in March 1945 and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.