Naval Base Milne Bay, also called Naval Advance Base Milne Bay, was new major United States Navy sea and airbase base built on Milne Bay in Milne Bay Province in south-eastern Papua New Guinea. By spr
Location of Naval Base Milne Bay
Enlargement of Milne Bay, indicating some key locations.
Naval Base Milne Bay, Seabees Advance Base Construction camp on October 10, 1944
PT boat at Milne Bay, Kana Kopa Base with the USS Tulsa in 1943
Gili Gili is a village in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. The village is located between Swinger Bay-Alotau to the east and Ladava to the west in Milne Bay north shore.
Naval Base Milne Bay
…Fleet Post Office FPO#818 SF Stringer Bay, Milne Bay. Gili Gili Dock was Naval loading and unloading dock, with both a jetty and pontoon wharf at Gili Gili (also spelled Gill Gill). On September 6, 1942, the ship MV Anshun a 1930 ship was sunk at Gili Gili Dock by Japanese cruiser Tenryū. She was refloated…
MV Anshun lying on her side at Gili Gili Dock, in Milne Bay, New Guinea, 1942
MV Anshun lying on her side at Gili Gili Dock, in Milne Bay, New Guinea, 1942