Naval Base Ulithi
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Naval Base Ulithi was a major United States Navy base at the Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea during World War II. The base was built to su
Naval Base Ulithi's Sorlen Island and the north anchorage of Ulithi Atoll in late 1944
Mississinewa sinking at Ulithi after a Kaiten manned torpedo hit
Mississinewa sinking on 20 November 1944
Sorlen Island in 1945, home to the Marine aviation camp, landing craft camp, small runway and 100-bed naval hospital
Ice cream barge
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"Ice cream barge" is the colloquial term for a BRL. BRLs were towed vessels employed by the United States Navy in the Pacific theater of World War II to store frozen and refrigerated foodstuffs. They
Naval Base Ulithi
…center could house up to 8,000 men and 1,000 officers daily. Mogmog Island had a large recreation beach resort for those on leave. The Navy had an ice cream barge that could make up to 500 gallons of ice cream for the troops in 8 hours. The barge would also make fresh bread products. The base officer's and chief…
A 1945 advertisement for the National Dairy Products Corporation describing the ice cream barge