Ulithi
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Ulithi is an atoll in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, about 191 km east of Yap, within Yap State.
Sorlen Island and the north anchorage of Ulithi atoll, late 1944.
U.S. naval forces including carriers in the distance at anchor in Ulithi, March 1945
Sketch by Walter Allan Finlayson: Officer's Hut on Mog Mog Island, ULITHI, May 1945 WWII
USS Iowa at a floating drydock at Manus Island
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
Ulithi
…was large and well situated for a base, but there were no port facilities to repair ships or resupply the fleet. The US Navy built the very large Naval Base Ulithi that operated in 1944 and 1945. On 23 September 1944, a regiment of the United States Army's 81st Division landed unopposed, followed a few days later…
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