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    Apra Harbor, also called Port Apra, is a deep-water port on the western side of the United States territory of Guam. It is considered one of the best natural...
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    The western coast is leeward of the trade winds and is the location of Apra Harbor, the capitol Hagåtña, and the tourist center of Tumon. The U.S. Defense...
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    Cormoran, a German armed merchant raider, was forced to seek port at Apra Harbor on the U.S. territory of Guam after running short on coal. The United...
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    Naval Base Guam (category Apra Harbor)
    Naval Base Guam is a strategic U.S. naval base located on Apra Harbor and occupying the Orote Peninsula. In 2009, it was combined with Andersen Air Force...
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    providing air support to US forces in South Vietnam, and mining Haiphong Harbor. Task Force 78 was the fleet's minesweeper support. After the 1973 cease-fire...
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  • APRA or Apra may refer to: Apra, Punjab, a census town city in Jalandhar District of Punjab, India Apra Harbor, the main port of Guam American Popular...
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    States territory of Guam. It contains northern and eastern coastlines of Apra Harbor, including Cabras Island, which has the commercial Port of Guam and the...
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    Container ship – 5 Dry dock – 2 Fast sea frame – 1 Fuel tanker – 5 Harbor tug – 12 Large harbor tug – 5 Oceanographic research ship – 6 S.A.S.W.S Vessel A –...
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    lines were cut, she repeatedly crashed on the rocky breakwater outside Apra Harbor, Guam and broke into three sections. After World War II, the Cunard White...
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    training flight approximately 30 nautical miles (56 km) northwest of Apra Harbor, Guam. The training flight was to include participation in a local municipal...
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    barge in Apra Harbor Aratama Maru, a WWII Japanese military transport in Talofofo Bay SMS Cormoran (1914), WWI German merchant raider in Apra Harbor Kitsugawa...
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    was accomplished out of Pearl Harbor, and after an R&R port call to Sydney Australia, Proteus returned to Apra Harbor for the now routine exchange with...
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    in commission Apra Harbor, GU Jefferson City SSN-759 21 September 1987 17 August 1990 29 February 1992 Active, in commission Apra Harbor, GU Annapolis...
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    mouth of Apra Harbor, on the end of Orote Peninsula, opposite the Glass Breakwater of Cabras Island which forms the northern coast of the harbor. Many sources...
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    personnel possible. On the morning of 29 November 1964, Proteus entered Apra Harbor, where she commenced setting up the third FBM replenishment site to support...
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    Port of Guam (category Apra Harbor)
    States island territory of Guam. Located in the north of Apra Harbor on Cabras Island, it shares harbor waters with Naval Base Guam and two small marinas. Family...
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    largest port is Apra Harbor, which serves almost all commercial traffic including cruise, cargo and fishing vessels. There are smaller harbors located on the...
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    ships in transit from the Virginia Capes operating area to the New York Harbor where she participated in the International Naval Review and Fourth of July...
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    Construction Battalion for debarking at Guam in the Marianas. She arrived Apra Harbor on the morning of 15 August, the day of Japan's capitulation. Niagara...
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    coast of the United States territory of Guam with hills overlooking Apra Harbor. According to the 2020 census it has a population of 6,470, which is...
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    against the U.S. anchorage at Hollandia, Ulithi, Manus, Kossol Roads and Apra Harbor. I-36 engaged US ships with Kaiten at Ulithi on 12 January 1945. One...
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    Guam. It was located on the north coast of the Orote Peninsula along Apra Harbor. It was inhabited by Chamorro people before contact with Europeans. Sumay...
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    entering Apra Harbor, Guam on 12 October 2003. Shenzhen entering Apra Harbor, Guam on 12 October 2003. Shenzhen and USS Chancellorsville in Apra Harbor, Guam...
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    her time avoiding allied warships. Captain Zuckschwerdt pulled into Apra Harbor, Guam on December 14 with the intention of receiving coal from the Americans...
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    Aerial view of Guam's Apra Harbor and old airstrips....
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    the codename for a series of very shallow test dives (three of them in Apra Harbor) and also deep-submergence operations in the Pacific Ocean near Guam...
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    USS Frank Cable (AS-40) at her home port of Apra Harbor, Guam in May 2002....
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    relieved the Blue Crew at Apra Harbor, Guam. For the next five years Stonewall Jackson conducted deterrent patrols from Apra Harbor. In the spring of 1970...
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    assessments. The lowest barometric pressure was 940 mbar (27.76 inHg) at Apra Harbor. Omar's slow movement resulted in prolonged heavy rainfall, peaking at...
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    toward the Philippines, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Islands. The seaport at Apra Harbor was suitable for the largest ships; and air bases for Boeing B-29 Superfortresses...
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