• Tanapag Harbor (15°13′36″N 145°44′12″E / 15.22667°N 145.73667°E / 15.22667; 145.73667) is the primary harbor of Saipan, and is located on the western...
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  • Saipan's rich maritime cultural heritage. Tanapag Lagoon (Puetton Tanapag in Chamorro) has been Saipan's primary harbor from prehistoric times through to the...
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    did road repair and started depot construction. After the capture of Tanapag Harbor, Seabees repaired and expanded the port facilities. The port had a depth...
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    who were on rafts. Four of them died before they could be landed at Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, in the Mariana Islands. Rakuyo Maru was travelling in a convoy...
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    The majority of the ships for the assault of Tinian were loaded at Tanapag Harbor on Saipan by troops of the Saipan Island Command. Ten preloaded tank...
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  • located to the north of Tanapag on the island's northwest coast, close to the point where the barrier reef protecting the Tanapag Harbor joins to the island...
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    passenger-cargo ship Clyde Maru. Picuda reached Tanapag Harbor, Saipan 5–6 February and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 15 February. Picuda spent much of her sixth...
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    minesweepers as they cleared paths to the invasion beach. She shelled Tanapag Harbor, sank several small vessels, and destroyed several supply dumps. On...
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    Lagarto moored in a nest alongside Angler as she lay alongside Fulton in Tanapag Harbor. Haddock moored outboard. Tragedy struck the next day, however, when...
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    September, a fourth POW died, and on 20 September, Sealion arrived in Tanapag Harbor and transferred the surviving 50 rescued POWs to the United States Army...
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    battleships easily outranged them. South Dakota bombarded the area around Tanapag Harbor for some six hours, hitting two transports in the port and starting...
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    identifying the contacts as Plaice and Thresher. The pack arrived at Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, on 21 October, refueled, made minor repairs, and departed early...
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    Fulton, in Tanapag Harbor, Saipan. On 10 November, Salmon stood out from Saipan, in company with Holland, and sailed via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor to San...
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    Saipan, where the Iwo Jima assault force was staging. The force cleared Tanapag Harbor on 16 February. At 0640 three days later, Starr launched her boats against...
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    Valley" and advanced to Tanapag Harbor on the west coast of the island by 4 July. On 6 July, the assault continued onto Tanapag Plain. On 7 July it attacked...
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    conducted a shore-to-shore landing to seize Manigassa Island that dominated Tanapag Harbor. The regiment spent a couple of weeks clearing out bypassed enemy and...
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    Cole, commanding officer of the Spearfish, noted in the ship's log at Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, on 13 January that he returned the seven airmen to their quarters...
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    later, American planes again hit the central Philippines. Returning to Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, at dawn on the 28th, The Sullivans went alongside USS Massachusetts (BB-59)...
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    rescued 63 surviving POWs, but four died before they could be landed at Tanapag Harbor, Saipan in the Mariana Islands. 1,159 Military 1943  United Kingdom...
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    while off Tanapag Harbor on the evening of 22 March, she sighted the masts of two ships and the smoke of a third, all leaving the harbor. Whale tried...
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    who were on rafts. Four others died before they could be landed at Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, in the Mariana Islands. "Lloyd's Register 1942-43" (PDF). plimsollshipdata...
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    Saipan. Upon arrival aboard NBK Lines Kasuga Maru, he debarked at the Tanapag Harbor, and checked into a hotel in Garapan with the intention of scouting...
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    until 12 August, when she rendezvoused with Conyngham and headed for Tanapag Harbor, Saipan. Balao was then ordered back to the United States where she...
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    gallons). Operating independently, Halibut patrolled Port Apra and Tanapag Harbor on her way home, observing a Katori-class cruiser near Saipan, and being...
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    Saipan. January 1945: VH-3 commences rescue operations based out of Tanapag Harbor in Saipan in support of the Invasion of Iwo Jima and B-29 strikes against...
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    supporting carrier strikes on the Philippines. After replenishment at Tanapag Harbor, Tingey got underway for Ulithi where she conducted antisubmarine patrols...
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    taken on board Icefish. The lugger was sunk by gunfire. Icefish arrived Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, 22 August 1945, thus ending her fifth and last war patrol....
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    She departed for Saipan on 14 July 1944. Reaching recently secured Tanapag Harbor on 17 July 1944, Yakutat began setting up a seaplane base there and...
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    arrived at Saipan on 30 March. The following day, as she was leaving Tanapag Harbor on her first war patrol, the submarine struck a cable connected to an...
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    After the usual depth charging, she departed for Saipan and moored in Tanapag Harbor 12 October.[citation needed] After refit and training, Pomfret reentered...
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