540 mm). The people are primarily Melanesian. Mios Woedni was the location of a forward base,Naval Base Mios Woendi , of the United States Navy during World...
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submarine fleet. Griffin then moved closer to the Japanese shipping lanes at Mios Woendi, New Guinea, arriving 9 December 1944. There she tended submarines, surface...
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In Humboldt Bay and Tanahmerah Bay, Closed 1946. Naval Base Mios Woendi at Mios Woendi, New Guinea - PT boat base Wakde, New Guinea - Advanced Base,...
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repairs on 10 September, and put back to the Celebes Sea. She pulled into Mios Woendi on 27 September for additional fuel, and sailed on 1 October with Dace...
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arrived at Mios Woendi and operated from Wright. VP-52 left for duty elsewhere on 3 August, the same day that the tender stood out of the Mios Woendi anchorage...
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Strait 17 December to patrol the South China Sea. After putting in at Mios Woendi 17 January 1945 for repairs, she made an attack with undetermined results...
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again arrived off Noemfoor on 19 December for transport of troops to Mios Woendi, Padiados Islands, and thence via Morotai with six merchant ships escorted...
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transferred to the Southwest Pacific, where the squadron saw action at Mios Woendi, Dutch New Guinea; Mindoro, Philippine Islands; and Brunei Bay, Borneo...
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elected to remain in the Philippines and 81 returned home. She returned to Mios Woendi Lagoon on 25 September 1944 and then prepared for her next patrol, sailing...
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islands. Owi lies furthest west. Auki, Pai, Mios Woendi, and Nusi islands are part of the extensive Woendi atoll, contained within a fringing coral reef...
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to Mios Woendi to unload cargo. She carried men and airplane spare parts and supplies for USS Tangier from Manus to Morotai, then returned to Mios Woendi...
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Passage and Balabac Strait. From 27 September – 3 October, she put in at Mios Woendi to repair her gyrocompass, returning to her patrol area on 10 October...
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fast enough to return before she again dove. After a short refit at Mios Woendi, Dutch New Guinea, Narwhal conducted her 15th and last war patrol from...
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Raton pulled into Mios Woendi in the Schouten Islands for more fuel and torpedoes with which to finish the patrol. Leaving Mios Woendi 27 October 1944,...
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sinking the other tanker in the convoy. Following a three-day stop at Mios Woendi to rearm with torpedoes and perform minor upkeep, Barbero embarked on...
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The Seabees would build 119 PT bases or Cubs. The largest would be on Mios Woendi. Many battalions were involved, however, the 113th and 116th CBs had...
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Emirau, and Mios Woendi. On 19 August 1944, she commenced antisubmarine patrols with Patrol Squadron 11 (VP-11) planes at Mios Woendi and, during October...
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her deep with depth charges. Flounder took on provisions and fuel at Mios Woendi, New Guinea, from 28 August to 1 September, then completed her patrol...
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the coast to wrest the huge island from the enemy. Noemfoor, Sansapor, Mios Woendi, Humboldt Bay, Biak were all struck by forces in which Mustin served...
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remained in Western Australia until 6 August 1944 when she proceeded to Mios Woendi, Indonesia to establish Advanced Submarine Base Able. Arriving 26 August...
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Base Oro Bay Airfield Naval Base Lae - Landing at Lae Naval Base Mios Woendi at Mios Woendi PT Boat Base and Owi Airfield Naval Base Woodlark Island Naval...
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Harbor to resume ASW training operations. In November, she shifted to Mios Woendi; and, in February 1945, she headed for Brisbane, whence, on 8 March,...
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north of New Guinea, including Seeadler Harbor Naval Base Lae Naval Base Mios Woendi Naval Base Fegrusson on Fegrusson Island FPO # 523 Naval Base Samarai...
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explode, none of them close. She terminated her patrol in the lagoon at Mios Woendi in the Schouten Islands. On her 15th and final war patrol, from 4 to...
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Mios Woendi in the Schoutens 9 July. Through December, she underwent overhaul at Brisbane, Australia, and on 29 January 1945 returned to Mios Woendi and...
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River and at Samar Village, preparatory to U.S. Army attacks. Leaving Mios Woendi Island on July 12, 1944, Oyster Bay reported to Brisbane for shipyard...
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Islands, Bougainville, Milner Bay, Naval Base Treasury Islands, Naval Base Mios Woendi called Wendy Island, and Naval Base Kwajalein. Troops at sea on ships...
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at Mios Woendi to conduct day and night anti-shipping patrols. 7 October 1944: Five additional crews flew to supplement the detachment at Mios Woendi for...
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operated out of PT boat bases at Tufi, Morobe, Kiriwina Island, Aitape, Mios Woendi, Dreger Harbor, and Kana Kopa (Milne Bay) on New Guinea; at Rein Bay...
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exercises with HMAS Geelong until 10 October. She then steamed by way of Mios Woendi, Schouten Islands, to Pearl Harbor where she arrived on 18 November for...
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