Nakagusuku Bay (中城湾, Nakagusuku-wan, Okinawan: Nakagushiku-widu) is a bay on the southern coast of Okinawa Island on the Pacific Ocean in Japan. The bay...

Nakagusuku (中城村, Nakagusuku-son, Okinawan: Nakagushiku) is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2024, the...

the southern end of Okinawa Island, on the east coast, overlooking Nakagusuku Bay. As of 2024, the town has a population of 19,817 and a population density...

consisting of Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia Japan Buckner Bay, a former name for Nakagusuku Bay on Okinawa Fort Buckner, a U.S. Army base on Okinawa United...

Admiral W. S. Benson class troop transport. Nakagusuku Bay on the East side of Okinawa was nicknamed "Buckner Bay" in the 1940s by American military personnel...

central part of Okinawa Island, along the eastern coast, commanding Nakagusuku Bay. The U.S. military base Camp Foster occupies 14.2% of its area. The...

took on additional aircraft. Continuing westwards, she anchored at Nakagusuku Bay on 27 September, before leaving harbor the following day to evade Typhoon...

in Nakagusuku Bay (called Buckner Bay by U.S. forces) unable to escape to the safety of open sea and facing waves up to 35 feet within the narrow bay. Twelve...

despite the occasional Japanese submarine or plane. Fanshaw Bay anchored within Nakagusuku Bay, where she endured further kamikaze and submarine incursions...

near the Airport with another 122-hectare (300-acre) FTZ located at Nakagusuku Bay. Peach, a low-cost carrier (LCC) based at Kansai International Airport...

measured from the middle water level of Nakagusuku Bay ( 中 城 湾 , Nakagususku-wan ) and that of Miyake from the Ako Bay. The GSI featured in the novel Norwegian...

the ship remained undamaged. The following day, Wichita steamed into Nakagusuku Bay to shell a coastal battery. Shells from the Japanese guns landed close...

April 1945 1× Ki-61 I; Allied ship in Nakagusuku Bay. 11 April 1945 2× Ki-61 I; Allied ship in Nakagusuku Bay. 12 April 1945 1× Ki-61 I; Allied ship...

station. fleet recreation, pontoon pier (later training center) Nakagusuku Bay - Buckner Bay, naval base, depot Yomitan hospital Katchin Hanto, pier, seaplane...

Japanese surrender. Once the work was completed, she steamed north to Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa, where she remained from 23 August to 20 September, awaiting...

facing east. The city occupies the southern rim of Kin Bay as well as the north of Nakagusuku Bay. The highest point in the city is Mount Ishikawa at 204...

raging since 1 April 1945. On the day of her arrival at Nakagusuku Bay (also known as Buckner Bay) at Okinawa, Southard almost suffered another suicide...

the Royal Marines. In one paper exercise, the Royal Marines occupied Nakagusuku Bay unopposed and the MNBDO constructed base from which the fleet blockaded...

crew were killed and 14 wounded. USS Forrest (DD-461) was on patrol in Nakagusuku Bay on 26 May 1945 when at 2249 she was hit by a "Val" kamikaze that struck...

On 14 July, she joined the Ro-Gō Transport Squadron, and sailed to Nakagusuku Bay. On 15 July, she was assigned to the 41st Destroyer Division, 10th Division...

ship sailed from the Philippine Islands on 6 September for Buckner Bay (Nakagusuku Bay), Okinawa; Jinsen (Incheon), Korea; and Shanghai, China. She arrived...

assigned to USS Oldendorf crashes into the ocean 20 miles (32 km) east of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa Prefecture. Of the three crew members aboard two were rescued;...

south-east of the Katsuren Peninsula off Okinawa Island at the entrance of Nakagusuku Bay. Tsuken covers 1.88 square kilometres (0.73 sq mi) and has a population...

Kacchin) is a peninsula on Okinawa Island. It is bordered by Nakagusuku Bay to the south, Kin Bay to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the east. The entire...

she steamed for Okinawa, but was only lightly damaged. She arrived at Nakagusuku Bay the following day and was able to transfer 310 survivors to the light...

Okinawa on 30 May 1945 arriving on 3 June enterering Nakagusuku Bay (renamed by the Americans "Buckner Bay") with the second echelon of the 12th Detachment...

patrolling was broken by the escort of transports from Hagushi Beach to Nakagusuku Bay on 2 May and a fruitless engagement with a G3M Nell bomber. While stationed...

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Battle of Okinawa: The Shin'yō-class suicide motorboats were sunk in Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa. Uta  Kriegsmarine World War II: The repair ship, a converted...

USS Industry ran aground in a typhoon and sank on October 9, 1945 in Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa. USS Loyalty grounded and destroyed on January 12, 1946 near...