Naval Base Noumea was a major United States Navy sea and air base at Nouméa, New Caledonia. Naval Base Noumea was built at Noumea Harbor. Noumea was picked...

Caledonia. During World War II, the United States Navy built Naval Base Noumea and Nouméa served as the headquarters of the United States military in the...

Naval Base Fiji was a naval base built by the United States Navy in 1942 to support the World War II effort. The base was located on Fiji in the Central...

departed Auckland to work at Naval Base Noumea 12 March 1943. The Construction Battalion 26 continued improving the base at Guadalcanal and built: gun...

Fiji (1942-1945) Naval Base Noumea at Nouméa, New Caledonia, major staging base (1942-1956) Naval Base Eniwetok at Enewetak Atoll base, including Eniwetok...

bay has major historical importance for its naval history, during World War II was used for Naval Base Noumea. 22°10′38″S 166°23′12″E / 22.17722°S 166...

Advanced Base Funafuti, Ellice Islands – Advanced base Naval Base Noumea, Nouméa, New Caledonia – Staging base Taboga, Panama – Training Base Cavite, Luzon...

Nouméa, until June. Departing Pearl Harbor, on 2 June 1942, Curtiss served as flagship for Commander, Naval Air, South Pacific, at Naval Base Noumea,...

Admiral Nimitz at Pearl Harbor and then, on May 17, moved to Naval Base Noumea at Nouméa, New Caledonia, to assume his new command. In early July, a U...

New Caledonia and the Pacific, especially during World War II for Naval Base Noumea. Numerous ships which anchored here include USS Aludra (AK-72), USS...

locations across the Pacific including Naval Base Noumea, Naval Base Guadalcanal and Naval Base Philippines at Naval Base Leyte. In Leyte, on September 1945...

By Chicago Bridge USS AFD-9/AFDL-9 By Chicago Bridge, stationed at Naval Base Noumea USS AFD-10/AFDL-10 By Chicago Bridge USS AFD-11/AFDL-11 By Chicago...

smaller vessels and tugs. The main base for French naval forces in the Atlantic is located at Brest while the principal base in the Mediterranean is Toulon...

Operation Ivory Soap US Naval Advance Bases U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay Espiritu Santo Naval Base Naval Advance Base Saipan Naval Base Noumea US Navy airships...

trials on 26 July 2022, partly from the naval base in Brest. She was commissioned in July 2023 after arriving in Nouméa. The Félix Éboué-class vessels displace...

titled Admiral of Naval Aviation (ALAVIA) with his headquarters at Toulon naval base. It has a strength of around 6,800 military and civilian personnel. It...

Enterprise returned to Nouméa on 16 November for the Seabees to complete the repairs. She departed again on 4 December. The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal...

Auckland, New Zealand, on 23 June 1942, and Mackinac then headed to Naval Base Noumea at Nouméa, New Caledonia, on 18 July 1942. With preparations underway for...

departed for New Caledonia in the dark.: 56–59  Nouméa: The aircraft landed at Pan American's Nouméa base early in the morning of December 16, 1941. Airline...

directors, arriving by Clipper in Auckland by way of Nouméa that the yacht was purchased as a "floating air base" and not as a surface connection to Australia...

locally recruited. Navy: Based at the Pointe Chalaix Naval Base, the flagship is Vendémiaire (F734). Other elements of the naval contingent include: the...

Fleet base from Auckland to Nouméa (FPO SF 131). Unloading facilities were improved by February 1943 and construction immediately began on the naval operating...

Aviation machinist's mate US Naval Advance Bases Espiritu Santo Naval Base Naval Advance Base Saipan Naval Base Noumea Repair ship Lenton & Colledge...

tactics as a Navy captain on the Admiral's staff aboard USS Enterprise and at Nouméa during World War II. His citation for the Distinguished Service Medal states:...

force passed to Major General Alexander Patch when it arrived in Naval Base Noumea in New Caledonia and Rose was assigned to defend the islands of Effate...

led to the need to procure replacements for the naval stations of Port des Galets (La Réunion), Nouméa (New Caledonia), Dégrad des Cannes (Martinique)...

of American troops on New Caledonia. On 1 May, Chicago was ordered from Nouméa to join Commander, Southwest Pacific, and on the 4th she supported Yorktown...

surprise, the raid caused heavy damage. The task force then turned toward Nouméa, New Caledonia, to replenish. Pensacola patrolled with Yorktown's task force...

The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, sometimes referred to as the Third and Fourth Battles of Savo Island, the Battle of the Solomons, The Battle of Friday...

500 men to Efate from Nouméa, and the 4th Defense Battalion, 45th Marines, arrived on 8 April. Elements of the Seabees 1st Naval Construction Battalion...