Oro Bay is a bay in
Oro Province
Oro Province, formerly (and officially still) Northern Province, is a coastal province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Popondetta. The province covers 22,800 km2, and has 176,206 inhabitants (2011 census). The province shares l ...
,
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
, located southeast of
Buna. The bay is located within the larger
Dyke Ackland Bay. A port is operated by PNG Ports Corporation Limited with limited wharf facilities, located at .
History
During
World War II, Oro Bay was used as staging area, the terminus for convoys of
Operation Lilliput
Operation Lilliput ( World War II) was the name given to a convoy operation directed by G.H.Q. Operations Instructions Number 21 of 20 October 1942 for transportation of troops, weapons, and supplies in a regular transport service between Mil ...
, for the
battle of Buna-Gona
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and future operations. A
United States
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advanced base was constructed at Oro Bay, with a
liberty ship
Liberty ships were a class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Though British in concept, the design was adopted by the United States for its simple, low-cost construction. M ...
wharf at the southern end of the bay, installations along the shore, and
anti-aircraft
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gun batteries in the surrounding hills.
On 28 March 1943,
Imperial Japanese
The also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was a historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent for ...
planes attacked shipping and harbour facilities at Oro Bay, resulting in the sinking of
SS ''Masaya'' and
SS ''Bantam''.
Oro Bay Airfield
Oro Bay Airfield (also known as Cape Sudest Airfield) is a former World War II airfield in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. The airfield was abandoned after the war and today is almost totally returned to its natural state.
History
Oro Bay Airfie ...
was also located near here.
See also
*
Oro Bay Rural LLG
References
External links
Oro Bay Port
Bays of Papua New Guinea
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