Kossol Roads is a large body of

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-enclosed water north of

Babeldaob Babeldaob (also Babelthuap) is the largest island in the island nation of Palau. It is in the western Caroline Islands, and the second largest island (after Guam) in the Micronesia region of Oceania. Palau's capital, Ngerulmud, is located on Babel ...

in northern

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at .Kossol Roads
at Pacific War Online Encyclopaedia Accessed 28 December 2021 Kossol Roads is also known as: Kossol Passage, Kawassak, Garaseg, Kanal von Kossol, Kossol Durchfahrt, Kossoi Passage, Kosusoru-suido, Toachel Ngkesol, Kawassak, and Ngkesol. At the outbreak of

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, Kossol Roads was under Japanese control. American forces seized it in September 1944, after which the

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used it as the location of a floating resupply and repair base and waypoint for

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s at

Naval Base Kossol Roads file:Palau on the globe (Southeast Asia centered) (small islands magnified).svg, Palau on the globe, Kossol Roads is at the north end of islands in redNaval Base 1944–1945 Naval Base Kossol Roads also called Naval Base Kossol Passage was a ...

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