US Naval Advance Bases were built globally by the

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during

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to support and project U.S. naval operations world-wide. A few were built on allied soil, but most were captured enemy facilities or completely new. Advance bases provided the fleet with support to keep

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s tactically available with repair and supply depots of facilities, rather than return them to

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. Before Japan declared war on the United States the US Navy had a single fleet sized advanced base in the

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. It was

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. During the war the US Navy

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s built over 400 advance bases categorized by size. Naval bases were either Lions or Cubs while airfields were either Oaks or Acorns. Lions and Oaks were major facilities while Cubs and Acorns were minor.

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s typically would get a Cub and airfields with single runways were Acorns. The larger bases could do

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; loading of

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and cargo ships; and preparing

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s. Some became major repair depots. The Seabees developed

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s were able to repair battle damage and do regular maintenance in the field saving ships trans-pacific trips for repair. A few bases also were developed to be R and R for all U.S. personnel. Most Advance Bases were built by the US Navy's

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in Naval Construction Battalions (CBs). At the start of the war some civilian contractor were employed in construction. The

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built most of the airfields used by the

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and

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, as they had the ships and cranes needed to transport the vast amount of equipment needed at the advance bases. The

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and

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also operated out of many of these facilities. Seabees could build new or repair damaged

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s, and with advancements in heavy bomber technology lengthen runways as needed. A few Naval Advance Bases were built for the

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and

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Advance Bases

Built at the bases were personnel housing,

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s, roads, shops, power plants, water plants. Large storage depots with fuel, ammunition, food, and other consumable supplies. Fuel for ships,

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s and vehicles was in much demand, 25,000,000 barrels of fuel was shipped to Pacific bases in just June 1945. During World War 2, in Guam alone one million gallons of aviation gasoline were needed each day. Over 325,000 Seabees troops built bases. The many bases were needed for the logistics needs of the troops around the world. On the home front many new ships and boats were built the West coast and

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. Under the

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and

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contracts went out to shipyards and Ironwork works companies across the country. Ports were needed for many new cargo ships to

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s and 531

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s built, plus the many new tankers and new warships. In the South Pacific, Seabees operated

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pit mines, as crushed coral was used for runways, roads, sidewalks, and more. Many runways were built using steel

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s. At some bases Seabees built

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s, to produce local timber. Floating pile drivers were used to built piers, docks, and

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. If pile driving was not suitable, a floating wharf was built. To protect ships and the ports, they needed to built and repaired quickly and runways. Sometimes Seabees set up

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lighting and worked around the clock to complete runways. For housing, offices, mess halls, and depots a vast amount of

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s of different sizes were built. The Pacific

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s, gave new work to be done each day. At the end of World War 2, almost all of the bases were closed, many were abandoned. A vast amount of vehicles, supplies and equipment at the bases was deemed not needed and too costly to ship to the U.S. Bring the gear home also would have hurt home front industries, as there was already a vast amount of

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. Much the equipment was destroyed. Some was given to the local governments as a thank you for the land use. Some of the abandoned bases were used for local military, some turned into towns and ports, like Naval Advance Base Espiritu Santo. Some of the abandoned airfields turned into local and international airports, a post-war Seabees legacy. * On the

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is the Seabees Memorial near the entrance of

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. The need for advance bases during World War II was so great, that in some cases some Pacific Ocean islands were too small for the demand. So in 1943, the US Navy created

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s. A Service Squadron was a small fleet of ships that acted as an advance base. A service squadron would have:

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, Fleet oilers, Troopship-barracks ships, refrigerator ships,

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s, supply ships, floating docks, different kinds of barges and

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s. They provided

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, ordnance,

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, food stuffs, and all other supplies.

Active Bases

Naval Base Guam Naval Base Guam is a strategic U.S. naval base located on Apra Harbor and occupying the Orote Peninsula. In 2009, it was combined with Andersen Air Force Base to form Joint Region Marianas, which is a Navy-controlled joint base. The Ship Repai ...

, ( Battle of Guam), opened 1944 * Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Detachment AUTEC, Bahamas, opened 1958 *

Naval Support Activity Bahrain Naval Support Activity Bahrain (or NSA Bahrain) is a United States Navy base, situated in the Kingdom of Bahrain and is home to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and United States Fifth Fleet. Occupying the original territory of the British Roy ...

, opened 1941 *

Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia is a British Ministry of Defence facility leased to the United States Navy, located on the atoll Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Camp Thunder Cove is part of the facility, and is operated by the United Sta ...

, British Indian Ocean Territory, opened 1971 *

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Guantanamo Bay Naval Base ( es, Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo), officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, (also called GTMO, pronounced Gitmo as jargon by members of the U.S. military) is a United States military bas ...

, Cuba, opened 1898 *

Camp Lemonnier Camp Lemonnier is a United States Naval Expeditionary Base, situated next to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport in Djibouti City, and home to the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM ...

, Djibouti, opened 2002 *

Naval Support Activity Souda Bay A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral zone, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and ...

Souda Bay Souda Bay is a bay and natural harbour near the town of Souda on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Crete. The bay is about 15 km long and only two to four km wide, and a deep natural harbour. It is formed between the Akrotiri p ...

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, opened 1951 *

Naval Air Station Sigonella Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella is an Italian Air Force base ('' it, Aeroporto "Cosimo Di Palma" di Sigonella''), and a U.S. Navy installation at Italian Air Force Base Sigonella in Sicily, Italy. The whole NAS is a tenant of the Italian Air ...

, Italy, 1957 *

Naval Support Activity Naples Naval Support Activity Naples (NSA Naples) is a United States Navy military complex, located adjacent to Naples International Airport in Capodichino, Naples, Italy. The Activity is under Italian military control and can be managed anytime by Ital ...

, Italy, 1951 **

Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Naples, Italy The Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Naples (NCTS Naples) provides voice, video and data services to the U.S. Navy joint, allied and coalition customers. It has two manned sites: C4I at Capodichino and SATCOM at Lago Patria. NCTS N ...

, Italy, opened 1963 *

Naval Air Facility Atsugi is a joint Japan-US naval air base located in the cities of Yamato, Kanagawa, Yamato and Ayase, Kanagawa, Ayase in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa, Japan. It is the largest United States Navy (USN) air base in the Pacific Ocean and once housed t ...

, Japan, opened 1938 *

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, Japan, 1945 (

Naval Facility Okinawa Naval Base Okinawa, now Naval Facility Okinawa, was and is a number of bases built after the Battle of Okinawa by United States Navy on the Okinawa Island of Japan. The naval bases were built to support the landings on Okinawa on April 1, 1945, an ...

`) *

United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka or is a United States Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan. Its mission is to maintain and operate base facilities for the logistic, recreational, administrative support and service of the U.S. Naval Forces Japan, Seventh Fleet and other operatin ...

, Japan, opened 1870 *

United States Fleet Activities Sasebo U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo is a United States Navy base, in Sasebo, Japan, on the island of Kyūshū. It provides facilities for the logistic support of forward-deployed units and visiting operating forces of the United States Pacific Fleet ...

, Japan, opened 1883 *

Misawa Air Base is an air base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), the United States Air Force, and the United States Navy located in Misawa, Aomori, in the northern part of the island of Honshū of Japan. It is located northeast of Misawa rail ...

, Japan, opened 1945 * Camp Patriot at the

Kuwait Naval Base Mohammed Al-Ahmad Kuwait Naval Base is a Kuwaiti Navy base on the eastern coast of Kuwait. It is named after Mohammed Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the first Defense Minister of Kuwait. The base is also used by the United States Army, Navy and Coast ...

(

Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...

), opened 2003 * Port of Duqm,

Masirah Masirah Island ( ar, جَزِيْرَة مَصِيْرَة, Jazīrat Maṣīrah), also referred to as Mazeira Island or ''Wilāyat Maṣīrah'' ( ar, وِلَايَة مَصِيْرَة), is an island off the east coast of mainland Oman in the ...

, and

Port of Salalah The Port of Salalah is the largest port in Oman and has been in operation since 1998. Situated in the Dhofar Governorate, on the Arabian Sea which is on the northern part of the Indian Ocean, it is centrally located at the crossroads of trade betw ...

Oman, opened 1980 * Naval Medical Research Unit Six, Peru, opened 1983 *

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Naval Station Rota Spain Naval Station Rota, also known as NAVSTA Rota ( es, Base Naval de Rota, links=no), is a Spanish-American naval base commanded by a Spanish Rear Admiral. Located in Rota in the Province of Cádiz, NAVSTA Rota is the largest American military co ...

, opened 1953 * Fujairah Naval Base,

Port of Fujairah Port of Fujairah ( ar, ميناء الفجيرة), also called Fujairah Port, is a deep port located in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. It is the largest port on the eastern seaboard of the United Arab Emirates and the world second largest bunkeri ...

, Base at Fujairah International Airport, United Arab Emirates (

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), opened 1987 *

Jebel Ali Port Port of Jebel Ali, also known as Mina Jebel Ali ( ar, ميناء جبل علي), is a deep port located in Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Jebel Ali is the world's ninth busiest port, the largest man-made harbour, and the biggest and by f ...

Facility in United Arab Emirates Port, port use, no base, opened 1979. * US Navy operates out of

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni is a United States Marine Corps air station located in the Nishiki river delta, southeast of Iwakuni Station in the city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. History The Japanese government bought a large portion of what is today MCAS ...

, Japan opened 1950

Closed bases

Major Advance Bases

Naval Advance Base Espiritu Santo Naval Advance Base Espiritu Santo or Naval Base Espiritu Santo, most often just called ''Espiritu Santo'', was a major advance Naval base that the U.S. Navy Seabees built during World War II to support the Allied effort in the Pacific. The base ...

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was the first large advance base built in the Pacific. Closed 1946 **

Majuro Submarine Base Map Majuro and Arno Atolls Naval Base Majuro was a major United States Navy base built on Majuro Atoll, in the Marshall Islands to support the World War II efforts in the Pacific War. The base was built after the Battle of Majuro-Kwajalein en ...

Majuro Atoll Majuro (; Marshallese: ' ) is the capital and largest city of the Marshall Islands. It is also a large coral atoll of 64 islands in the Pacific Ocean. It forms a legislative district of the Ratak (Sunrise) Chain of the Marshall Islands. The atol ...

- Harbor, Sub base, Fleet recreational center, two airfileds (1940-1945) *

Manus Naval Base Manus Naval Base, Naval supply depot with piers and quonset Hut warehouses on September 18, 1945 Manus Naval Base was a number of bases built after the World War II Battle of Manus by United States Navy on the Manus Island and a smaller isl ...

in the

Admiralty Islands The Admiralty Islands are an archipelago group of 18 islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean. These are also sometimes called the Manus Islands, after the largest island. These rainforest-co ...

Lombrum Naval Base Lombrum Naval Base, also known as HMPNGS ''Tarangau'' and formerly PNG Defence Force Base Lombrum, is a naval base, naval military base operated by the Papua New Guinea Defence Force#Maritime Operations Element, Maritime Operations Element of the P ...

Seeadler Harbor Seeadler Harbor, also known as Port Seeadler, is located on Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea and played an important role in World War II. In German, "Seeadler" means sea eagle, pointing to German colonial activity between 1884 an ...

(1943-1947) *

Naval Advance Base Saipan Naval Base Saipan or Naval Advance Base Saipan or Naval Air Base Saipan was a United States Navy Naval base built during World War II to support Pacific Ocean theater of war and the many warships and troops fighting the war. The base was on th ...

, included

East Field (Saipan) East Field (also known as Kagman Airfield) is a former World War II airfield on Saipan in the Mariana Islands, part of Naval Advance Base Saipan. History Saipan had been occupied by the Japanese since World War I, and by mid-1944, the Americans ...

Aslito Field Saipan International Airport , also known as Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport, is a public airport located on Saipan Island in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The airport is owned by Commonwealth Port ...

and

Marpi Point Field Marpi Point Field or NAB Marpi Point is a former World War II airfield at the northern end of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. The airfield was vacated by the United States in 1962; it is currently unused and overgrown. History World War ...

, seaplane base, hospital, depot (

Battle of Saipan The Battle of Saipan was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands from 15 June to 9 July 1944 as part of Operation Forager. It has been referred to as the "Pacific D-Day" with th ...

) *

Naval Base Perth Naval Base Perth was a United States Navy base near Perth, Western Australia during World War II. Perth was selected as the site for a U.S. Navy base as it was beyond the range of Japanese long-range bombers. The Bombing of Darwin on 19 Februar ...

Naval Base Trinidad Naval Base Trinidad, also called NAS Trinidad, NAS Port-of-Spain, was a large United States Navy Naval base built during World War II to support the many naval ships fighting and patrolling the Battle of the Atlantic. The fighting in the area bec ...

, operated off and on shore, part became

Carlsen Air Force Base Carlsen Air Force Base is a former United States Army Air Forces World War II airbase on Trinidad, consisting of two landing strips, "Edinburgh" and "Xeres". The airbase also included an emergency landing strip, "Tobago". History The America ...

Naval Base Brisbane Naval Base Brisbane was a major United States Navy base built in the early part of World War II at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. At first, operated as a base for patrol aircraft and convoy escort aircraft to protect the last leg of the Pacif ...

, Australia *

Tinian Naval Base Tinian Naval Base and Naval Air Facility Tinian (NAF Tinian) was a major United States Navy sea and airbase base on Tinian Island, part of the Northern Mariana Islands on the east side of the Philippine Sea in the Pacific Ocean. The Base was b ...

, on

Tinian Tinian ( or ; old Japanese name: 天仁安島, ''Tenian-shima'') is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Together with uninhabited neighboring Aguiguan, it forms Tinian Municipality, one of t ...

including North Field,

West Field Helm Field also called Lemoore Auxiliary Army Airfield A-7 is a former US Army Airfield use for training during World War II. Helm Field was location in the town of Coalinga, California, 70 miles south of Fresno. Helm Field had two 3,000 foot runw ...

, closed in 1947 (

Battle of Tinian The Battle of Tinian was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands from 24 July until 1 August 1944. The 8,000-man Japanese garrison was eliminated, and the island joined Saipan ...

) *

Naval Air Station Bermuda Naval Air Station Bermuda (Kindley Field) (usually described in Bermuda as United States Naval Air Station Bermuda, and not to be confused with the former Royal Naval Air Station Bermuda or the United States Naval Air Station Bermuda Annex, whi ...

closed 1995 *

U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay Naval Base Subic Bay was a major ship-repair, supply, and rest and recreation facility of the Spanish Navy and subsequently the United States Navy located in Zambales, Philippines. The base was 262 square miles, about the size of Singapore. Th ...

(Olongapo Naval Station) closed 1992, now

Subic Special Economic and Freeport Zone The Subic Special Economic and Freeport Zone, often shorterned as Subic Bay or Subic, is a special economic zone and freeport area covering portions of the city of Olongapo and the town of Subic in Zambales, and the towns of Morong and Hermo ...

Leyte-Samar Naval Base Leyte-Samar Naval Base was a large United States Navy base in the Philippines on the Islands of Leyte and Samar. The Base was built during World War II to support the many naval ships fighting and patrolling in the South West Pacific theatre of ...

(1944-1947) *

Naval Base Fiji 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 Pacific Ocean. The base was built as one of many advance bases in the island-hopping ...

(1942-1945) *

Naval Base Noumea 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 for a Naval Base as it was beyond the range of Japanese land-based planes. Noumea is o ...

Nouméa Nouméa () is the capital and largest city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia and is also the largest francophone city in Oceania. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, an ...

, New Caledonia, major staging base (1942-1956) *

Naval Base Eniwetok Marshall Islands on the globe in the Pacific Ocean Naval Base Eniwetok was major United States Navy base at the Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, just to west of the International Date Line, during World War ...

Enewetak Atoll Enewetak Atoll (; also spelled Eniwetok Atoll or sometimes Eniewetok; mh, Ānewetak, , or , ; known to the Japanese as Brown Atoll or Brown Island; ja, ブラウン環礁) is a large coral atoll of 40 islands in the Pacific Ocean and with it ...

base, including

Eniwetok Airfield Enewetak Atoll (; also spelled Eniwetok Atoll or sometimes Eniewetok; mh, Ānewetak, , or , ; known to the Japanese as Brown Atoll or Brown Island; ja, ブラウン環礁) is a large coral atoll of 40 islands in the Pacific Ocean and with it ...

, seaplane base Parry Island, recreational center *

Naval Base Ulithi Naval Base Ulithi was major United States Navy base at the Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea during World War II. The base was built to support the island hoping Pacific war ef ...

, Western Carolines, Major anchoring, 3,500-foot runway, seaplane base, recreational center, Hospital on Sorlen Island. Closed in 1945 *

Naval Base Peleliu Peleliu Naval Base was a major United States Navy sea and airbase base on Peleliu island, one of sixteen states of Palau. The United States Marine Corps took the island in the Battle of Peleliu during World War II. Battle of Peleliu was a cost ...

, at

Peleliu Peleliu (or Beliliou) is an island in the island nation of Palau. Peleliu, along with two small islands to its northeast, forms one of the sixteen states of Palau. The island is notable as the location of the Battle of Peleliu in World War II. ...

Naval Base Iwo Jima Naval Base Iwo Jima was a naval base built by United States Navy on the Japanese Volcano Island of Iwo Jima during and after the Battle of Iwo Jima, that started on February 19, 1945. The naval base was built to support the landings on Iwo Jim ...

Iwo Jima Iwo Jima (, also ), known in Japan as , is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands and lies south of the Bonin Islands. Together with other islands, they form the Ogasawara Archipelago. The highest point of Iwo Jima is Mount Suribachi at high. ...

Naval Base Okinawa Naval Base Okinawa, now Naval Facility Okinawa, was and is a number of bases built after the Battle of Okinawa by United States Navy on the Okinawa Island of Japan. The naval bases were built to support the landings on Okinawa on April 1, 1945, a ...

, PT Boat base, seaplane base, hospital, depot, repair depot airfields *

Naval Station Sangley Point Naval Station Sangley Point was a communication and hospital facility of the United States Navy which occupied the northern portion of the Cavite City peninsula and is surrounded by Manila Bay, approximately eight miles southwest of Manila, th ...

in the

Philippine The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

closed 1971 *

Naval Base Milne Bay Naval Base Milne Bay, also called Naval Advance Base Milne Bay, was new major United States Navy sea and airbase base built on Milne Bay in Milne Bay Province in south-eastern Papua New Guinea. By spring 1943, the build up of the US Navy to s ...

Milne Bay Milne Bay is a large bay in Milne Bay Province, south-eastern Papua New Guinea. More than long and over wide, Milne Bay is a sheltered deep-water harbor accessible via Ward Hunt Strait. It is surrounded by the heavily wooded Stirling Range to ...

- seaplane base, PT Boats, depot - ship repair - hospital - amphibious training center *

Naval Air Facility Midway Island Naval Air Station Midway Island, also known as NAS Midway, Naval Air Facility Midway, and NAF Midway (former ICAO PMDY), was a U.S. Naval Air Station in the Midway Atoll, the northernmost group of the Hawaiian archipelago. It was in operation f ...

(

Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The U.S. Navy under A ...

) *

Wake Island Airfield Wake Island Airfield is a military air base located on Wake Island, which is known for the Battle of Wake Island during World War II. It is owned by the U.S. Air Force and operated by the 611th Air Support Group. The runway can be used for emer ...

(

Battle of Wake Island The Battle of Wake Island was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on Wake Island. The assault began simultaneously with the attack on Pearl Harbor naval and air bases in Hawaii on the morning of 8 December 1941 (7 December ...

) *

Naval Air Station Keflavik Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) was a United States Navy station at Keflavík International Airport, Iceland, located on the Reykjanes peninsula on the south-west portion of the island. NASKEF was closed on 8 September 2006, and its facil ...

, Iceland *

Naval Station Argentia Naval Station Argentia is a former base of the United States Navy that operated from 1941 to 1994. It was established in the community of Argentia in what was then the Dominion of Newfoundland, which later became the tenth Canadian province, Ne ...

in Newfoundland, closed 1994 *

Naval Air Station Bermuda Annex Naval Air Station Bermuda (Kindley Field) (usually described in Bermuda as United States Naval Air Station Bermuda, and not to be confused with the former Royal Naval Air Station Bermuda or the United States Naval Air Station Bermuda Annex, whi ...

* Mulberry harbour,

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

Operation Overlord Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Norm ...

, Navy built harbour

Rear Pacific Area

United States Naval Station Tutuila United States Naval Station Tutuila was a naval station in Pago Pago Harbor on the island of Tutuila, part of American Samoa, built in 1899 and in operation until 1951. During the United States Navy rule of American Samoa, from 1900 to 1951, it ...

, Samoa - depot, repair (1921-1951) *

Naval Base Upolu Naval Base Upolu was a naval base built by the United States Navy in 1942 to support the World War II effort. The base was located on Upolu Island, Samoa in the Western Pacific Ocean, part of the Samoan Islands's Naval Base Samoa. After the ...

Upolu Island Upolu is an island in Samoa, formed by a massive basaltic shield volcano which rises from the seafloor of the western Pacific Ocean. The island is long and in area, making it the second largest of the Samoan Islands by area. With approximat ...

, Samoa - Advanced Base (1942-1944) *

Palmyra Island Palmyra Atoll (), also referred to as Palmyra Island, is one of the Northern Line Islands (southeast of Kingman Reef and north of Kiribati). It is located almost due south of the Hawaiian Islands, roughly one-third of the way between Hawaii a ...

Palmyra Island Naval Air Station Palmyra Atoll (), also referred to as Palmyra Island, is one of the Northern Line Islands (southeast of Kingman Reef and north of Kiribati). It is located almost due south of the Hawaiian Islands, roughly one-third of the way between Hawaii a ...

- Advanced Base (1939-1947) *

Naval Base Funafuti Naval Base Funafuti was a naval base built by the United States Navy in 1942 to support the World War II effort. The base was located on the Island of Funafuti of the Ellice Islands in the Western Pacific Ocean. The island is now Tuvalu, an ...

Funafuti Funafuti is the capital of the island nation of Tuvalu. It has a population of 6,320 people (2017 census), and so it has more people than the rest of Tuvalu combined, with approximately 60% of the population. It consists of a narrow sweep of la ...

Ellice Islands Tuvalu ( or ; formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an island country and microstate in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia. They lie east-northea ...

- Advanced base - Air Base, anchorage and small hospital *

Nanumea Nanumea is the northwesternmost atoll in the Polynesian nation of Tuvalu, a group of nine coral atolls and islands spread over about of the Pacific Ocean just south of the equator and west of the International Date Line. Nanumea is with a popul ...

Nanumea Airfield Nanumea Airfield is a former World War II airfield on the island of Nanumea in the Ellice Islands (now known as Tuvalu). History World War II Nanumea Airfield was built by United States Navy Seabees during the Pacific War as an alternative ...

closed 1945 *

Nukufetau Nukufetau is an atoll that is part of the nation of Tuvalu. The atoll was claimed by the US under the Guano Islands Act some time in the 19th century and was ceded in a treaty of friendship concluded in 1979 and coming into force in 1983. It has ...

Nukufetau Airfield Nukufetau Airfield is a former World War II airfield on the south-eastern side of Nukufetau on Motulalo Island during the Pacific War. History Nukufetau Airfield was built by United States Navy Seabees on Motulalo island as an alternative stri ...

closed 1945 *

Canton Island Canton Island (also known as Kanton or Abariringa), previously known as Mary Island, Mary Balcout's Island or Swallow Island, is the largest, northernmost, and , the sole inhabited island of the Phoenix Islands, in the Republic of Kiribati. It ...

port and

Airfield An aerodrome (Commonwealth English) or airdrome (American English) is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for publ ...

closed 1945 * Naval Base Johnston Atoll on

Johnston Atoll Johnston Atoll is an unincorporated territory of the United States, currently administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Johnston Atoll is a National Wildlife Refuge and part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine Nation ...

, refueling station support of

airbase An air base (sometimes referred to as a military air base, military airfield, military airport, air station, naval air station, air force station, or air force base) is an aerodrome used as a military base by a military force for the operation ...

Sand Island seaplane base Johnston Atoll is an unincorporated territory of the United States, currently administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Johnston Atoll is a National Wildlife Refuge and part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine Nationa ...

on Johnston Atoll *Naval Base Baker Island on

Baker Island Baker Island, formerly known as New Nantucket, is an uninhabited atoll just north of the Equator in the central Pacific Ocean about southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbor is Ho ...

to support Baker Island Airfield *

Howland Island Howland Island () is an uninhabited coral island located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia and is an unorganized, unincorporated terr ...

seaplane base *Naval base

Kingman Reef Kingman Reef is a largely submerged, uninhabited, triangle-shaped reef, geologically an atoll, east-west and north-south, in the North Pacific Ocean, roughly halfway between the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa. It has an area of 3 he ...

Christmas Island Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. It is located in the Indian Ocean, around south of Java and Sumatra and around north-west of the ...

, Kiribati, refuelling and weather station, Cassidy Airfield *

Naval Base Hawaii file:Hawaii map new.png, Map of the List of counties in Hawaii, five counties of the Hawaii, state of Hawaii Naval Base Hawaii was a number of United States Navy bases in the Territory of Hawaii during World War II. At the start of the war ...

Naval Air Station Barbers Point Naval Air Station Barbers Point , on O'ahu, also called John Rodgers Field (the original name of Honolulu International Airport), is a former United States Navy airfield closed in 1999, and renamed Kalaeloa Airport. Parts of the former air statio ...

and Submarine base Barbers Point *

Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay or MCAS Kaneohe Bay is a United States Marine Corps (USMC) airfield located within the Marine Corps Base Hawaii complex, formerly known as Marine Corps Air Facility (MCAF) Kaneohe Bay or Naval Air Station (NAS ...

US Navy base 1939 to 1949 *Amphibious Training Base

Kamaole Kihei ( haw, Kīhei, ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 21,423 at the 2020 census. Geography Kihei is located at (20.759122, −156.457228). According to the United States Census Bure ...

, Maui

Philippines

Calicoan Calicoan is a Philippine island east of Leyte Gulf, off the southeastern point of Samar. It is one of the islands that are part of the municipality of Guiuan, in the province of Eastern Samar. The island can be reached from Tacloban City by a th ...

, Samar, port, depot, motor pool, recreational center **

Manicani Island Manicani is a small island in the Leyte Gulf, Philippines. The local governing body is the municipality of Guiuan of Eastern Samar province. Its 3,000 residents live in four barangays: San Jose, Banaag, Hamorawon and Buenavista. Housing and constr ...

, Samar Large Advanced Base, PT boats, depot, sawmill, ship repair, large floating docks ABSD, hospital. *

Naval Base Cavite Naval Station Pascual Ledesma, also known as Cavite Naval Base or Cavite Navy Yard, is a military installation of the Philippine Navy in Cavite City. In the 1940s and '50s, it was called Philippine Navy Operating Base. The naval base is located at ...

, Luzon - Main Base, hospital, submarine base, Closed 1971 *

, Sangley Point, seaplane base, 5,000-foot runway *

Naval Base Manila Map of Manila, Naval Base Manila is at Cavite in Manila Bay Naval Base Manila, Naval Air Base Manila was a major United States Navy base south of the City of Manila, on Luzon Island in the Philippines. Some of the bases dates back to 1898, t ...

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital city, capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, highly urbanize ...

, hospital, seaplane base, Depot, HQ 7th Fleet, sub base *Liloan,

Panaon Island Panaon Island is a small island in the Philippines, in the province of Southern Leyte. It lies south of Leyte, separated from Dinagat to the east, and Mindanao to the southeast by Surigao Strait. The Mindanao Sea lies to the southwest. Panaon ...

- Advanced Base *

Ormoc, Leyte Ormoc (IPA: �oɾˈmok, officially the City of Ormoc ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Ormoc; war, Syudad han Ormoc; fil, Lungsod ng Ormoc), is a 1st class independent component city in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 ce ...

- Advanced Base *

Naval Base Lingayen LST-917 and other LST ships unloading at Lingayen Gulf January 1945 Naval Base Lingayen was a United States Navy base built during World War II at Lingayen Gulf on the northwestern Island of Luzon in the Philippines. The base was founded af ...

- Advanced Base 6 PT Boat, anchorage *Bobon Point,

Samar Samar ( ) is the third-largest and seventh-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 1,909,537 as of the 2020 census. It is located in the eastern Visayas, which are in the central Philippines. The island is divided in ...

- 5,000-foot and 7,000-foot runway, Port HQ, PT Boat base * NAS Guiuan at

Guiuan Guiuan ( �giˌwan; war, Bungto han Guiuan, fil, Bayan ng Guiuan), officially the Municipality of Guiuan, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. It constitutes the southeastern extremity of Samar Island and ...

, Samar, 7,000-foot runway, bombers, (now

Guiuan Airport Guiuan Airport ( Filipino: ''Paliparan ng Guiuan'', Waray-Waray: ''Luparan han Guiuan'') is an airport located in the municipality of Guiuan, in the province of Eastern Samar in the Philippines. It is classified as a feeder airport by the Civ ...

) **Botic Island, PT boat base **Salcedo, PT boat base * Naval Base Puerto Princesa,

Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...

- Advanced Base - fleet air wing, carrier aircraft service units, bomber squadrons, seaplane base *

Zamboanga City Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (Chavacano and es, Ciudad de Zamboanga, Tausūg: ''Dāira sin Sambuangan'', fil, Lungsod ng Zamboanga, ceb, Dakbayan sa Zamboanga), is a city in the Zamboanga Peninsula region of the Philippi ...

Basilan Island Basilan, officially the Province of Basilan ( cbk, Provincia de Basilan; yka, Wilayah Basilanin; tsg, Wilaya' sin Basilan; fil, Lalawigan ng Basilan), is an island province of the Philippines located primarily in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Reg ...

, Mindanao - Advanced Base, Airfield, PT Boats, repair

Zamboanga Peninsula Zamboanga Peninsula ( tl, Tangway ng Zamboanga; cbk, Peninsula de Zamboanga; ceb, Lawis sa Zamboanga) is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region IX. It consists of three provinces ( Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga S ...

Mangarin Bay Mangarin Bay is a bay of the South China Sea, on the west coast of Mindoro island, in Occidental Mindoro Province of the Philippines. The bay is shoal, and sheltered from the wind by Mangarin Point to the east and by Ilin Island. Magarin Point ...

, Mindoro - Advance Base, Airfield, PT Boats *

, Mindanao, PT Boats *

Iloilo City Iloilo City, officially the City of Iloilo ( hil, Siyudad/Dakbanwa sang Iloilo; fil, Lungsod ng Iloilo), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines on the island of Panay. It is the capital city of ...

, Panay - Advanced Base, PT Boat, depot, repair *Malamaui Island - Advanced Base *

Polloc Harbor Parang, officially the Municipality of Parang (Maguindanaon: ''Inged nu Parang'', Jawi: ايڠايد نو ڤارڠ; Iranun: ''Inged a Parang'', ايڠايد ا ڤارڠ; tl, Bayan ng Parang), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Maguin ...

- Advanced Base *

Sarangani Bay Sarangani Bay is a bay located on the southern tip of Mindanao in the Philippines. It opens up to the Celebes Sea on the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the A ...

- Advanced Base *

Malalag Malalag, officially the Municipality of Malalag ( ceb, Lungsod sa Malalag; tl, Bayan ng Malalag), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 40,158 people. Mal ...

Bay - Advanced Base * Santiago Cove - Fueling Stop *

Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and ...

, PT Boat base (

Battle for Cebu City The Battle for Cebu City (Filipino: ''Labanan sa Lungsod ng Cebu''; Cebuano: ''Gubat sa Dakbayan sa Sugbo''; Japanese: セブシティーのための戦い) was a major engagement of World War II that occurred between March 26 and April 8, 1945, ...

Mactan Mactan is a densely populated island located a few kilometers (~1 mile) east of Cebu Island in the Philippines. The island is part of Cebu province and it is divided into the city of Lapu-Lapu and the municipality of Cordova. The island is s ...

, depot, repair, seaplane base, airfield *Kabayana Naval Base *

Naval Air Station Cubi Point U.S. Naval Air Station Cubi Point was a United States Navy aerial facility located at the edge of Naval Base Subic Bay and abutting the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines. When the base closed, the air station became the Subic Bay International ...

in the Philippines, used to support the Korean War, (1951-1992)

Solomon Islands

Tulagi Tulagi, less commonly known as Tulaghi, is a small island——in Solomon Islands, just off the south coast of Ngella Sule. The town of the same name on the island (pop. 1,750) was the capital of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate from 1 ...

- Bases, PT boat (

Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo The Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific War, Pacific campaign of World War II, between the forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allies of World War II, Allied (mainly United States Marine Corps) ground fo ...

) (1943-1946) *

Rendova Island Rendova is an island in the Western Province (Solomon Islands), Western Province of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific, east of Papua New Guinea. Geography Rendova Island is a roughly rectangularly-shaped island, located in t ...

- Base, PT boat *Lever Harbor, New Georgia - Advanced Base, PT boat (1935-1944) *

Vella Lavella Vella Lavella is an island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands. It lies to the west of New Georgia, but is considered one of the New Georgia Group. To its west are the Treasury Islands. Environment The island of Vella Lavella i ...

- Advanced Base, PT boat at Lambu Lambu Cove( Battle of Vella Lavella (naval)) Support

Barakoma Airfield Barakoma Airfield is a former World War II airfield on Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands archipelago. History World War II The U.S. 35th Infantry Regiment landed on Vella Lavella on 15 August 1943 as part of the Solomon Islands campaign. Th ...

Naval Base Treasury Islands The Battle of the Treasury Islands was a Second World War battle that took place between 27 October and 12 November 1943 on the Treasury Islands group, part of the Solomon Islands. The battle formed part of the wider Pacific War and involved Ne ...

Treasury Islands Treasury Islands () are a small group of islands a few kilometres to the south of Bougainville and from the Shortland Islands. They form part of the Western Province of the country of Solomon Islands. The two largest islands in the Treasurie ...

- Base, PT boat *

Cape Torokina Cape Torokina is a promontory at the north end of Empress Augusta Bay, along the central part of the western coast of Bougainville, in Papua New Guinea. This cape formed the southern end of the landing zone where I Marine Amphibious Corps perfor ...

Bougainville Island Bougainville Island ( Tok Pisin: ''Bogenvil'') is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. It was previously the main landmass in the German Empire-associated North Solomons. Its land area ...

- Base, runway built, PT boat (1943-1945) *

Green Islands The Green Islands is a small archipelago of islands in the Solomon Sea, within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in northeastern Papua New Guinea. They are located at , about northwest of Bougainville Island, and about east of Rabaul an ...

- Base, PT boat *

Naval Base Emirau Emirau Island, also called Emira, is an island in the Bismarck Archipelago located at . It is currently part of the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea. The local language is a dialect of the Mussau-Emira language. Emira is part of what on ...

Homestead Lagoon,

Emirau Island Emirau Island, also called Emira, is an island in the Bismarck Archipelago located at . It is currently part of the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea. The local language is a dialect of the Mussau-Emira language. Emira is part of what on ...

, Hamburg Bay - Base - PT Boats, minor repair base, depots, 3 hospitals, sawmill, two 7,000 feet runways: Inshore and North Cape(1944-1945 ) *

Henderson Field (Guadalcanal) Henderson Field is a former military airfield on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Originally built by the Japanese Empire, the conflict over its possession was one of the great battles of the Pacific War. Today it is Honiara ...

, - Base ( Guadalcanal campaign) *

Savo Island Savo Island is an island in Solomon Islands in the southwest South Pacific ocean. Administratively, Savo Island is a part of the Central Province of the Solomon Islands. It is about from the capital Honiara. The principal village is Alialia, i ...

- Base (

Battle of Savo Island The Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and, in Japanese sources, as the , and colloquially among Allied Guadalcanal veterans as the Battle of the Five Sitting Ducks, was a naval battle of the Solomon Islands cam ...

) *

Munda Point Airfield Munda Airport is an international airport adjacent to the town of Munda, Western Province in Solomon Islands. Originally built by Japanese forces during World War II and further developed by the U. S. Naval Construction Battalions 24 and 73 ...

, Naval Airbase *

Segi Point Airfield Segi Point Airfield is a former World War II airfield on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands (archipelago), Solomon Islands archipelago. History World War II The Segi (Seghe) Point area was the base of the British Commonwealth coastwatcher, Donald ...

, Naval Airbase *

Ondonga Airfield Ondonga Airfield is a former World War II airfield on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands archipelago. History World War II The Munda Point area was secured on 5 August 1943. While the rehabilitation and expansion of Munda Point Airfield was t ...

Seaplane base, Naval Airbase *

Naval Base Banika Island Naval Base Banika Island was a United States Navy base built during World War II on Mbanika Island in the Russell Islands, part of the Solomon Islands. A larger supply depot was built to support the ships fighting in the Pacific War. Also b ...

Advance Base (1943-1945) *

Guadalcanal Guadalcanal (; indigenous name: ''Isatabu'') is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia. It is the largest island in the Solomon Islands by area, and the se ...

Advance Base (1943-1946) *

Roi Island Roi-Namur ( ) is an island in the north part of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Today it is a major part of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, hosting several radar systems used for tracking and characterizing missi ...

Advance Base (1946) *

Kukum Field Kukum Field also known as Fighter 2 Airfield is a former World War II airfield on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. World War II From the beginning of the Guadalcanal Campaign it was planned that the area would be developed into a major air base. ...

, for USAAF and RNZA *Graciosa Bay Seaplane Base

Santa Cruz Islands The Santa Cruz Islands are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of Temotu Province of the nation of Solomon Islands discovered by the Spaniards. They lie approximately 250 miles (400 km) to the southeast of the Solomon Island ...

VP-23 VP-23, Patrol Squadron 23, known as the ''Seahawks'', was a U.S. Navy fixed-wing, anti-submarine and maritime Patrol Squadron based at Brunswick Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine, United States. It was established as Weather Reconnaissance Squa ...

Central Pacific

Naval Base Tarawa Naval Base Tarawa was a naval base built by the United States Navy in 1943 to support the World War II effort. The base was located on Tarawa atoll in the Gilbert Islands in the Central Pacific Ocean. The base was built as one of many advance ...

Tarawa Tarawa is an atoll and the capital of the Republic of Kiribati,Kiribati
''

Gilbert Islands The Gilbert Islands ( gil, Tungaru;Reilly Ridgell. ''Pacific Nations and Territories: The Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia.'' 3rd. Ed. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1995. p. 95. formerly Kingsmill or King's-Mill IslandsVery often, this n ...

, runway, depot, Marine camp, hospital *

Apamama Abemama (Apamama) is an atoll, one of the Gilberts group in Kiribati, and is located southeast of Tarawa and just north of the Equator. Abemama has an area of and a population of 3,299 . The islets surround a deep lagoon. The eastern part of ...

Gilberts, airbase, 6,000-foot runway, naval harbor, closed 1944 (

Battle of Abemama The United States Marine Corps's Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion, formerly ''Company'', was a specialized team of Marines and Navy Corpsmen that performed clandestine preliminary pre–D-Day amphibious reconnaissance of planned beachheads an ...

) * Makin Island Gilbert Islands *

base *

Peleliu Naval Base Peleliu Naval Base was a major United States Navy sea and airbase base on Peleliu island, one of sixteen states of Palau. The United States Marine Corps took the island in the Battle of Peleliu during World War II. Battle of Peleliu was a co ...

Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Ca ...

Islands,

Caroline Islands The Caroline Islands (or the Carolines) are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically, they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in the centra ...

, captured Japanese base, three runways, depot, hospital (

Battle of Peleliu The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the US military, was fought between the United States and Japan during the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign of World War II, from September 15 to November 27, 1944, on the island of ...

) *

Naval Base Kwajalein Naval Base Kwajalein was United States Navy base built on Kwajalein Atoll, in the Marshall Islands to support the World War II efforts in the Pacific War. The base was built after the Battle of Kwajalein ended 3 February 1944. The US Navy bui ...

Kwajalein Atoll Kwajalein Atoll (; Marshallese: ) is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The southernmost and largest island in the atoll is named Kwajalein Island, which its majority English-speaking residents (about 1,000 mostly U.S. civili ...

Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands ( mh, Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( mh, Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ),'' () is an independent island country and microstate near the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the Internati ...

, 5,000-foot runway, hospital, 4,300-foot runway, 100-ton dry dock, Roi Islands, Ebadon Island, Namur Island, Ebeye Island (1943-1952) (

Battle of Kwajalein The Battle of Kwajalein was fought as part of the Pacific campaign of World War II. It took place from 31 January – 3 February 1944, on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Employing the hard-learned lessons of the Battle of Tarawa, the Un ...

) *

, Marshall Islands- Advanced Base, Harbor, Sub base, Fleet recreational center, (1940-1945) * Naval Base at

Jaluit Atoll Jaluit Atoll ( Marshallese: , , or , ) is a large coral atoll of 91 islands in the Pacific Ocean and forms a legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is , and it encloses a lagoon with an area of . Most ...

, FPO#3000 *

Minami-Tori-shima , also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, located some southeast of Tokyo and east of the closest Japanese island, South Iwo Jima of the Ogasawara Islands, and nearly on a straight line ...

, Surrendered base *

Chuuk Lagoon Chuuk Lagoon, previously Truk Atoll, is an atoll in the central Pacific. It lies about northeast of New Guinea, and is part of Chuuk State within the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). A protective reef, around, encloses a natural harb ...

(Truk Atoll), Naval port (1945-1947) (

Operation Hailstone Operation Hailstone ( ja, トラック島空襲, Torakku-tō Kūshū, lit=airstrike on Truk Island), 17–18 February 1944, was a massive United States Navy air and surface attack on Truk Lagoon conducted as part of the American offensive drive ...

) *

Weno Weno, formerly Moen, is an island municipality of Chuuk State of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). It is the largest town in the FSM. It has an estimated area of 20 square kilometers. Population The population was 13,856 at the cens ...

(Moen) Airfield, port, Naval Air Facilities (1943-1947) * Orote, Guam, Mariana Islands, Naval Air Station, (1945-1949) *

Naval Air Station Agana Naval Air Station Agana is a former United States Naval air station located on the island of Guam. It was opened by the Japanese Navy in 1943 and closed by the United States government in 1995. During and after its closure, it was operated alongs ...

, Agana Guam, Naval Air Station, (1944-1995) *

Kagman Kagman is a settlement (sometimes termed a village or district) on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na ...

Point, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, Naval Air Station (1944-1947) *

, Phoenix Islands, Naval Air Station (1943-1946) *

Tanapag Tanapag is a settlement on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is located close to Tanapag Beach on the northwest coast, just to the north of Capital Hill, the island group's center of government. It lies on the Marpi Road ( ...

, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, Naval Air Station (1946-1950) *

Suva Suva () is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rewa Province, Central Di ...

, Fiji Islands, Major Advance Base (1942-1944) *

Bikini Atoll Bikini Atoll ( or ; Marshallese: , , meaning "coconut place"), sometimes known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 1800s and 1946 is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a central lagoon. After the Sec ...

, Seaport (

), then

Operation Crossroads Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the ...

test

Caroline Islands

Ulithi Atoll Ulithi ( yap, Wulthiy, , or ) is an atoll in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, about east of Yap. Overview Ulithi consists of 40 islets totaling , surrounding a lagoon about long and up to wide—at one of the largest i ...

, FPO# 3011 *Naval base

Angaur Island , or in Palauan, is an island and state in the island nation of Palau. History Angaur was traditionally divided among some eight clans. Traditional features within clan areas represent important symbols giving identity to families, clans and ...

, on

Islands, base to support

Angaur Airstrip Angaur Airstrip ( Japanese: アンガウル飛行場, Hepburn: Angauru hikōjō, ) is a small airstrip on Angaur, one of the islands of Palau. It also served as an airfield during World War II. History World War II The day the island was declar ...

* Naval Base at Uman Island, Truk Lagoon, FPO#3048, 4th Fleet anchorage, PT Boat Base. *

Naval Base Kossol Roads 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 major United States Navy base at Kossol Roads in northern Palau in the western Ca ...

, FPO#3027, Fleet anchorage, staging area to support operations in the Philippines. * Naval Base at Puluwat Island, Truk Lagoon, FPO#3044 * Naval Base at

Fefan Island Fefan is the third largest inhabited island of the Chuuk Lagoon in the Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Ya ...

, Truk Lagoon, FPO#3045, captured seaport * Naval Base at

Yap Island Yap ( yap, Waqaab) traditionally refers to an island group located in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, a part of Yap State. The name "Yap" in recent years has come to also refer to the state within the Federated States of Micr ...

, FPO#3014, captured base * Naval Base at Param Island, Truk Lagoon, FPO#3050, post war taked Airfield * Naval Base at Tol Island, Truk, FPO#3105, post war taked base * Naval Base at Sorol Island, FPO#3012, post war small base * Naval Base at

Namonuito Atoll Namonuito Atoll, also called Namonweito, Weito, or Magur Islands, is the largest atoll of the Federated States of Micronesia and of the Caroline Islands with a total area of , unless one considers the still larger Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon as a type o ...

, FPO#3037 * Naval Base at

Minto Reef Minto Reef is a largely submerged atoll belonging to Pohnpei State in Micronesia. Description Minto Reef encloses a lagoon of about 25 to 30 km2 in area. There are several boat passages into the lagoon on the southern side. It is at the same ...

, FPO#3038 * Naval Base at

Pulap Pulap or Pollap is an atoll with a total area (including the lagoon) of , of which is emergent land, consisting of three islands, Pollap in the north, Tamatam in the south, and Fanadik at the western fringe of the reef. The atoll is located in th ...

Island, FPO#3039 * Naval Base at

Pakin ''Pakin'' (or francicized ''Pakine'') (in Armenian Բագին meaning altar in Armenian, full name at establishment Բագին, Ամսագիր Գրականութեան եւ Արուեստի, i.e. ''Pakin, Amsakir Kraganutyan yev Arvesdi'', meaning ...

Island,

Senyavin Islands The Senyavin Islands belong to the Federated States of Micronesia. They consist of a larger volcanic Pohnpei Island (about 334 km2) and two small atolls Ant and Pakin. History On Pohnpei, pre-colonial history is divided into three er ...

FPO#3064 * Naval Base at Ant Island, in Senyavin Islands, FPO#3067 * Naval Base at

Oroluk Atoll Oroluk Atoll is an atoll belonging to Pohnpei State in the Micronesia. Description Oroluk Atoll stretches from the northwest to the southeast with a length of about and an average width of . The lagoon's surface is roughly . The more than 25 sa ...

, FPO#3075, Oroluk Island had a lookout tower and Oroluk Lagoon for anchorage. * Naval Base at

Ngulu Atoll Ngulu Atoll is a coral atoll of three islands in the Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Ngulu extends for by with 18 reef segments enclosing a deep central ...

, FPO#3079 * Naval Base at Namolus Island, FPO#3081 * Naval Base at Tonelik Island, FPO#3082, post war small base * Naval Base at

Woleai Woleai, also known as Oleai, is a coral atoll of twenty-two islands in the western Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district in the Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia and is located approximately west- ...

Island, FPO#3246, post war, Woleai airfield. * Naval Base at

Hall Islands The Hall Islands are a group of two large atolls in the northern part of the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. In the broader sense, a third and smaller atoll is included. Nomwin, the western atoll, and Murilo, the eastern on ...

, FPO#3061, located to the north of Truk Lagoon.

Australia, Papua New Guinea & Dutch New Guinea

Australia: *

, Australia, Sub Base, repair depot,

Camp Seabee Naval Base Brisbane was a major United States Navy base built in the early part of World War II at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. At first, operated as a base for patrol aircraft and convoy escort aircraft to protect the last leg of the Pacif ...

Naval Base Sydney Naval Base Sydney was a United States Navy base built during World War II at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The base was built with Australian civilian contractors. As the US Navy expanded in the Island hopping campaign, Naval Base Sydney ...

Sydney, Australia Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and List of cities in Oceania by population, Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metro ...

hospital, repair and depot *

Naval Base Melbourne Victoria Barracks, Melbourne HQ for the US and Australian armed forces Naval Base Melbourne was a United States Navy base at Melbourne during World War II. Naval Base Melbourne became the South West Pacific Area Command Headquarters after ...

at Port of

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a me ...

Australia, depot, HQ till July 1942 * Naval Air Station Palm Island, Australia *

Townsville Naval Section Base Naval Base Brisbane was a major United States Navy base built in the early part of World War II at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. At first, operated as a base for patrol aircraft and convoy escort aircraft to protect the last leg of the Pacifi ...

, Australia *

Horn Island Seaplane Base Naval Base Brisbane was a major United States Navy base built in the early part of World War II at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. At first, operated as a base for patrol aircraft and convoy escort aircraft to protect the last leg of the Pacif ...

, Australia *

Naval Base Cairns Naval Base Brisbane was a major United States Navy base built in the early part of World War II at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. At first, operated as a base for patrol aircraft and convoy escort aircraft to protect the last leg of the Pacif ...

Cairns, Australia Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...

- Base - Hospital, PT Boats, Depot, 40-ton floating drydock *

Naval Base Darwin Darwin Harbour with the sunken ship MV Neptuna and burnt-out wharf of Darwin Harbour following the attack on February 19, 1942 USS ''Holland'' with (left to right: , , , , , , ) Naval Base Darwin was a United States Navy base built during W ...

Darwin, Australia Darwin ( ; Larrakia: ) is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. With an estimated population of 147,255 as of 2019, the city contains the majority of the residents of the sparsely populated Northern Territory. It is the smalle ...

- Base -mine depot and PT Boats *

Exmouth Submarine Base Exmouth Submarine Base, called Operation Potshot, was a United States Navy base at Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia during World War II. Exmouth Gulf on western Australia was selected as the site for US Naval base as it was thought at the time ...

Exmouth Exmouth is a port town, civil parish and seaside resort, sited on the east bank of the mouth of the River Exe and southeast of Exeter. In 2011 it had a population of 34,432, making Exmouth the 5th most populous settlement in Devon. Histo ...

, Australia called Potshot * Roebuck Bay Seaplane Base, Western Australia *

Naval Base Adelaide Naval Base Adelaide was a United States Navy base at Adelaide and Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia during World War II. Northern Australian ports were within reach of Japanese long-range bombers. The bombing of Darwin on February 19, ...

, Australia *

Auxiliary Albany Submarine Base Naval Base Perth was a United States Navy base near Perth, Western Australia during World War II. Perth was selected as the site for a U.S. Navy base as it was beyond the range of Japanese long-range bombers. The Bombing of Darwin on 19 February ...

, Port of

Albany, Western Australia Albany ( ; nys, Kinjarling) is a port city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyc ...

Fleet Radio Unit, Melbourne Fleet Radio Unit, Melbourne (FRUMEL) was a United States–Australian– British signals intelligence unit, founded in Melbourne, Australia, during World War II. It was one of two major Allied signals intelligence units called Fleet Radio Units ...

, Australia - intelligence unit *

Fremantle submarine base Fremantle submarine base was the utilisation of Fremantle Harbour as a submarine base in World War II. The submarine base was second only to Pearl Harbor in the Pacific theater, with US, British and Dutch submarines operating from Fremantle duri ...

Perth Perth is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the Australian states and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth most populous city in Aust ...

, Australia *

, Australia * Thursday Island PT Boat Base on

Thursday Island Thursday Island, colloquially known as TI, or in the Kawrareg dialect, Waiben or Waibene, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands, an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait. TI is located approximately north of Cap ...

, Australia - Base, PT boat base *

Palm Island, Queensland Palm Island is a locality consisting of an island group of 16 islands, split between the Shire of Hinchinbrook and the Aboriginal Shire of Palm Island, in Queensland, Australia. The locality coincides with the geographical entity known as t ...

, Australia, Naval Air Station New Guinea: *

, New Guinea, Major Base * Kana Kopa PT Boat Base,

, New Guinea - PT Boat Base *

Naval Base Port Moresby Naval Base Port Moresby was a United States Navy base built during World War II at the city of Port Moresby on Papua New Guinea. The US Navy built a communication center and advance base headquarters for the US Seventh Fleet to support the Pacifi ...

Port Moresby (; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New ...

, New Guinea, HQ Seventh Fleet *

Ladava Navy Base Naval Base Milne Bay, also called Naval Advance Base Milne Bay, was new major United States Navy sea and airbase base built on Milne Bay in Milne Bay Province in south-eastern Papua New Guinea. By spring 1943, the build up of the US Navy to s ...

, Ladava, Milne Bay - Base *

Tufi Tufi is a town located on the south eastern peninsula of Cape Nelson, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Tufi is located on one of many rias, or drowned river valleys, locally referred to as 'fjords', on Cape Nelson surrounded by many uncharted ree ...

, New Guinea - Advanced Base, PT boat base *

Naval Base Lae The Landing at Lae was an amphibious landing to the east of Lae and then the subsequent advance on the town during the Salamaua–Lae campaign of World War II. Part of Operation Postern, which was undertaken to capture the Japanese base at La ...

, Morobe River,

Morobe Province Morobe Province is a province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital and largest city is Lae. The province covers 33,705 km2, with a population of 674,810 (2011 census), and since the division of Southern Highlands P ...

, New Guinea - Advanced Base, airfields, PT boat base -

Landing at Nadzab The Landing at Nadzab was an airborne landing on 5 September 1943 during the New Guinea campaign of World War II in conjunction with the landing at Lae. The Nadzab action began with a parachute drop at Lae Nadzab Airport, combined with an ...

* Naval Base Woodlark Island,

Woodlark Island Woodlark Island, known to its inhabitants simply as Woodlark or Muyua, is the main island of the Woodlark Islands archipelago, located in Milne Bay Province and the Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea. Although no formal census has been conducted sin ...

, New Guinea - Advanced Base - 6,500 feet runway *

Fergusson Island Fergusson Island is the largest island of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, in Papua New Guinea. It has an area of , and mostly consists of mountainous regions, covered by rain forests. There are three large volcanoes on the island. Fergusson Islan ...

, New Guinea - Advanced Base, PT boat base *

Buna, Papua New Guinea Buna is a village in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. It was the site in part, of the Battle of Buna–Gona during World War II, when it constituted a variety of native huts and a handful of houses with an airstrip. Buna was the trailhead to the Ko ...

- Advanced Base, airfield, PT boat base (

Battle of Buna–Gona The battle of Buna–Gona was part of the New Guinea campaign in the Pacific war, Pacific Theatre during World War II. It followed the conclusion of the Kokoda Track campaign and lasted from 16 November 1942 until 22 January 1943. The battle wa ...

) *

Rabaul Rabaul () is a township in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain. It lies about 600 kilometres to the east of the island of New Guinea. Rabaul was the provincial capital and most important settlement in ...

, New Guinea - Bases around city, not in the town *

Kiriwina Airfield Losuia Airport is an airport in Losuia, on the island of Kiriwina, Papua New Guinea. History Kiriwina Airfield was a coral surfaced long x wide single runway, built by US Army Engineers with assistance from combat troops shortly after occupyi ...

Kiriwina Kiriwina is the largest of the Trobriand Islands, with an area of 290.5 km². It is part of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Most of the 12,000 people who live in the Trobriands live on Kiriwina. The Kilivila language, also know ...

Island, New Guinea - Advanced Base - 6,000 runway *

Dreger Harbor Dreger Harbour is a harbour south of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. During World War II, Dreger Harbour was used by Allied forces after the capture of Finschhafen in October 1943. The US Navy PT Boat Advance Base Six opened in June 1944. The Se ...

, New Guinea - Advanced Base, PT boat base *

Saidor Saidor is a village located in Saidor ward of Rai Coast Rural LLG, Madang Province, on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. It is also the administrative centre of the Rai Coast District of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. The village was th ...

, New Guinea - Advanced Base, PT boat base, Airfiled

Saidor Airport Saidor Airport is an airport in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. . It is a general aviation airport located at the coast near Saidor, near Saul Point with Dekys Bay to the east and the Bismarck Sea to the north. History A pre-World War II airfi ...

*Rein Bay,

New Britain New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi the D ...

- Advanced Base, PT boat base * Talasea, New Britain - Advanced Base (

Battle of Talasea The Battle of Talasea (6–9 March 1944) was a battle fought in the Pacific theater of World War II between Japanese and Allied forces. Dubbed "Operation Appease" by the Allies, the battle was part of the wider Operations Dexterity and Cartwh ...

) *

Aitape Aitape is a small town of about 18,000 people on the north coast of Papua New Guinea in the Sandaun Province. It is a coastal settlement that is almost equidistant from the provincial capitals of Wewak and Vanimo, and marks the midpoint of the ...

, New Guinea - Advanced base, PT boat base *

Naval Base Hollandia Naval Base Hollandia was a United States Navy base built during World War II at Humboldt Bay, near the city of Hollandia (now Jayapura) in New Guinea. The base was built by the US Navy Seabees during the Battle of Hollandia, starting on May 9 ...

, New Guinea - Advanced Base, depot, repair base, depot, hospital and HQ Seventh Fleet, In Humboldt Bay and Tanahmerah Bay, Closed 1946. *

Naval Base Mios Woendi Mios Woendi island is an island in the Schouten Islands of Papua province, eastern Indonesia. It lies in Cenderawasih Bay (or Geelvink Bay) off the northwestern coast of the island nation of Papua New Guinea. Description The island is in ...

Mios Woendi Mios Woendi island is an island in the Schouten Islands of Papua province, eastern Indonesia. It lies in Cenderawasih Bay (or Geelvink Bay) off the northwestern coast of the island nation of Papua New Guinea. Description The island is in ...

, New Guinea - PT boat base *

Wakde Wakde is an island group in Sarmi Regency, Papua, Indonesia, between the districts of Pantai Timur and Tor Atas. It comprises two islands, Insumuar (the larger) and Insumanai (much smaller). History Occupied by Japanese forces in April 1942, t ...

, New Guinea - Advanced Base, PT boat base *

Amsterdam Island Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

, New Guinea - Advanced base - PT boat base *

Naval Base Morotai The Battle of Morotai, part of the Pacific War, began on 15 September 1944, and continued until the end of the war in August 1945. The fighting started when United States and Australian forces landed on the southwest corner of Morotai, a small isl ...

, New Guinea - Advanced Base - PT Boats, seaplane base, depot, repair, sawmill, (Army airstrips), (1944-1946) *Soemsoem Island, New Guinea, PT-boat base, closed 1946 *

Naval Base Merauke Naval Base Merauke was a United States Navy base built during World War II at city of Merauke in the South Papua province of Indonesia, then Papua New Guinea. The base was 2 miles from the mouth of the Merauke River. The US Navy built a PT boa ...

Merauke Merauke is a large town and the capital of the South Papua province, Indonesia. It is also the administrative centre of Merauke Regency in South Papua. It is considered the easternmost city in Indonesia. The town was originally called Ermasoe. ...

, New Guinea PT Boats and 6,000 feet runway *

Naval Base Finschhafen Naval Base Finschhafen was a United States Navy base built during World War II at Finschhafen on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. The US Navy built a PT boat base, Dreger Harbor PT Boat Base, boat repair depot, and ha ...

New Guinea - PT boats and amphibious craft base, Dreger Airfield - hospital (1944-1945) *

Naval Base Cape Gloucester The Battle of Cape Gloucester was fought in the Pacific War, Pacific theater of World War II between Empire of Japan, Japanese and Allies of World War II, Allied forces on the island of New Britain, Territory of New Guinea, between 26 December 1 ...

at Cape Gloucester, New Guinea, port and two runways *

Biak Biak is an island located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea. Biak is the largest island in its small archipelago, and has many atolls, reefs, and corals. The large ...

and Padaido Lagoon, New Guinea, including

Owi Airfield Owi Airfield is a former World War II airfield located on Owi Island in the Schouten Islands, Indonesia. The airfield was ordered built by General MacArthur on 6 June 1944. It was constructed by the 864th Engineer Aviation Battalion with B Com ...

and 2nd runway, during over to Dutch Navy. Seaplane and PT boat base, ship repair and hospital. (1944-1946) *

Naval Base Alexishafen Naval Base Alexishafen (Naval Base Alexishafen-Madang) was a United States Navy base built during World War II at Alexishafen, north of the city of Madang in New Guinea. The base was built by the US Navy Seabees starting June 13, 1944 as part ...

-Madang, New Guinea, Advance Base, PT Boat, repair, closed 1945 *

Naval Base Noemfoor The Battle of Noemfoor was part of the New Guinea campaign of World War II. It took place on the island of Noemfoor, in Dutch New Guinea (now Papua, in Indonesia), between 2 July and 31 August 1944. During the battle, Allied forces landed on ...

, New Guinea *

Naval Base Cape Sansapor The Battle of Sansapor (Operation Globetrotter) was an amphibious landing and subsequent operations around Sansapor, Dutch New Guinea on the Vogelkop Peninsula during World War II. Naval force Admiral William Fechteler's Attack Force (Task Forc ...

, New Guinea

Borneo

(some bases shared with Australian) *

Tarakan Tarakan is an island and the largest city of the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan. The island city is located in northern Borneo, midway along the coast of the province. The city boundaries are co-extensive with the island (including a cou ...

- Advanced Base, PT boat base *

Tawi-Tawi Tawi-Tawi, officially the Province of Tawi-Tawi ( tl, Lalawigan ng Tawi-Tawi; Tausug: ''Wilaya' sin Tawi-Tawi''; Sinama: ''Jawi Jawi/Jauih Jauih''), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim ...

- Advanced Base, PT boat base *Naval Base Brunei Bay at

Brunei Bay Brunei Bay ( ms, Teluk Brunei) is on the northwestern coast of Borneo island, in Brunei and Malaysia. Brunei Bay is located 5°00'43.44", 115°17'26.66"; east of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. It is the ocean gateway to the isolated Temburong Di ...

- Advanced Base, PT boat base *

Balikpapan Balikpapan is a seaport city in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Located on the east coast of the island of Borneo, the city is the financial center of Kalimantan. Balikpapan is the city with the largest economy in Kalimantan with an estimated ...

- Advanced Base, PT boat base *Naval base

Labuan Island Labuan (), officially the Federal Territory of Labuan ( ms, Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan), is a Federal Territory of Malaysia. Its territory includes and six smaller islands, off the coast of the state of Sabah in East Malaysia. Labuan's capit ...

to support Timbalai Airfield *Naval Base

Timor Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western part. The Indonesian part, al ...

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-we ...

*Naval Base Muara Island after

Battle of North Borneo The Battle of North Borneo took place during the Second World War between Allied and Japanese forces. Part of the wider Borneo campaign of the Pacific War, it was fought between 10 June and 15 August 1945 in North Borneo (later known as Saba ...

*Naval Base Weston at

Weston, Sabah Weston is a town on the west coast of the state of Sabah in Malaysia. It is located in the Interior Division of Sabah, and is about 100 kilometres south of Sabah's capital Kota Kinabalu. Weston is one of the towns along the Pan Borneo Highw ...

Indian Ocean

*Naval Base Kandy at

Kandy Kandy ( si, මහනුවර ''Mahanuwara'', ; ta, கண்டி Kandy, ) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills ...

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, shared with

Briton British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs mod ...

and

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

(

South East Asia Command South East Asia Command (SEAC) was the body set up to be in overall charge of Allied operations in the South-East Asian Theatre during the Second World War. History Organisation The initial supreme commander of the theatre was General Sir Ar ...

*Naval Base Calcutta at

Calcutta Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comm ...

shared with British and

FPO#918 *Naval Base Madras, at

Madras Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Tamil Nadu, the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and territories of India, Indian state. The largest city ...

India FPO# 918, Box M *Naval Base Rangoon, at

Rangoon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military governme ...

Burma FPO#918, Box R *Naval Base

Durban Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed ''Durbs'',Ishani ChettyCity nicknames in SA and across the worldArticle on ''news24.com'' from ...

, South Africa FPO# 911, Box E *Naval Base

Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...

, Kenya Colony, Africa FPO# 911, Box F *Naval Base

Capetown Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second larges ...

, South Africa FPO#911, Box G *Naval Observer Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa FPO# 62 NY

West Africa

*Naval Observer,

Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational an ...

, Sierra Leone, Africa FPO# 62 * Casablanca, French Morocco, Africa FPO# 142 *

Agadir Agadir ( ar, أݣادير, ʾagādīr; shi, ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ) is a major city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Souss River flows into the ocean, and south ...

, French Morocco, Africa FPO# 522 *

Port Lyautey Kenitra ( ar, القُنَيْطَرَة, , , ; ber, ⵇⵏⵉⵟⵔⴰ, Qniṭra; french: Kénitra) is a city in north western Morocco, formerly known as Port Lyautey from 1932 to 1956. It is a port on the Sebou river, has a population in 2 ...

, French Morocco, Africa FPO# 214, Advanced Amphibious Training Base *

Fedala Mohammedia ( ar, المحمدية, al-muḥammadiyya; ber, ⴼⴹⴰⵍⴰ, Fḍala), known until 1960 as Fedala, is a port city on the west coast of Morocco between Casablanca and Rabat in the region of Casablanca-Settat. It hosts the most im ...

, French Morocco, Africa FPO# 215 * Safi, French Morocco, Africa FPO# 217 * Algiers, Algeria, Africa FPO# 922 ***Algiers, Algieria, Africa FPO# 728, Box 25 *

Arzeu Arzew or Arzeu ( ar, أرزيو Berber; ) is a port city in Algeria, 25 miles (40 km) from Oran. It is the capital of Arzew District, Oran Province. History Antiquity Like the rest of North Africa, the site of modern-day Arzew was ...

, Algeria, Africa FPO# 232, Naval Station and Naval Air Facility * Oran, Algeria, Africa FPO# 147 *

Mers El Kebir Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory infection caused by ''Middle East respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus'' (MERS-CoV). Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. Typical symptoms include fever, cough, ...

, Algeria, Africa FPO# 233 *Nemours,

Ghazaouet Ghazaouet is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algi ...

, Algeria, Africa, FPO# 235, Advanced Amphibious Training Base *

Beni Saf is a Japanese R&B singer, who debuted in 2004 under the Avex Trax label. In 2008, Arashiro left Avex Trax and transferred to Universal Music Japan where she started to perform as simply Beni (stylized as BENI). She was initially best known fo ...

, Algeria, Africa FPO# 236, Advanced Amphibious Training Base *

Mostaganem Mostaganem ( ber, Mustɣanem; ar, مستغانم) is a port city in and capital of Mostaganem province, in the northwest of Algeria. The city, founded in the 11th century lies on the Gulf of Arzew, Mediterranean Sea and is 72 km ENE of O ...

, Alferia, Africa FPO# 238, Advanced Amphibious Training Base *

Ténès Ténès ( ar, تنس; from Berber TNS 'camping') is a town in Algeria located around 200 kilometers west of the capital Algiers. , it has a population of 65,000 people. History Ténès was founded as a Phoenician port in or before the 8th ce ...

, Algeria, Africa FPO# 239, Advanced Amphibious Training Base *

Cherchel Cherchell (Arabic: شرشال) is a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast, west of Algiers. It is the seat of Cherchell District in Tipaza Province. Under the names Iol and Caesarea, it was formerly a Roman colony and the capital of the k ...

, Algeria, Africa FPO# 240 *

Tipaza Tipaza (formerly ''Tefessedt'', Chenoua-Berber: Bazar, ⴱⴰⵣⴰⵔ, ar, تيپازة) is the capital of the Tipaza Province, Algeria. When it was part of the Roman Empire, it was called '' Tipasa''. The modern town was founded in 1857, and i ...

, Algeria, Africa FPO# 241 *

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in ...

, French West Africa FPO# 241

Japan and Marianas

, PT Boat base, seaplane base, hospital, depot, repair depot airfields *

, 3 captured runways (Naval improved them), hospital Central Field, South Field (

Battle of Iwo Jima The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army ( ...

)* *Chichi Jima Naval Base -

Chichijima Airfield is an airfield on the island of Chichi-jima in Japan. It has a landing slope facility for flying boats (e.g. Shin Meiwa US-1A/ US-2) and a heliport for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Chichijima Naval Base. Both bases were unde ...

(1945-1968) *

Ōmura, Nagasaki is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of March 31, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 95,146 and a population density of 750 persons per km2. Its total area is 126.33 km2, and it includes Nagasaki Airport. History ...

, Depot, Port HQ, airfield *

Kure, Hiroshima is a port and major shipbuilding city situated on the Seto Inland Sea in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. With a strong industrial and naval heritage, Kure hosts the second-oldest naval dockyard in Japan and remains an important base for the Japa ...

, Naval Base, after war turned over to Ishikawajima Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, US Navy used part of the base. *

Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in th ...

, port for inspection * Hiroshima, port for inspection *

Yokosuka is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has a population of 409,478, and a population density of . The total area is . Yokosuka is the 11th most populous city in the Greater Tokyo Area, and the 12th in the Kantō region. The ...

Naval Base, now

JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base , also simply known as the JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base, is a group of ports and land facilities of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), which are scattered in multiple districts of Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and where the Yokos ...

Sasebo is a core city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is also the second largest city in Nagasaki Prefecture, after its capital, Nagasaki. On 1 June 2019, the city had an estimated population of 247,739 and a population density of 581 persons p ...

Naval Base, was

Sasebo Naval Arsenal was one of four principal naval shipyards owned and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. History The Sasebo Naval District was established at Sasebo, Nagasaki in 1886, as the third of the naval districts responsible for the defense of the ...

now

*Naval Base Tateyama, post-war now

JMSDF Tateyama Air Base is a military aerodrome of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. It is located outside the city of Tateyama in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, at the southern tip of the Bōsō Peninsula. Operations JMSDF Tateyama Air Base is currently the headquar ...

New Zealand

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about I ...

, New Zealand, Naval Base (1944-1945) *US Navy Magazines,

Motutapu Island Motutapu Island (otherwise known as ''Motutapu'') is a island in the Hauraki Gulf to the northeast of the city of Auckland, New Zealand. The island is part of the Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park. Its full name, rarely used, is ''Te Motutapu a Taikehu ...

*US Navy Magazines, Kauri Point Armament Depot *Fuel Tank Farm, Northcote,

*Avondale Naval Hospital, Avondale, Auckland *Sylvia Park Stores,

Mount Wellington Mount Wellington may refer to: Mountains * Mount Wellington (British Columbia), in Canada * Mount Wellington (New York), in Otsego County, New York, United States * Mount Wellington (Tasmania), in Tasmania, Australia * Mount Wellington (Victoria) ...

, Auckland *Mangere Crossing Stores, Mangere, Auckland *Halsey Street Store,

Wynyard Quarter The Wynyard Quarter (historically also known as the Western Reclamation, Wynyard Point, Wynyard Wharf or Tank Farm) is a reclaimed piece of land on the Waitematā Harbour at the western edge of the Auckland waterfront, New Zealand. It is lo ...

, Auckland *Hilldene,

Papakura Papakura is a southern suburb of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Pahurehure Inlet, approximately 32 kilometres south of the Auckland CBD. It is under the authority of the Auckland Council. Papakura is a ...

, Auckland *Little Riverina, Wilsons Road, Warkworth *Tamaki Stores, Glen Innes, Auckland *Silverstream Naval Hospital,

Upper Hutt Upper Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area. Geography The Upper Hutt city cent ...

*Trentham Racecourse Hospital, Trentham, Upper Hutt *Kaiwharawhara Park,

Kaiwharawhara Kaiwharawhara is an urban seaside suburb of Wellington in New Zealand's North Island. It is located north of the centre of the city on the western shore of Wellington Harbour, where the Kaiwharawhara Stream reaches the sea from its headwaters ...

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by m ...

*Hutt Park,

Lower Hutt Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. It is New Zealand's sixth most ...

*Judgeford Valley, Haywards Road,

Paremata Paremata is a suburb of Porirua, on the Tasman Sea coast to the north of Wellington, New Zealand. History Early history The modern suburb, just south of Plimmerton, derives its name from the "Paremata Barracks", erected on the north shore of ...

Pakiri Pakiri is a locality in Auckland, in the former Rodney District of New Zealand. Leigh is about to the south-east. The Pakiri River flows through the area and into the Hauraki Gulf to the north-east. The area is named for the Ngāti Wai chief, ...

Beach Camp *

Whangateau Whangateau is a small town on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated in Rodney District, part of the Auckland Region, and is on a peninsula stretching out into the Hauraki Gulf, north of Auckland. Whangateau is on ...

Hall & Reserve * Paekakariki, Camp Paekakariki, Camp Russell, Camp McKay camp *

outlining camps *

outlining camps

China

Tientsin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popula ...

Operation Beleaguer Operation Beleaguer was a major United States military operation led by Maj. Gen. Keller E. Rockey. He commanded 50,000 men of the III Marine Amphibious Corps that deployed to northeastern China's Hopeh (Hebei, 河北) and Shantung (Shandong, � ...

, airfield FPO#3934 *

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

Naval Advance Base (1946-1947) FPO#3930 *

Peiping "Beijing" is from pinyin ''Běijīng,'' which is romanized from , the Chinese name for this city. The pinyin system of transliteration was approved by the Chinese government in 1958, but little used until 1979. It was gradually adopted by various ...

Port (Beijing) *

Tsingtao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means "azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Bel ...

port (1946-1949) FPO#3913 *

Chungking Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a municipality in Southwest China. The official abbreviation of the city, "" (), was approved by the State Coun ...

FPO#169 * Changting FPO#180 *

Kunming Kunming (; ), also known as Yunnan-Fu, is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province, China. It is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. The headqua ...

FPO# 930 NY *

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

FPO# 969 * Tungao port FPO#3019 *

Hinghwa Puxian (Hinghwa Romanized: ''Pó-sing-gṳ̂''; ), also known as Pu-Xian Chinese, Puxian Min, Xinghua, Henghwa or Hinghwa (''Hing-hua̍-gṳ̂''; ), is a Sinitic language that forms a branch of Min Chinese. Puxian is a transitional variety of ...

FPO#3020 * Ningbo, Ningpo Peninsula FPO# 3022 * Amoy FPO#3087 * Chusan Archipelago FPO#3177 * Tinghai Harbor, Chusan Island FPO#3190 * Taohua shan, Taohwa Shan FPO#3274 * Lu Wang FPO#3275 * Wenzhou, Wenchow FPO#3910 * Chingwangtao FPO#3932 * Chefoo FPO#3940 * Naval Air Base Kwangchow

Mediterranean

*Bone, Algeria - Advanced Base, PT Boat base (Operation Torch#Algiers, Battle of Algiers) *Bizerte, Tunisia - Base, PT Boat base, Advanced Amphibious Training Base *Tunis, Tunisia - Advanced Amphibious Training Base *Palermo, Sicily - Advanced Base, PT Boat base *Capri, Italy - Advanced Base, PT Boat base *Gela, Italy - Advanced Base *Salerno, Italy, port *Anzio, Italy, port *Nettuno, port *Côte d'Azur, port *La Maddalena, Sardinia - Advanced Base, PT Boat base *Bastia, Corsica, - Advanced Base, PT Boat base *Calvi, Corsica - Advanced Base, PT Boat base *Sainte-Maxime, France - Advanced Base, PT Boat base *Golfe-Juan, France - Advanced Base, PT Boat base *Leghorn, Italy - Advanced Base, PT Boat base * Naval Air Station Port Lyautey, Morocco Operation Torch, port *Safi, Morocco (Operation Blackstone), port *

, Morocco (Operation Brushwood, port *Kenitra, Port Lyautey, Morocco Battle of Port Lyautey, Operation Goalpost, port * Oran, Algeria, port *Bizerte, Tunis, Tunisia Campaign, port, deot * Casablanca, port, depot * Marathon, Greece base, (1962-?) * Cephalonia, Greece earthquake relief base (1953)

Atlantic

* Port of Antwerp, Belgium, Port shared with Britain, 1944-1946 *Cherbourg, France - Advanced Base, PT Boat base *Naval Base Le Havre, La Havre France - Advanced Base *Port of Le Havre, France - Advanced Base *Ostend, Belgium, port *Hengelo, Holland port *Vreden, Germany, port *Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, port *Bremerhaven, Germany, port *Rosneath naval base, Scotland * Londonderry Port, Northern Ireland, Naval Base, hospital *Milford Haven and other ports, Wales, Normandy staging ports, hospital * Penarth, Wales, amphibious port *Bluie West One, Greenland, seaplane base. *

, Iceland *Seaplane Base Reykjavík, Reykjavik, Iceland * Naval Operating Base Iceland * Holy Loch Missile base, (1961-?) *England * East Anglia Normandy staging ports *Exeter, Devon, Naval Base, HQ, large depot, closed 1944 *Cornwall, Naval Base *Dartmouth, England - Advanced Base, PT Boat base *Isle of Portland - Main Base, PT Boat base *Heathfield, Devon, large depot *Netley Large hospital *Lough Erne, port * Loch Ryan, port *Falmouth, Cornwall, amphibious port, hospital *Fowey, England amphibious port *Plymouth, amphibious port, housing camps *Salcombe, amphibious port *Dartmouth, Devon, amphibious port *Teignmouth, amphibious port *St. Mawes, small amphibious port *Saltash, small amphibious port *Calstock, small amphibious port *Weymouth, Dorset, small amphibious port *Poole, small amphibious port *Southampton, small amphibious port *Instow, small amphibious port *Scapa Flow large naval base (British shared) *Naval Advanced Amphibious Base Southampton, Southhampton (May 1944-1945) *Naval Advance Amphibious Base Deptford *Advanced Amphibious Training Base Appledore, Torridge, Appledore,

Caribbean and South America

* Panama Canal **Coco Solo, Naval air station for patrol planes and a submarine base ** Balboa, Panama, Balboa Naval station, depot, submarines, destroyers and patrol boats *Taboga Island, Panama Canal - Advance base, PT Boats, Training Base, closed in 1946 **Almirante, Bocas del Toro, Panama, PT-boat *Mandinga, Panama, lighter-than-air base, three 3,000-foot runways **La Chorrera, Panama, Panama, emergency fighter-plane base, lighter-than-air pad **Mandiga, Panama, base ** Gatún, Panama, radio station **Arraijan, Panama, tank farm ** Cristóbal, Colón, Panama, dry dock, repair depot *Isla Grande in Port of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Naval air station, repair depot, 5400-foot runway and 2300-foot runway * San Juan, Puerto Rico, Air Station on Isla Grande, hospital, seaplane base, depot, San Patricio, Catano. * Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, at Ensenada Honda, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, drydock, 3 6,000-foot runways, depot, a major port. * Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, one 2,400-foot runway *St. Lucia, Gros Islet Bay, Puerto Rico, Advance base, airbase, seaplane base *Antigua, Puerto Rico, base *Naval Air Station Crabbs at Crabbs Peninsula, Antigua *Naval seaplane base Exuma, on Exuma Island at George Town, Bahamas *United States Naval Facility, Barbados (closed 1979) *Great Exuma, naval air station, seaplane base *Antilles, base *Corinto, Nicaragua, Naval Base and Naval Auxiliary Air Facility *Salinas, Ecuador, base * St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Bourne Field, Lindbergh Bay for seaplanes and submarine base Gregerie Channel, seaplane base *

*Morgan and Tucker Islands, in Great Sound, Bermuda, support carrier and patrol aircraft, seaplanes, cruiser, destroyer, and submarine base, depot, anti-aircraft training school (Plus Hamilton Island at Kings Point,)

**Darrell's Island, Bermuda, Bermuda, seaplane base ** Ordnance Island, Bermuda, submarine base ** Riddle's Bay, Bermuda, recreational center *Great Exuma, Little Goat Island, Port Royal, Jamaica, seaplane base *Antigua, Jamaica, airbase, seaplane base *Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Seaplane Base at Aeolian Cove, Airfield, hospital. *Salinas, Ecuador, patrol plane, seaplane and patrol boat base, closed 1946 *Puerto Castillo, Honduras * Barranquilla, Colombia, naval air base, and lighter-than-air base, repair shop, also used Soledad International Airport, closed 1945. *Gulf of Paria, Trinidad, (Carenage Bay, Chaguaramus Bay, Teteron Bay, and Scotland Bay. Chaguaramus Valley and Tucker Valley) Air Station, training and Advance base, fleet base, hospital, depot, ship repair *British Guiana, Advance base, seaplane base, Lighter-than-air base, (Atkinson Field) **Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown, British Guiana FPO#12 * Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, now Suriname, FPO#404 *Amapá, Brazil, naval air base, lighter-than-air base, closed 1945 * Maceió, Brazil, lighter-than-air base, closed 1945 *Belem, Brazil, seaplane base, naval air base, closed 1945 * Igarape Assu, Brazil, lighter-than-air base, naval air base, closed 1945 *São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, lighter-than-air base, naval air base, closed 1945 *Camocim, Brazil, seaplane base, closed 1945 * Santo Amaro do Ipitanga Airport Brazil, lighter-than-air base, naval air base, closed 1945 *Fortaleza, Brazil, lighter-than-air base, naval air base, closed 1945 *Fernando de Noronha, Brazil, naval air base, closed 1945 *Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Parnamirim Field, naval air base, closed 1945 *Recife, Brazil, Ibura Field, Knox Hospital, depot *Maceio, Brazil, lighter-than-air base, naval air base, closed 1945 *Santo Amaro do Ipitanga Airport, Brazil, lighter-than-air base, naval air base, closed 1945 *Bahia, Brazil, Aratu seaplane base, ship-repair base, closed 1945 *Caravellas, Brazil, lighter-than-air base, naval air base, closed 1945 * Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, Victoria Airport, closed 1945 *Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, naval air base, closed 1945 * Laguna del Sauce, Uruguay, seaplane base, closed 1945 *Salinas, Ecuador, naval air base, hospital. *Barranquilla, Colombia, lighter-than-air base, naval air base, closed 1945 *Curaçao, Netherlands West Indies, Camp Parera, Hato Field closed 1945 *Puerto Castilla, Honduras, seaplane base, depot *Gulf of Fonseca, Nicaragua, Advance base moved to Corinto 1943 * Corinto, Nicaragua, Advance base, Seaplanes and PT boat base, naval auxiliary air patrol bombers, fleet depot. Closed in 1946 *Aruba Small naval force to defnened oil field, closed in 1945 *Paramaribo, Suriname, lighter-than-air station (Also Zandry Field) * Surinam (Dutch colony), Suriname, lighter-than-air base, naval air base, closed 1945 * Naval Base Grand Cayman, British West Indies *Lima, Peru FPO#121, Box L *Santiago, Chile FPO#121, Box S FPO# 153, Box F *Valparaíso, Valparaiso, Chile FPO#121, Box S

Aleutian Islands

*Naval Air Facility Adak *Naval Base Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, Alaska, Unalaska, Naval Base, submarine base, PT boat base (Battle of Dutch Harbor) *Finger Bay, Adak Island - Base, airfield, PT boat base, hospital, seaplane base Andrew Lagoon, port at Sweeper Cove, recreational center *Kodiak Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely and Abercrombie, Naval Air Station Kodiak *Amchitka - Advanced Base, Three airstrips, PT boat base *Naval Air Station Attu Casco Cove, Attu - Base, airfield, PT boat base * Kiska, Recreational facilities, seaplanes base, depot * Massacre Bay (Alaska), Massacre Bay, airfield, Seaplane base, depot * Sitka Naval Operating Base and U.S. Army Coastal Defenses, Sitka, seaplane base, hospital * Annette Island * Chichagof Island Port Althorp * Shemya, auxiliary air facility * Port Armstrong on Baranof Island, closed 1943 * Yakutat Bay airfield, Seaplane base * Cordova, Alaska Cordova Bay, naval section base, Naval gun emplacement * Kodiak Island Submarine Base *Tongass Narrows, naval section base * Tongatapu Advanced Base, (1942-1945) * Womens Bay, Alaska, Womens Bay, seaplane base, depot, repair, Submarine services, hospital *Woody Island (Alaska), Woody Island, Submarine base *Chernabura, Naval outlying station *Sand Point, Alaska, Sand Point, Naval outlying station, auxiliary air facility, depot * Cold Bay, Alaska, Cold Bay, Naval outlying station, Cold Bay Airport, naval auxiliary air facility *King Cove, Alaska, King Cove, Naval outlying station, dry dock, depot *Chirikof Island, Naval outlying station *Chiniak, Naval outlying station *Entrance Point, Naval outlying station, on Sandy Cove on Little Koniuji Island of the Shumagin Islands *Cape Greville, Naval outlying station on Kodiak Island *Sanak Island, Naval outlying station *Afognak, Naval outlying station * Atka Island, airfield * Tanaga Island, airfield * Point Barrow, airfield, depot, dog sleds * (Ogliuga Island Ogliuga Island Army Airfield built by Navy) * (Fort Greely and Fort Randall Army bases, built by Navy) *Borabora Island, Society Islands, French Polynesia, - Advanced Base (1942-1946) * Wallis (island), Wallis Island, - Advanced Base (1944-1945) * 2016 Old Iliamna earthquake, Alaska earthquake relief base (1964) *Naval Base Ketchikan now Coast Guard Base Ketchikan

Korea

For

built: * Inchon, South Korea, Advance Base (1951-1954) Battle of Inchon (Jinsen) FPO#964 * Pusan, South Korea, landing, (1950-1954) (Battle of Pusan Perimeter) FPO#966 * Wonsan, landing (1950), Yo-Do airfield (Blockade of Wonsan) * Kimbo (1950) * Taegu, Battle of Taegu (1950) * Seabees built the airfields used by Marine and Airforce. *Seishin, Korea FPO#965

Antarctica

* McMurdo Sound, Operation Deep Freeze, research base (1955–1956)

Vietnam

For

: * Naval Support Activity Danang, Da Nang Air Base * Chu Lai Base Area, Chu Lai Advance Base * Đông Hà airfield

World War I

During World War I the Navy had overseas bases, they were not called Advance Bases. *U.S. Naval Air Station Wexford Ireland *U.S. Naval Air Station Queenstown Ireland * Bordeaux, France Seabase * Brest, France, Seabase * Berehaven, Ireland, Seabase * Bantry Bay, Ireland, Seabase * Azores, Portugal, sub base * Leith, Scotland, HospitalLeith, Scotland, Hospital
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Gallery

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References

External links

WWII BATTLEGROUND The Fighting Navy Seabees video

U.S. NAVY WWII COLOR FILM ADVANCE BASE SEABEES Construction Batallions video

NAVAL ADVANCE BASE SUPPLY ACTIVITIES, MARSHALL ISLAND video

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