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Chuuk Lagoon is part of the larger Caroline Islands group. The area consists of eleven major islands (corresponding to the eleven municipalities of Truk lagoon, which are Tol, Udot, Fala-Beguets, Romanum, and Eot of Faichuk group, and Weno, Fefen, Dublon, Uman, Param, and Tsis of Nomoneas group) and 46 smaller ones within the lagoon, plus 41 on the fringing coral reef, and is known today as ...
The main population center of Chuuk State is the Chuuk Lagoon, a large archipelago with mountainous islands surrounded by a string of islets on a barrier reef. [citation needed] The two major geographical and dialectic divisions of the Chuuk Lagoon are Faichuuk, the western islands, and Namoneas, the eastern islands.
The exact purpose of the site is a subject of debate: although its siting has obvious military benefits (including commanding views of Chuuk Lagoon and other islands of the atoll, it is not clear that it actually saw military activity. [2]
The lagoon was first built up to house the Imperial Japanese Navy's 4th Fleet, its "South Seas Force". After the outbreak of war with the United States, the 4th Fleet was put under the command of the Combined Fleet, which continued to use Truk as a forward operating base into 1944.
Chuuk or Truk may refer to: Chuuk State, one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia; Chuuk Lagoon, or Chuuk Atoll, a sheltered body of water and island group in the central Pacific; Chuuk International Airport, an airport located on Weno, in Chuuk State, Micronesia; Chuukese language, a language of the Austronesian language family
Udot is a heavily wooded minor island and municipality in Chuuk Lagoon, Chuuk State, the Federated States of Micronesia. The island measures 4 by 2.6 km (2.5 by 1.6 miles) [1] and the population numbers 1774 (2000 FSM Census). [2]
Fujikawa Maru is regarded as the best scuba diving site in Chuuk Lagoon by both of the principal authors who have undertaken comprehensive surveys of the lagoon, Dan E. Bailey [2] and Klaus Lindemann. Amongst the more striking features on the wreck are at least nine disassembled Mitsubishi fighter aircraft in one of the forward holds.
Chuuk Airport (Formerly Moen Airfield 1) in February 1944 from a TBF Avenger of VT-6 from the USS Intrepid CV-11. Chuuk International Airport was originally built by Japan between November and December 1942. Back then it was known as Harushima Airfield to the Japanese or Moen Air Field 1.