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After the end of World War II, Tinian became part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, controlled by the United States. The island continued to be dominated by the United States military and was administered as a sub-district of Saipan until 1962. Since 1978, it has been a municipality of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), [b] [11] is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States consisting of 14 islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. [12]
North Field is a World War II airfield on Tinian in the Mariana Islands.Abandoned after the war, today North Field is a tourist attraction. Along with several adjacent beaches on which U.S. Marines landed during the Battle of Tinian, the airfield is the major component of the National Historic Landmark District Tinian Landing Beaches, Ushi Point Field, Tinian Island.
In 1944, the United States captured the Mariana Islands chain from Japan: the Northern Mariana Islands were desired by the U.S. as bombing bases to reach the Japanese mainland, with the invasion of Saipan being launched for that reason in June before the U.S. even moved to recapture Guam; a month later the U.S. recaptured Guam and captured Tinian.
Tinian Naval Advanced Base was a major United States Navy sea and air 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 built during World War II to support bombers and patrol aircraft in the Pacific War .
The Northern Mariana Islands, together with Guam to the south, compose the Mariana Islands. The southern islands are limestone, with level terraces and fringing coral reefs. The northern islands are volcanic, with active volcanoes on Anatahan, Pagan and Agrihan. The volcano on Agrihan has the highest elevation at 3,166 feet (965 m).
Map Saipan and Tinian islands, San Jose is labeled Tachungnya after the Tachungnya Bay at San Jose Map of the Battle of Tinian in 1944, San Jose labeled "Tinian Town" Tinian Harbor, also called San Jose Harbor, built by US Navy Seabees. San Jose is the largest village on the island of Tinian, in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is located on ...
Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes Hwy. 20: 6.63: 10.67 Hwy. 201 in San Jose: Hwy. 21 in northern Tinian — — Hwy. 21: 7.07: 11.38 Hwy. 205 in San Jose: Hwy. 203 at Broadway Roundabout south of North Field — — Hwy. 22: 3.59: 5.78 Hwy. 205/Hwy. 207 in San Jose: Hwy. 21 near Tinian International Airport — — Hwy. 23: 5.04 ...