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Apra Harbor, also called Port Apra, [1] is a deep-water port on the western side of the United States territory of Guam. It is considered one of the best natural ports in the Pacific Ocean . [ 2 ] The harbor is bounded by Cabras Island and the Glass Breakwater to the north and the Orote Peninsula in the south.
The numbers, however, reached 20,000 on 27 April, exceeding the capacity of existing housing. The Seabees constructed additional housing, including bulldozing 1,200 acres of brush to create "Tent City" for 50,000 people. On 7 May, three merchant ships arrived at Guam carrying 13,000 Vietnamese, the highest number of people to arrive in a single ...
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) enters Apra Harbor on its way to mooring at Naval Base Guam for a scheduled port visit, June 2020. 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.
Agana Heights (Chamorro: Tutuhan) is one of the nineteen villages in the United States territory of Guam. It is located in the hills south of Hagåtña (formerly Agana), in the central part of the island. United States Naval Hospital Guam is located in this largely residential village.
Joint Region Marianas is located on Nimitz Hill between Naval Base Guam and Andersen AFB. The commander of Joint Region Marianas also serves as Commander Naval Forces Marianas and as U.S. Defense Representative to Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of Palau, and Federated States of Micronesia.
Hågat (formerly Agat) is a village in the United States territory of Guam. It is located south of Apra Harbor on the island's western shore. The village's population has decreased since the island's 2010 census. [2] The village is 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Hagåtña, [3] with most of the residents ethnic Chamorros, the
In 1964, the Commander Naval Forces Marianas proposed that the commercial port be moved out of Inner Apra Harbor on Naval Base Guam to a new location on Cabras. Much of the funding for the Port of Guam facility came through the Guam Rehabilitation Act of 1963, passed by Congress to rebuild the island after the devastation of Typhoon Karen. The ...
The roadway runs east and then turns south through Apra Heights, intersecting with the western terminus of GH-17, Cross Island Road. The eastern end of the roadway is at an intersection with GH-12 at the entrance to the Ordnance Annex. [1]