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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 ended 3 February 1944. Majuro was found to be unoccupied and abandoned when the United States Army arrived. The US Navy built ...
Naval Base at Jaluit Atoll, FPO#3000 [7] Minor US Navy bases: [8] Wotje Atoll on Ormed Island, Fleet PO Box 3243, Naval base to support Wotje Airfield. [9] Bikini Atoll, Fleet PO Box 3078, Operation Crossroads test site; Rongelap Atoll, Fleet PO Box 3244, former Japan base, Atoll islanders were evacuated before US Castle Bravo test fallout. [10]
Majuro Atoll consists of over 60 islands, three of which are larger than 0.5 km 2 (0.2 sq mi). [3] At the western end of the atoll, about 50 kilometers (30 mi) from Delap-Uliga-Djarrit (DUD) by road, is the island community of Laura , an expanding residential area with a popular beach. [ 4 ]
The country shares maritime boundaries with Wake Island to the north, [note 2] Kiribati to the southeast, Nauru to the south, and the Federated States of Micronesia to the west. The capital and largest city is Majuro, home to approximately half of the country's population. The Marshall Islands are one of only four atoll based nations in the ...
Image of Bikrin Islet, Majuro Atoll, one of the many landmasses of the Marshall Islands. This is a list of the extreme points of the Marshall Islands, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Northernmost point – Bokak Atoll (Taongi), Ratak Chain* Easternmost point – Knox Atoll, Ratak Chain
At approximately 10 feet (3.0 m) above sea level, Laura has the highest elevation of any islands in the Majuro Atoll. Marshall Islands International Airport is located on the island of Laura. A road connects the island of Laura to Djarrit. On January 30, 1944, United States troops invaded and built a large base, Naval Base Majuro. [2] [3]
1944 map of Majuro Atoll. Delap-Uliga-Djarrit is a densely populated urban area on the eastern end of Majuro Atoll. DUD is located on the three islets of Delap, Uliga, and Djarrit (from south to north). [2] Causeways connecting the islands were constructed in 1944. [5]
It replaced Majuro Airfield, a coral-surfaced airstrip at Delap Island near the eastern end of Majuro Atoll that had been originally constructed by Japanese occupation forces in 1942. [2] [3] A series of single-floor structures (small hangars) make up the airport terminal. No physical structures existed at the airport prior to the 1970s.