Taroa — Taroa, also known as Tarawa (not to be confused with Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands 500 miles to the SSE), is an island in the east of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands. During World War II, it was the site of a major Japanese airfield… … Wikipedia
Maloelap Airport — Taroa Airfield IATA: MAV – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 3N1 Summary Elevation AMSL 4 ft / 1.2 m Coordinates … Wikipedia
Maloelap Atoll — NASA picture of Maloelap Atoll … Wikipedia
USS Yorktown (CV-10) — USS Yorktown (CV/CVS 10) is an Sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific during World War II, and is now a museum ship at Patriot s Point, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Launched in 1943, Yorktown is the… … Wikipedia
List of World War II topics (T) — # T 26 # T 27 # T 28 Super Heavy Tank # T 28 # T 34 variants # T 34 # T 35 # T 37 tank # T 38 tank # T 40 # T 43 tank # T 44 # T 50 tank # T 6 Texan variants # T 6 Texan # T 60 tank # T 70 # T G Building, Brisbane # T. E. Burridge # T. H. Jordan… … Wikipedia
USS Princeton (CVL-23) — The fourth USS Princeton (CVL 23) was a United States Navy sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier lost at the battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.Construction and deploymentShe was laid down as Tallahassee (CL 61) by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation … Wikipedia
USS Fletcher (DD-445) — USS Fletcher (DD/DDE 445), named for Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, was the lead ship Fletcher class destroyer, and served in the Pacific during World War II. She received fifteen battle stars for World War II service, and five for Korean War service … Wikipedia
USS Abbot (DD-629) — was a Fletcher class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named after Commodore Joel Abbot (1793–1855). Abbot was laid down on 21 September 1942 at Bath, Maine by the Bath Iron Works, launched on 17… … Wikipedia
North Carolina-class battleship — North Carolina steaming on 3 June 1946. By this time, many of the light anti aircraft weapons (Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm) mounted during the war had been removed, while more modern radars had been mounted on her forefunnel and mainmast … Wikipedia
