Seeadler Harbor

File:Seeadler Harbor with floating drydocks in September 1945.jpg

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On 29 February 1944, General Douglas MacArthur led Operation Brewer to take the islands from the Japanese who had occupied them beginning in 1942. The islands were secured by the Americans on 19 March 1944, who then built a large base at Seeadler Harbor including wharves and an airbase, Manus Naval Base. This US Naval Advance Base served as a staging area for further World War II operations in New Guinea and the Philippines.[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/BBBO/BBBO-17.html Chapter XVII: Logistic Support at Seeadler and at Sea] in [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/BBBO/ Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil] by Rear Adm. Worrall Reed Carter, USN (Retired), retrieved 16 April 2016.

{{USS|Mount Hood|AE-11|6}} exploded accidentally while moored in Seeadler Harbor on 10 November 1944. The ship was carrying ammunition and the tremendous explosion caused 432 fatalities, 371 wounded, damage to surrounding ships and base from debris and sinking or severely damaging 22 smaller craft.[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/m/mount-hood-i.html USS Mount Hood (AE-11)] entry in the [https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs.html Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships], retrieved 16 April 2016.

A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M reconnaissance aircraft reported "two large aircraft carriers" at Seeadler Harbor on 22 April 1945, which were actually the U.S. Navy's Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Docks USS ABSD-2 and USS ABSD-4. Two Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers attacked the floating drydocks five nights later. Both were hit but received only moderate damage to a single pontoon each.[http://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/AFDB-2.html AFDB-2] and [http://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/AFDB-4.html AFDB-4] on PacificWrecks.com, retrieved 16 April 2016.

The wrecks of the sections of large auxiliary floating drydock USS ABSD-4 and an Imperial Japanese ship amongst others are located within the harbor.[http://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/png_seeadler.html Seeadler Harbor] on PacificWrecks.com, retrieved 16 April 2016.

File:USS Mount Hood (AE-11) explodes at Seeadler Harbor on 10 November 1944.jpg|{{USS|Mount Hood|AE-11|6}} explodes: the smoke trails are left by fragments ejected by the explosion.

Aerial view of USS Mindanao (ARG-3) after the explosion of USS Mount Hood (AE-11) at Seeadler Harbor on 10 November 1944.jpg|Aerial view of {{USS|Mindanao|ARG-3|6}} after the explosion of Mount Hood at Seeadler Harbor on November 10, 1944

MapofLosNegrosUSNavy.jpg|US Navy map Manus Naval Base in 1945

ShipRepairFacilities_Lombrum1944.jpg|Ship Repair Facilities Manus Naval Base at Lombrum in 1944. Built by 46th Seabees

USS Iowa Floating Drydock.jpg|{{USS|Iowa|BB-61|6}} being repaired at Manus Naval Base on December 28, 1944

WW2 Admiralty Islands ops.jpg|Map Admiralty Islands operations, February 29 to May 30, 1944

Admiralties-day08.JPG|Admiralty Islands map 1944

Map of Manus and Los Negros.jpg|Map of Manus and Los Negros

Small floating drydock at Seeadler Harbor in September 1944.jpg|Small Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock, repairing submarine chaser PC-1121 at Seeadler Harbor in September 1944

Seeadler USN drydock 1945.jpg|US Navy floating Dry Dock Number 4 in Seeadler Harbor 1945, surrounded by floating barges with workshops and a tugboat, repairing seaplane tender and Navy Liberty ship

USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6) tending PT boats in Seeadler Harbor on 25 March 1944.jpg|{{USS|Oyster Bay|AGP-6|6}} tending PT boats in Seeadler Harbor on March 25, 1944

USS Claxton (DD-571), USS Canberra (CA-70) and USS Killen (DD-593) in floating dry dock ABSD-2 on 2 December 1944 (80-G-304088).jpg|{{USS|Claxton|DD-571|6}}, {{USS|Canberra|CA-70|2}} and {{USS|Killen|DD-593|2}} in floating dry dock ABSD-2 on December 2, 1944

USS Mindanao (ARG-3) damaged by explosion of USS Mount Hood (AE-11) in Seeadler Harbor on 10 November 1944.jpg|Mindanao damaged by the explosion of Mount Hood in Seeadler Harbor on November 10, 1944

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• {{cite book| chapter = Gaining Control of Seeadler Harbor| chapter-url = http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/admiralties/admiralties-ch3-seeadler.htm| title = The Admiralties: Operations of the 1st Cavalry Division 29 February - 18 May 1944| publisher = United States Army Center of Military history| url = http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/admiralties/admiralties-fm.htm| location = Washington, D.C.| year = 1990| orig-year = 1946| access-date = 16 June 2010| archive-date = 5 March 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090305115840/http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/admiralties/admiralties-fm.htm| url-status = dead}} - full text

• [http://www.manusisland.com/ Manusisland.com: Manus Island website]

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