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	Ulithi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ulithi is an atoll in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, about 100 km (62 mi) east of Yap.
		Ulithi was a major base for the United States Navy in World War II.
		However, Ulithi was perfectly positioned to act as a staging area, being nearly equidistant from the Philippines, Formosa, and Okinawa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ulithi (715 words)

	AllRefer.com - Ulithi (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Ulithi is part of the Federated States of Micronesia; Mokomok is the chief village.
		The atoll became (1920) part of the Japanese mandate in the Pacific and was strongly fortified.
		The main atoll has an excellent lagoon for anchoring large ships, and after the American capture (1944) of Ulithi in World War II, it was used as a rendezvous station for naval units.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/U/Ulithi.html (187 words)

	Ulithi
		The Ulithi Atoll is situated in the Western Sector of the Caroline Islands Chain.
		The average depth of the water in the Ulithi Lagoon was between 80 to 100 feet.
		The Ulithi detachment had, basically, the same mission as did the Peleliu unit, i.e., the surveillance of the bypassed Japanese held islands in the Palau-Yap Group.
	www.usmarinecorpsvmd-354.com /ulithi.html (438 words)

	Ulithi
		Ulithi Atoll (also know as Urushi, or Mackenzie Island) is a coral atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia, in the western Pacific Ocean.
		These piers, each consisting of the 4-by-12-pontoon sections, filled with sand and gravel, were sunk and anchored in place by guy ropes to deadmen on shore and by iron rods, driven into the coral, with connecting tie pieces running across the tops of the pontoons.
		The mother submarines were to approach the Ulithi lagoon passages and release the Kaitens against targets among Rear-Admiral Frederick Sherman's Task Group 38.3 and Commodore W.R. Carter's Service Squadron 10, which occupied the berthing areas within the lagoon.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/fed_ulithi.html (760 words)

	Ulithi -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Ulithi was probably sighted by the Portuguese in 1526, but it remained undisturbed until 1791, when it was visited by a British naval vessel.
		The floor of this portion of the ocean is formed into a structural basin by a series of geologic folds and faults that protrude above the surface in the form of bordering island arcs.
		The Philippine islands of Luzon, Samar, and Mindanao are on the southwest; Palau, Yap, and Ulithi (of...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9074147?tocId=9074147&query=mackenzie (422 words)

	Building the Navy's Bases Online: Ulithi, in the western Carolines
		The naval base at Ulithi was established to provide a fleet anchorage and an air base to support half of a night fighter squadron, a light inshore patrol squadron, pool for a maximum of 150 carrier replacement aircraft, a utility squadron, and staging facilities for transport aircraft.
		Ulithi Atoll was occupied on September 20, 1944, with no ground opposition by Japanese forces.
		One of the major construction jobs on Ulithi was that of a fleet recreation area on Mogmog Island.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/bases/btnb_online/ulithi.htm (1101 words)

	William Seiverling
		That same day, she departed Ulithi with that task unit and headed—via Guam-—to the vicinity of Iwo Jima to support the battle then in progress for that island.
		William Seiverling remained at Ulithi completing logistics until 21 March at which time she got underway with TG 52.1 to support the assault on and occupation of Okinawa.
		The task group reentered Ulithi on 30 June and commenced logistics operations in preparation for its logistics support missions to the 3d Fleet carriers during the summer air strikes on the Japanese home islands.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/w9/william_seiverling.htm (2212 words)

	ULITHI ATOLL HURTING FOR FOOD, WATER - December 1, 2003
		The scene on Ulithi Atoll's Faralop Island is familiar to anyone who has seen the wreckage of a Pacific island in the days after a bad typhoon: downed trees, many homes without roofs and some structures completely blown to the ground.
		Ulithi Atoll is not alone in its suffering after the typhoon.
		Fais Island, about fifty miles from Ulithi, was hit even harder by the typhoon, though it has a higher elevation so the flooding was not as bad as it was in Ulithi.
	lumahai.soest.hawaii.edu /Enso/articles/PIR_12_2003.htm (862 words)

	Ulithi on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ulithi is part of the Federated States of Micronesia ; Mokomok is the chief village.
		Ulithi: Edenic atoll in the North Pacific.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
		SUNKEN TREASURE JACK MAIR SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE USS MISSISSINEWA IN 1944.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/U/Ulithi.asp (285 words)

	USS Kennebago
		Operating out of Ulithi, she carried out additional refueling operations east of the Philippines between 12 and 24 November and between 16 and 25 December.
		She arrived Ulithi the 27th; then, from 5 to 11 February, she steamed via Manus to Florida Island, Solomons, for anchorage fueling duty during the next mouth.
		She departed Ulithi 10 July -and until 2 August operated in the refueling areas as the mobile carriers ranged Japanese waters, launching strike after strike against targets on Honshu and Hokkaido.
	www.multied.com /navy/MISC/kennebago.html (925 words)

	Ulithi Adventure Resort - A diving resort in Ulithi, Micronesia - Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ulithi is the 4th largest lagoon in the world, and, until very recently, has not had a diver in the water.
		You shipwreck divers will also be wooed by Ulithi as it was a major anchorage in World War II for the Japanese and then the Americans who captured it late in the War.
		The USS Mississinewa AO-59 was sunk on 20 Nov 1944 by a Japanese Kaiten (manned suicide torpedo) as she was berthed in Ulithi Lagoon and escaped efforts of numerous dive groups to find it for almost 57 years.
	www.hawaiian.net /~wsa/intro_02.html (1047 words)

	The Vermont Connection : University of Vermont
		Ulithi Atoll is comprised of 44 islands with a combined area of 1.79 square miles.
		Ulithi struggles to educate its youth, as it suffers from a lack of educated teachers and resources.
		In the case of Ulithi, developing specialized teacher training programs in places like Guam, where teachers are educated and as repayment return to the islands to teach, might actually help bring a higher level of education back to places like Ulithi.
	www.uvm.edu /~vtconn?Page=v24/schultze.html (4244 words)

	Mascoma
		At anchor at Ulithi the next morning, her crew witnessed the first use of one of Japan’s weapons of last resort, the kaiten.
		On the 19th she resumed fueling operations and returned to Ulithi for repairs on the 24th.
		She returned to Ulithi 1 August, replenished her supplies and was underway again by the 8th.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/m6/mascoma.htm (842 words)

	ULITHI
		I was stationed on the Islet of Sorlen, Ulithi Atoll, from January until October of 1945.
		Ulithi (or Urushi, or Mackenzie Island) is a coral atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia, in the western Pacific Ocean (Western Caroline Islands).
		One was Kalara, the young and beloved princess of Ulithi.
	community-1.webtv.net /ebb26/ULITHI (820 words)

	Navy to Repair Oil Leak from Sunken Ship
		ULITHI, Micronesia (NNS) -- Divers from Mobile Underwater Diving Salvage Unit (MUDSU) 1 based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, will soon descend into a Pacific lagoon to stop a recent oil leak and assess the material condition of a World War II Navy oil tanker that sank in 1944.
		The huge lagoon at Ulithi Atoll was an anchorage for hundreds of Pacific Fleet ships and was a major staging area for campaigns at Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
		Mississinewa was anchored in Ulithi's lagoon when it was struck by a Japanese-manned suicide torpedo, or "kaiten," on the morning of Nov. 20, 1944.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=800 (540 words)

	DD 693 Moale
		Arriving at Ulithi 5 November, she Joined TF 38, the fast carrier force, and got underway the same day to screen the carriers as their planes conducted strikes against Japanese targets on Luzon and Mindoro.
		Returning to Ulithi 22 November, she was underway again on the 27 to report for duty with the 7th Fleet.
		On 10 February, the force sortied from Ulithi and on the 16th and 17th strikes were conducted against the enemy's capital to prevent aid from being sent to the Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/dd-693.htm (859 words)

	Joseph Farace - William Seiverling (DE-441) History
		On December 28th, the destroyer escort departed Ulithi in company with the Tulagi group to provide ASW support for the Lingayen landings scheduled for the beginning of the second week in January 1945.
		That same day, she departed Ulithi with that task unit and headed-via Guam-to the vicinity of Iwo Jima to support the battle then in progress for that island.
		The task group reentered Ulithi on June 30th and commenced logistics operations in preparation for its logistics support missions to the 3d Fleet carriers during the summer air strikes on the Japanese home islands.
	www.farace.com /de441/uss.html (1957 words)

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		Her wind speed is in excess on 100 mph, eye is 20 miles in diameter, she is moving at 10 mph.
		On February 10, 2003, in the midst of the US Naval operation to remove the remaining oil from the wreck, the crew and residents of Ulithi held a memorial aboard the Salvor in remembrance of the men who lost their lives aboard the Mississinewa.
		On November 20, 1944, while at Ulithi anchorage, Caroline Islands, and carrying a full load of fuel oil and aviation fluid, the USS Mississinewa was struck by a “Kaiten”.
	www.shipwreckcentral.com /livedive/archives/uss_mississinewa (1507 words)

	Oceanic Society - Natural History Expeditions: ULITHI, YAP, & PALAU SNORKELING
		Located northeast of Yap, Ulithi consists of one of the world’s largest lagoons surrounded by 36 tropical isles, four of which are inhabited.
		A former military base, Ulithi only recently opened for public use and we invite you be pioneers exploring this breathtaking area.
		From Yap, we fly to the remote coral atoll of Ulithi, home to nesting hawksbill and green sea turtles, coconut crabs, and seabirds such as frigates and boobies.
	www.oceanic-society.org /pages/alltrips/trip37.html (367 words)

	The BentProp Project
		Ulithi atoll (10º00' N, 139º40' E) is a remote cluster of flat, coral islands crowning the tip of a steep seamount located between the western Pacific islands of Yap and to the northeast, Guam.
		The Navy abandoned the atoll in 1947, and except for a Coast Guard LORAN outpost, also later abandoned, the island returned to its pre-war state, supporting a subsistence life-style for about 700 inhabitants.
		However, en route, one submarine, I-37, was sunk by American depth charges while transiting the Kossol passage north of Palau.
	www.bentprop.org /mis/mis02.htm (350 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Pacific islanders cling to life on typhoon-lashed atoll
		He said they had received no reports of injury or death but said the strong winds were causing severe damage to trees and crops.
		About 700 people live on Ulithi, which is made up of 49 islands with a land area of 4.5 square kilometres (1.79 square miles), wrapped around the fourth largest lagoon in the world at 474 square kilometres (183 square miles).
		Ulithi appears to have narrowly escaped a worse disaster.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/f191df870438446dc1256dec005e2917 (386 words)

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		With the occupation of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands by early 1944, American attention (in their 'island-hopping' campaign in the Central Pacific) turned next to the Mariana Islands, whose airfields were in bomber range of Japan.
		The second phase would see XXIV Corps (7th and 96th Infantry Divisions) attacking the atolls of Yap and Ulithi on October 8th, while the 77th Infantry Division would become the operation's floating reserve and the 5th Marine Division act as a general reserve on Hawaii.
		Ulithi was turned into a major fleet anchorage due to its excellent natural harbour, along with a Marine airbase and Naval seaplane base.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/battles_angaur.html (2140 words)

	Micronesian Diary: Ulithi (Yap)
		The ship was carrying medical teams to provide medical assistance and check-ups at the various outer islands, along eith medical supplies to stock the dispensaries at each of the clinics set up on these islands.
		She was happy at this new place because she could eat all the turtle she wanted, and not just the bad parts.
		Interesting tidbit: Yvette's grandparents are from Ulithi, and were telling me about the return to traditional practices there and especially on the island of Mogmog (in Ulithi atoll).
	www.intangible.org /Features/micronesia/text/Yap4.html (1712 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		She remained on station in the Philippines before returning Ulithi 21 January to prepare for the Iwo Jima landings.
		Operating together with support units, she departed Ulithi 8 February to provide a screen for refueling operations during the Iwo Jima invasion.
		She continued screen and patrol operations for the support unit throughout most of the Okinawa campaign, returning Ulithi 21 May. KYNE cleared San Pedro Bay, P.I., 2 June to screen escort carriers as they provided air support for the invasion near Balikpapan, Borneo.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/USN/escorts/de-744.txt (563 words)

	APA-127 Allendale
		The vessel reached Ulithi, Caroline Islands, on 12 May; and there embarked troops and took on supplies for support of the invasion of Okinawa.
		Returning by way of Ulithi and Guam to load passengers, cargo, and Japanese prisoners of war, she arrived at Pearl Harbor 24 May to embark four underwater demolition teams for San Francisco, arriving 3 June.
		She departed 22 May for Guam and then Leyte, arriving in Leyte Gulf 31 May. The transport now busily prepared for the expected amphibious landings on the Japanese mainland, operations which were terminated by the surrender 15 August 1945.
	www.dobrinkman.net /lowndes/APA.htm (14563 words)

	Imperial Submarines
		The I-47 and the I-36 are to attack Ulithi.
		A Nakajima C6N1 Saiun-Kai ("Myrt") high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft of the 141st NAG from Truk reports that four fleet carriers, three battleships, cruisers and destroyers are in the north central part of the Ulithi lagoon while south central part of the anchorage is occupied by transports, oilers and other vessels.
		In the evening, the I-47 arrives at an area 50 miles W of Ulithi and starts an approach from the SW direction.
	www.combinedfleet.com /I-47.htm (1446 words)

	Main (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Perhaps the single greatest attraction of diving the Ulithi Atoll is the reality that the world's fourth largest lagoon and vast majority of untouched reefs remain unexplored.
		Miles of virgin, unspoiled, remote coral reef islands with white beaches, secluded lagoons and clear waters that teem with coral and colorful tropical fish are waiting to be discovered by underwater pioneers.
		Ulithi Atoll will rival all the best diving Micronesia now has to offer with so much more.
	www.trip-n-tour.com /micronesia_2003/main_ulithi.htm (308 words)

	Kikusui Group Attack by Mike Mair
		The pilots had the ability to penetrate Ulithi lagoon at 20-30 knots, while juggling their controls in order to stay at the optimum depth of 15 feet, a very difficult task under the best of conditions.
		This was the theory: in practice, it was unlikely that the directions given by I-47's Orita or I-36's Teramoto, viewing the target area at a distance, through a periscope, in pre-sunrise darkness, would be sufficiently accurate to enable the kaiten pilot to steer to a predetermined target without visual reference.
		Photographs of Ulithi taken by a reconnaissance plane from Truk, on 23rd November, three days after the kaiten operation, were then produced.
	www.ussmississinewa.com /KaitenMike.html (3791 words)

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