US Naval Base Carolines

US Naval Base Carolines
Establishment
• US Navy Base
1944
Time zoneUTC+10 and +11

US Naval Base Carolines included a number of United States Navy bases on the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea during World War II. The bases were built to support the island hopping Pacific War efforts of the allied nations fighting the Empire of Japan.

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