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An SOC Seagull at Havannah Harbour Efate 1943 USS Denver (CL-58) enters Havannah Harbor on 22 April 1943. US Navy units based at the base included: VP-71 operating PBYs 29 June-20 July 1942; Havannah Harbour Field. In late 1942 the Seebees constructed a 3,000 feet (910 m) by 180 feet (55 m) fighter airstrip at Port Havannah.: 206
Naval Advance Base Espiritu Santo or Naval Base Espiritu Santo, most often just called Espiritu Santo, was a major advance Naval base that the U.S. Navy Seabees built during World War II to support the Allied effort in the Pacific. [1] The base was located on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides, now Vanuatu, in the South Pacific.
Moso Island is an island off the northwest coast of Efate in Vanuatu, in Shefa Province. It is separated from Efate by Namoso Passage, which is 200 metres (660 ft) wide at its narrowest point. Along with Lelepa, it creates the harbour at north Efate known as Port Havannah. This harbour was a focal point during World War II, with many troops ...
Lelepa has a length of about five kilometres in north-south direction and an area of 160 hectares. The highest point is Mt. Tifit (202 m). The population of Lelepa is about 500 people. The largest town on the island Natapao (pop. 350), is located on the southern edge of the island.
March 6, 2024 at 2:21 AM. By Kirsty Needham. SYDNEY (Reuters) -Six Chinese fishing boats were found to be violating Vanuatu's fisheries law after being inspected by local police who were on board ...
Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman won't attend a Pacific Islands summit with U.S. President Joe Biden next week, an official from his office told Reuters, because all government lawmakers need to ...
Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau said political instability in the Pacific Islands nation could impact investment and tourism, after his government boycotted a no-confidence vote in ...
New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium ( French: Condominium des Nouvelles-Hébrides, lit. "Condominium of the New Hebrides") and named after the Hebrides Scottish archipelago, was the colonial name for the island group in the South Pacific Ocean that is now Vanuatu. Native people had inhabited the islands for three thousand ...