Orote Field
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Orote Field
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Center of runway looking west. 1966 photo.
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Nearest city | Agat, Guam |
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Built | 1921 |
NRHP Reference # | 75002149[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 18, 1975 |
Orote Field is a former air base in the United States territory of Guam built by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Navy (1921-1931). It was captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy at the start of World War II and remained under Japanese control until the end of July 1944, when it was taken back by the USMC. The airfield itself, built on the Orote Peninsula, was one of many on Guam, and was closed for good in 1946, but still sees some use as a touch-and-go training strip used by C-130 Hercules crews located nearby on Andersen Air Force Base.[2] [3] The old airfield was used as a tent city for the 1999 Tandem Thrust military exercise.
References
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. and accompanying photos
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. GU-1, "Orote Point Airfield, Apra Harbor Naval Reservation, Orote Point, Guam, GU"
- Orote Airfield at the Pacific Wrecks history website
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- Airports in Guam
- Military installations of the United States in Guam
- National Register of Historic Places in Guam
- Aviation-related listings on the National Register of Historic Places
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Guam
- World War II sites in Guam
- Historic American Engineering Record in Guam
- World War II on the National Register of Historic Places
- Guam geography stubs