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Contact Info
Home Town St. Michaels
Last Address 302 Shaddock Street, Tarpon Springs, FL
Date of Passing May 12, 1998
Location of Interment Cycadia Cemetery - Tarpon Springs, Florida
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Sponge Diver
1945-1945, CB-0000, 10th Special Naval Construction Battalion
n March 1942, Japanese naval planners took advantage of the shoal's isolation to use its protected waters as an anchorage and refueling point for the long-range flying boats employed in their Operation K. In the aftermath of that attack, US Pacific Fleet Commander Nimitz ordered a permanent US Navy presence at the shoals.[citation needed]
After the Battle of Midway, the United States Navy built a Naval Air Station on Tern Island, enlarging the island sufficiently to support a 3,300-foot (1,000 m) landing strip; Tern Island now has a land area of 26.014 acres (10.527 ha). The Station's main function was as an emergency landing site for planes flying between Hawaii and Midway Atoll. French Frigate Shoals Airport comprises what remains of the original seawall, runway, and buildings.
