Naval Base Samoa

Naval Base Samoa
Location of Naval Base Samoa in Samoa ,  United States Navy 1940 to 1951
Location of Naval Base Samoa in Samoa
,  United States Navy
1940 to 1951
Map of Samoa
Map of Samoa
Time zoneUTC+13c (WST)
A Martin PBM Mariner plane is loaded on USS Chandeleur (AV-10)'s aft deck in Apia Harbor, Samoa, 15 February 1943. The nose of the plane had been damaged during a take off attempt due to wind and high sea.

Naval Base Samoa, codename Operation Straw, was a number of United States Navy bases at American Samoa in the central Pacific Ocean. The bases were used during World War II to support the island hopping Pacific War efforts of the allied nations fighting the Empire of Japan.