HMS Nabaron

HMS Nabaron Mobile Operational Naval Air Base IV
on Ponam Island, Admiralty Islands, in the Manus Province in Papua New Guinea
Ponam island in 1944, with runway visible, location of MONAB IV
Movere et Servire (Latin for 'We move to serve') Unofficial, no official design approved
HMS Nabaron Papua New Guinea
Coordinates	01°54′45″S 146°53′8″E / 1.91250°S 146.88556°E / -1.91250; 146.88556
Type	Mobile Operational Naval Air Base
Site information
Owner	United States Navy
Operator	Royal Navy
Controlled by	Fleet Air Arm
Site history
In use	1945 (1945) – 1945 (1945)
Garrison information
Garrison	MONAB IV
Occupants	721 Fleet Requirements Unit 1701 Air Sea Rescue squadron 'B' Flight Mobile Maintenance (MM) No. 3 Mobile Servicing (MS) No. 5 Mobile Servicing (MS) No. 6 Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 1 Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 4 Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 6 Mobile Annexe No. 1 Mobile Air Torpedo Maintenance Unit (MATMU) No. 7
Airfield information
Elevation	6 feet (1.8 m) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 11/29 1,665 yards (1,522 m) x 50 yards (46 m) Crushed coral
Source: Royal Navy Research Archive[1][2]

HMS Nabaron was a Royal Navy (RN) Mobile Operational Naval Air Base (MONAB) which was situated at the United States Navy (USN) airfield NAS Ponam Airfield on Ponam Island, Admiralty Islands in Papua New Guinea, which had been transferred to RN on loan. HMS Nabaron was also known as MONAB IV and Royal Naval Air Station Ponam (or RNAS Ponam).