Nakagusuku Bay: Difference between revisions

[[United States|American]] [[United States Army|soldiers]] nicknamed the bay '''Buckner Bay''', after General [[Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.]] '''Naval Base Buckner Bay''' was set up in the bay after Okinawa was finally secured by US Forces in June 1945. It consisted of the anchorage and repair & depot ships, as well as various onshore facilities. The base was maintained into the immediate postwar period, despite the destruction wrought by ''Typhoon Louise'' in October of 1945, which among other things grounded fifteen merchant cargo ships being used to supply US Forces, some beyond recovery. Three USN Destroyers were also grounded beyond hope of salvage, and over 200 various other US military boats, including 6 tank and truck amphibious landing craft, various special purpose boats, patrol boats, and amphibious landing craft were grounded, severely damaged, or destroyed altogether. Eighty percent of the buildings in the bay were completely wiped out while all 60 airplanes then present at local airstrips were damaged.