saipan in English

noun
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the largest of the islands that make up the Northern Marianas in the western Pacific Ocean.

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4. Toward noon, she began safeguarding the transports off Saipan.

5. She escorted troop convoys from Yokosuka to Saipan in May.

6. Entering Saipan Harbor on 13 June, Hamilton helped clear the way for the invasion.

7. The cyclone moved just north of Saipan, knocking out all electricity and water.

8. Until the fall of 1945, Greene continued escort duties between Okinawa, Saipan, and the Philippines.

9. Waters resumed patrols of the transport area off Saipan upon her arrival there on 12 July.

10. Club teams mostly from Japan and Saipan visit Guam to participate in these special weekend tournaments.

11. Into July, Twining continued her duties off Saipan, supplying screening, fighter direction, and fire support.

12. Saipan was designated its target, and Waller began to bombard Japanese positions on that island.

13. She provided night illumination fire for advancing troops on Saipan, then bombarded enemy targets on nearby Tinian Island.

14. Americans encountered for the first time a large population of Japanese Civilians on Saipan in June 1944

15. On 30 May Manley joined Task Group 52.15 (TG 52.15) and departed for the invasion of Saipan.

16. Saipan, Tinian, and Rota have the only ports and harbors, and are the only permanently populated islands.

17. She remained on "Magic Carpet" duty, returning servicemen from Guam and Saipan to San Diego, until 31 January 1946.

18. Based on Guam and Saipan, she escorted convoys and patrolled on air-sea rescue station until July 1945.

19. Hogan sailed from Eniwetok on 10 June to make preliminary sweeps of Saipan for the invasion to come.

20. As the Japanese fleet moved toward the Marianas for a decisive naval battle, Hogan returned to Saipan to protect the transports.

21. The first Japanese counterattack around Saipan took place on the night of 15 June when three small air raids attacked TG 52.1.

22. As she was about to depart for Saipan on 20 November, she spotted a periscope about 1,200 yd (1,100 m) to starboard.

23. During the assault on Saipan, North Carolina not only gave her usual protection to the carriers, but starred in bombardments on the west coast of Saipan covering minesweeping operations, and blasted the harbor at Tanapag, sinking several small craft and destroying enemy ammunition, fuel, and supply dumps.

24. The earliest archaeological traces of civilization have been found on the island of Saipan, dated to 1500 BCE or slightly before.

25. She remained off Saipan during the assault on 15 June, coming under enemy shore fire, and moved to Guam the next day.

26. The force then sailed northwest to the Mariana Islands for strikes on Saipan, Tinian, and Guam, encountering heavy aerial resistance there on 21–22 February.

27. In the summer of 1944 he was sent to the Pacific to take command of the 6th Marines, then involved in mopping-up on Saipan.

28. Stringham discharged her marines the following day and patrolled off Saipan throughout the Battle of the Philippine Sea on 19 and 20 June.

29. Until the end of the war she made six voyages from Alameda, carrying her vital cargo to Manus, Majuro, Guam, Saipan, and Pearl Harbor.

30. Those missions took up almost the entire month of September, and the destroyer did not enter a "port" until the 28th when TG 38.2 arrived at Saipan.

31. As the Navy moved farther across the Pacific in the island-hopping campaign, Hopkins arrived off Saipan 13 June 1944 to sweep the invasion approaches.

32. On April 6, 2005, approximately 50,000 cubic meters (1,800,000 cu ft) of ash and rock were ejected, causing a large, black cloud to drift south over Saipan and Tinian.

33. The Japanese landed about 400 troops of the 5th Defence Force from Saipan on Guam in the early morning of 10 December 1941, at Dungcas Beach, north of Agana.

34. The destroyer conducted shore bombardment against Rota, Saipan and Guam from 26 June through the end of the month setting fuel tanks afire and sinking two sampans on the 27th.

35. December 19 After being hit in a Japanese air raid, a B-29 Superfortress explodes in ball of fire, while crewmen of the US air base try to fight the inferno on Saipan, Mariana Islands.

36. In 2005–2006, the issue of immigration and labor practices on Saipan was brought up during the American political scandals of Congressman Tom DeLay and lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who visited the island on numerous occasions.

37. Bridled White-eyes have been observed foraging in 23 species of tree (Table 2) on Saipan, primarily by gleaning insects from leaves and branches in the outer canopy of limestone and Leucaena leucocephala forests (Craig 1989, 1996)