Nissan Island (also Green Island or Sir Charles Hardy Island ) is the largest of the Green Islands of Papua New Guinea . It is located at 4°30′S 154°13′E / 4.500°S 154.217°E / -4.500; 154.217 , about 200 km east of Rabaul on New Britain and about 200 km north-west of Bougainville . The island is administered under Nissan Rural LLG in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville . Nissan island, along with other nearby islands, has been described as a "stepping stone island" and it is believed that this island plays an important role in helping various plant and animal species spread throughout the region.
13-632: D28 may refer to: Ships [ edit ] Brazilian destroyer Paraíba (1959) , a Pará -class destroyer of the Brazilian Navy Brazilian destroyer Paraíba (1989) , a Garcia -class destroyer of the Brazilian Navy HMS ; Vanity (D28) , a V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy Greek destroyer Thyella (D28) ,
26-735: A Fletcher -class destroyer of the Hellenic Navy Other uses [ edit ] D28 road (Croatia) Dewoitine D.28 , a French aircraft Martin D-28 , a guitar model Sonatensatz, D 28 (Schubert) , a piano work by Franz Schubert Iceberg D-28, which calved from the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica in September 2019 LNER Class D28 , a class of British steam locomotives [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
39-488: A Navy Unit Commendation for her service in World War II . Green Island, Papua New Guinea Based upon pottery fragments discovered in archeological excavations researchers have determined that the inhabitants of this island commonly engaged in trade with the inhabitants of Buka Island . Commonly traded items would have included pigs, pottery, and shell money . British and American whaling vessels visited
52-534: A plane guard and patrolled out of Efate (27 August through 28 October). Moving to the Solomon Islands 4 November, she patrolled and escorted convoys until 5 April 1944. Included in her service in the Solomon Islands was support of the Cape Torokina , Bougainville landings (on 1 November 1943 on the western side of the island) and Green Island (on 15 February 1944) landings, and bombardments of
65-482: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages USS Bennett USS Bennett (DD-473) , a Fletcher -class destroyer , was a ship of the U.S. Navy that was named for the naval aviator Floyd Bennett (1890–1928), who flew towards the North Pole with Richard E. Byrd in 1926, but it is disputed whether they made it there. The Bennett (DD-473)
78-587: The Kamchatka Peninsula , with weather personnel (28 August through 26 September). Returning to San Diego , she was placed in commission in reserve on 21 December 1945, and out of commission in reserve on 18 April 1946. Stricken 1 August 1973. Bennett was transferred to Brazil 15 December 1959, where she was renamed Paraíba . The ship was stricken by the Brazilian Navy and scrapped in 1978. Bennett received nine battle stars and
91-470: The Solomon Islands campaign to isolate the Japanese stronghold at Rabaul . Shortly after the landings two airfields were constructed on the island. Richard Nixon was a supply officer on the base, and is remembered as being popular with the indigenous inhabitants. There was also a PT boat base on another island nearby. There were approximately 17,000 allied troops on the island at that time. Much of
104-747: The Japanese base at Kavieng on New Ireland , (on 18 February 1944) and Rabaul , New Britain (29 February). The Bennett next steamed north to take part in the invasions of Saipan (14 June through 1 July) and of Guam (2nd through 16 August). Returning to the Central Pacific later in the month she supported the invasion of the Palaus ( Peleliu ) (6 through 25 September), and then she returned to San Francisco for upkeep work, arriving on 25 October 1944. The Bennett returned to Pearl Harbor on 24 December, and she remained in Hawaiian waters for
117-572: The island in the nineteenth century for food, water and wood. The first on record was the Addison in 1837, and the last was Palmetto in 1881. During World War II , in the Battle of the Green Islands , US and New Zealand troops recaptured several islands from heavily outnumbered Imperial Japanese forces. The New Zealand 3rd Division landed on Nissan Island on 15 February 1944 as part of
130-525: The next month. Then she steamed west to take part in the invasion of Iwo Jima (19 February through 5 March 1945), where she was slightly damaged by a dud bomb (1 March). On 1 April she was a unit of the forces taking part in the invasion of Okinawa . At 08:50, on 7 April, she was hit by an Imperial Japanese Navy kamikaze plane , damaging the forward engine room, and knocking out all of her electrical power. Seven sailors ultimately died from their injuries, and fourteen survived serious injuries. The Bennett
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#1732786807878156-614: Was launched on 16 April 1942 at the Boston Navy Yard , sponsored by Mrs. Floyd Bennett, the widow of Aviation Machinist Bennett. She was commissioned on 9 February 1943 with Commander Edmund B. Taylor in command. The Bennett arrived at Pearl Harbor on 31 May, and she then spent the next two months patrolling in the Hawaiian Islands . After escorting a convoy to Efate in the New Hebrides , she acted as
169-501: Was able to make it to the small naval base at Kerama Retto under her own power, and on the following day she departed for Saipan under tow of the fleet tugboat USS Yuma (ATF-94) . After emergency repairs, she steamed to Puget Sound Navy Yard where she underwent further repairs (May though August 1945). In August she reported to Adak , in the Aleutian Islands , and then she made one voyage to Petropavlovsk on
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