Ma ʻApelila 7, 2017, ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Guam i ka 100th anniversary o ka scuttling o ka moku Kelemania SMS Cormoran II, ka lā hoʻokahi i komo ai ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ke Kaua Honua I a kiʻi i kāna pana mua. ʻO ka moʻolelo o ka SMS Cormoran II i hele mai e moe ma ka papahele o Guam's Apra Harbor a loaʻa kona wahi ma Guam a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka moʻolelo kupaianaha o ka SMS Cormoran II a me ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i lalo o ka wai i ka moku i kēia manawa ma YouTube.
Ua hōʻea ʻo SMS Cormoran i Guam i Dekemaba 1914, mai ka lanahu a me ka manaʻo nui ma hope o ka alualu ʻia ʻana ma ka Pākīpika e nā moku kaua Imperial Navy. Ua hōʻole ke kiaʻāina ʻo US Naval e hoʻopiha i ka Cormoran a ua noho ʻo ia ma Guam no nā makahiki ʻelua a me ka hapa. Ua loaʻa i ka Cormoran kahi pilina aloha me Guam a me nā limahana Navy, kahi pilina i paʻakikī i ka lā 6 o Dekemaba, 1917, i ka wā i komo ai ka US WWI.
Hōʻike ʻia ka moʻolelo hoihoi o ka SMS Cormoran ma ke kahawai YouTube ʻo The Great War, i mālama ʻia e Indy Neidell. ʻO ka inoa ʻo "Guam and the Cormoran,"
kaʻana like ka palapala wikiō i nā kikoʻī hoihoi a pau o ka mōʻaukala o Cormoran, i hoʻomaka ʻia ma ke ʻano he moku i kapa ʻia ʻo SS Ryazan, a hoʻopau ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o nā wahi luʻu kūʻokoʻa loa o ka honua.
ʻO ka manawa o ka 100th anniversary o ka scuttling o ka Cormoran i ʻike ʻia me ʻelua mau hanana kūikawā, hoʻokahi ma ka US Naval Cemetery ma Hagåtña, ma nā hale kupapaʻu o ʻeono o nā luina Kelemania ʻehiku i make i kēlā lā. Aia ka lua ma ke kai, ma luna a ma lalo o nā nalu kahi e waiho ai ka SMS Cormoran II.
Ua hoʻokipa ʻia ke kakahiaka o ʻApelila 7, 2017 e ka lani maʻemaʻe a me ka wā nani. ʻO nā waʻa e lawe ana i ka poʻe e hele mai e hoʻomaikaʻi, me nā mea hanohano mai Guam, ka US Navy, a me Kelemania, ua hōʻea i ke kahua ma luna o ka SMS Cormoran II. Ua hoʻomaka ka hana ma ka hola 8:03 am, ʻo ka manawa kūpono i hoʻoluliluli ʻia ai ka Cormoran i hoʻokahi haneli mau makahiki ma mua, a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e pohō. Ma ka hola 8:30 am, komo ka poʻe luʻu i ka wai no ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka hana lua. Ua hopu ʻia ka hōʻike ma lalo o ka wai ma luna o ka Cormoran ma ke wikiō a hiki ke nānā ʻia ma YouTube. Ua hana ʻia ka ʻāpana hoʻomanaʻo e ka Guam Visitors Bureau a ua kapa ʻia ʻo "SMS Cormoran II 100th Anniversary."
Ua hele mai ka SMS Cormoran II a me kāna poʻe holokai i Guam ma ke ʻano he malihini a lilo i ʻāpana o ke kaiāulu a me ka mōʻaukala. E aʻo hou e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala o Cormoran a me Guam ma ka nānā ʻana i kēia mau wikiō maikaʻi loa i loaʻa i kēia manawa ma YouTube. No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka SMS Cormoran II, e kipa aku visitguam.com/smscormoranguam . No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ke kipa ʻana i ko mākou mokupuni nani a me nā mea hoihoi a pau e ʻike ai ma Guam, e ʻoluʻolu e kipa mai iā mākou ma visitguam.org
