Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Guam i ka SMS Cormoran II

Ua hoʻopau ʻo Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) i kahi papa hoʻomanaʻo no ʻelua mau pule no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka 100th makahiki o ka scuttling o ka SMS Cormoran II. Ua hoʻolilo ka moku Kelemania i ʻelua a me ka hapa makahiki ma Guam ma 1917, ma mua o ka lilo ʻana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ke Kaua Honua Honua I. Ma ka lā 6 ʻApelila 1917, ua komo kūleʻa ka US i WWI a lilo i mau ʻenemi me Kelemania.

ʻO ka mea mahalo, ʻo nā luina o ka Cormoran a me nā poʻe o Guam, me ka US Navy, ua kūkulu i kahi pilina aloha. Ua koi ʻia ke dute e ke kiaʻāina ʻo Naval US e koi aku i ke kāpena Kelemania e hāʻawi i kāna moku a me nā luina. Ua hoʻouna hou ke kāpena i hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i kāna poʻe holina, akā ʻaʻole i kāna moku. Ma ʻApelila 7, 1917, ua hoʻokau ʻia ka SMS Cormoran a piholo ʻia i lalo o ke awa ʻo Guam's Apra.

ʻO ke kaumaha, ʻoiai kāna mau hana e hoʻoneʻe i ka moku, ua make ʻehiku mau luina i ka wā o ka Cormoran i hoʻokau ʻia. ʻEono mau kino i loaʻa a hāʻawi ʻia nā kanu ʻana me ka hoʻohanohano pūʻali koa piha ma ka US Naval Cemetery ma Hagåtña. ʻElua hanana kūikawā i mālama ʻia ma ka Pōʻalima, ʻApelila 7, 2017 e hoʻomanaʻo ai i ka makahiki 100 o ka scuttling. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka mea mua ma ke kai, ma luna pono o kahi i waiho ai ka SMS Cormoran II 110 kapuaʻi (34 mau mika) ma lalo. Ua mālama ʻia ka lua ma ka ʻauinalā ma ka US Cemetery US ma kahi e komo ai nā luina ʻeono a ua hoʻomanaʻo hou ʻia kahi kia hoʻomanaʻo no ka Cormoran me kahi hōʻailona hoʻomanaʻo.

I loko o ka wā hoʻomanaʻo, ua hoʻohui ka GVB i kahi mau haʻiʻōlelo mōʻaukala ma ka US National Park Services T. Stell Newman Visitors Center ma Piti. ʻO kekahi o nā mea kākau moʻolelo kaulana loa ʻo Guam o ka Cormoran a me ka mōʻaukala mokupuni i komo pū ma ke ʻano he poʻe haʻi ʻōlelo malihini. Ua hāʻawi ʻo Kauka Bill Jeffery i kahi haʻi'ōlelo e pili ana i kahi papahana archeology kai ma ka Pōʻakolu, ʻApelila 5th a ua hana hou ʻia ma ʻApelila 11th. Ua kau pono ʻia ka haʻiʻōlelo i ka SMS Cormoran II. He kauka kōkua ʻo Kauka Jeffrey o ke Antropology ma ke Kulanui o Guam a me kahi mea luʻu ʻūlū. Ma ʻApelila mau mōʻaukala ʻo Rufus Hasplur o Lamotrek ma Yap, nā ʻĀina Hui Pū ʻia o Micronesia a me Toni Ramirez o ke keʻena mālama mālama mōʻaukala o Guam i hāʻawi i kahi haʻiʻōlelo e pili ana i nā moʻolelo moʻolelo waha mai nā poʻe i noho pū me nā luina o ka SMS Cormoran II i kona wā pōkole i Maikonekia.

ʻO Michael Musto, kahi ʻoihana luʻu mākaʻikaʻi aʻoihana aʻo, hōʻike i nā moʻolelo mōʻaukala o ka hōʻea ʻana o SMS Cormoran II i Guam, scuttling, a me kahi e kū nei ma ke ʻano he wahi luʻu nui loa o ka honua ma ka lā 10 ʻApelila. Ua haʻi aku ʻo Musto i ka moʻolelo o ka hopena o ka Cormoran a pehea i iwakāluakūmāono mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hui pū ʻo Tokai Maru me ia i ke Kaua Honua II. E moe ana nā moku moku ʻelua i lalo o ke kai a hana i kahi wale nō i ka honua e hiki ai i ka luʻu ke pā i nā moku ʻelua mai nā Kaua Honua Honua i ka manawa like.

Ma ka Pōʻalua, ʻApelila 11, ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo National Park Service ʻo Dave Lotz i haʻi ʻōlelo ma "The German East-Asia Squadron, ke kumu o ka moʻolelo Cormoran o ke Kaua Honua Honua". Ma waho aʻe o ka lilo ʻana i mea kākau moʻolelo, ʻo Mr. Lotz kahi mea kākau i paʻi ʻia a me ka mākaʻikaʻi hiker o ka ʻāina kūlohelohe o Guam.

Ua hiki nō i nā mea like ke komo i ka huakaʻi luʻu kūikawā i ka SMS Cormoran II a me ka Tokai Maru i loko o nā hanana he ʻelua. Ua kūleʻa ka GVB i ka hana pū ʻana me nā mea luʻu kūloko e hoʻonohonoho no nā pūʻulu luʻu pīhoihoi i nā moku moku. ʻO lākou, ʻO Ax Murder Tours, Blue Persuasion Dive Boutique, a me Micronesian Divers Association.

Ua ʻae ke Keʻena ʻO Guam Visitors i ke kākoʻo nui i loaʻa mai ke aupuni a me nā ʻāpana pilikino i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka hoʻomanaʻo 100 o ka scuttling o ka SMS Cormoran II. ʻO ke kaiāulu kūloko a me nā hoaaloha mai Lamotrek, Yap, a me Kelemania he mau hoa waiwai pū kekahi i ka hoʻokupu ʻana i kahi moku i kaʻana like i kā lākou mōʻaukala iā lākou.

Makemake ʻo GVB e hoʻolōʻihi aku i kahi Dangkulo na Si Yuʻos Maʻåse mehana a mahalo nui iā ʻoe i kēia mau kānaka, nā keʻena, nā hui a me nā hui no kā lākou kākoʻo i hiki ai i kēia mau hanana ke hiki: ʻO ke Kiaʻāina Hanohano o Guam, Eddie Baza Calvo; ʻO Kongresman Madeleine Z. Bordallo a me kāna koʻokoʻo; Lunahoomalu Benjamin J. Cruz, 34th Guam Ahaolelo; ʻO Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, 34th Guam ʻAhaʻōlelo; ʻO Senator Joe S. San Agustin, 34th Guam ʻAhaʻōlelo; ʻO Mr. Peter Wittig, Kāpena Nui o ke Aupuni Pekelala o Kelemania, Kelemānia Kelemania, Wakinekona DC; ʻO Mr. Michael Hasper, Chargé dʻAffaires, Kelemānia Kelemania ma Manila; Ka ʻaha kūkā nui o Guam; ʻO Mr. Robert Hofmann, Meia o Sinajana; ʻO Mr. John A. Cruz, Meia o Hagåtña; a me Mr. Jesse LG Alig, Meia o Piti.

Ua mahalo nui ʻo GVB no nā hāʻawi a me ke kākoʻo mai ka Makua Eric Forbe, ʻo Mr. Ray Gibson, ʻo Ms. Cindy Hanson, ʻo Mr. Walter Runck, a ʻo Ms. Marie Uhl. Mahalo no nā huakaʻi luʻu kūikawā i ka Cormoran i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Ax Murderer Tours, Blue Persuasion Diving, Micronesian Divers Association (MDA), a me GMI Scuba Wholesale.

ʻO ka hoʻomanaʻo 100th o ka SMS Cormoran kahi hanana kūleʻa o nā hanana mahalo iā Mr. Jim Pinson, Mr. Luis Cabral, Mr. Frank Gradyan, Mr. Mitch Singler, Mr. Chase Weir, Mr. Michael Musto, Dr. Bill Jeffrey, ʻO Mr. Rufus Hasplur, ʻo Mr. Toni Ramirez, ʻo Mr. Michael Genereaux, a ʻo Mr. David Laguaña. Makemake pū ke keʻena e hōʻike i kona mahalo i ka US Coast Guard Sector Guam, US Navy, Joint Region Marianas, Guam Army National Guard - Guard Guard, Port Authority of Guam, Department of Parks & Recreation, Department of Public Works, Guam Police ʻOihana, Keʻena Kinai ahi ʻo Guam, Ke Kaua US ma ka Pacific National Park Services (Guam), ʻōnaehana hale waihona puke o Guam, Guampedia.com, Kālepa ʻo Guam Veterans, T-Galleria e DFS, Cebu Pacific Airlines, Resorts World Manila, American Printing Corp., MARES, Leopalace Guam, The Westin Resort Guam, Guam Premier Outlets, National Office Supply, Red Door Productions, Choice Broadcasting Company, LLC, Department of Education - Chamorro Studies & Special Project Division, Kulanui o Guam - Maikalani Research Center ma Micronesia, Baba Corporation - Atlantis Submarine, Dr. Thomas Schuarz - Kulanui o Rikkyo, Pacific Star Resort & Spa, Guam Auto Spot, Triple J, Guam Territorial Band, Paʻa Taotao Tano, Lamotrek Community of Guam, Kelemania Kaiāulu o Guam a nd ka GVB kime mākaʻi ʻoihana hana.

PHOTO: ʻO nā mea pā e pā ana i ʻelua mau moku moku i ka manawa like i hoʻokahi luʻu, mai WWI a me WWII ma Apra Harbor, Guam. Ma ka hema ka Tokai Maru mai WWII a ma ka ʻākau ka SMS Cormoran II mai WWI. ʻO nā divers, mai ka hema a me ka ʻākau: Pilar Laguana, Jim Pinson, Luis Cabral, Frank Gradyan, a me Mitch Singler. Kiʻi ʻia e Mr. Chase Weir