Ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻo Guam i ka 100th anniversary o ka scuttling o ka SMS Cormoran II, kahi moku mōʻaukala kahi i kiʻi ʻia ai ka pana mua a ka US i ke Kaua Honua I. kekahi wahi palekana. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i kaua me Kelemania, ua hoʻoholo ke Kiaʻāina Naval ʻAmelika o Guam e kūʻē i ka hoʻopiha ʻana i ka Cormoran, ma muli o ka palena palena o ka moku.

ʻO ka hopena, ua ʻae ʻia nā luina Kelemania o ka Cormoran e hele kūʻokoʻa mai ka moku. ʻO ka pilina ma waena o ka poʻe kamaʻāina a me ka Navy me ka poʻe o ka Cormoran he launa maikaʻi loa. I ka wā i komo ai ka US i ka WWI ma ʻApelila 6, 1917, ua koi ʻia ka pilina e hoʻololi.

ʻO ka SMS Cormoran II Monument i kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1917 e nā luina o ka SMS Cormoran ma ka US Navy Cemetery ma Hagåtña e pili ana i nā lua kupapaʻu o nā luina ʻeono. Kiʻi na Mr. Chase Weir

Ua koi aku ka Navy i ke kapena o Cormoran Adalbert Zuckschwerdt e haawi i kona moku oiai e kaua ana ko lakou mau aina. Ua ʻae ʻo Zuckschwerdt e hāʻawi iā ia iho a me kāna poʻe holo moku, akā ʻaʻole ʻo Cormoran. Akā naʻe, ua kauoha ʻo ia i kāna poʻe holo moku e haʻalele i ka moku a hana i nā hoʻolālā e hoʻopā iā ia. Ma ka lā 7 o ʻApelila, 1917 i ka hola 8:03 am, ua hoʻoluliluli nā pahū he nui i ka SMS Cormoran II a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e pohō. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole i haʻalele nā luina a pau i ka moku a ʻehiku i make ia lā.

ʻEono wale nō mau kino i loaʻa. Ua kanu ʻia nā luina ʻeono me ka hanohano pūʻali koa piha i ka US Naval Cemetery ma Hagåtña. Ua kaha maikaʻi ʻia nā lua kupapaʻu me nā pōhaku poʻo i kākau ʻia me ka inoa o kēlā me kēia luina – Karl Bennershansen, Franz Blum, K. Boomerum, Rudolph Penning, Emil Reschke, a me Ernes Roose. Aia pū ka hale kupapaʻu i kahi kia hoʻomanaʻo i kūkulu ʻia e ka poʻe holo moku no ka SMS Cormoran II a me kāna poʻe holo moku i nalowale.

Ma ʻApelila 7, 2017, ua ʻākoakoa ka lehulehu i ka ʻauinalā ma ka US Naval Cemetery no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka SMS Cormoran II me kahi hoʻolauleʻa hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maluhia. Ua hāʻawi ʻo Michael Musto, he SMS Cormoran a me ka loea luʻu, i kahi moʻolelo pōkole o ka Cormoran. Na ke Kiaʻi Lahui ʻo Guam i alakaʻi i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā waihoʻoluʻu a hoʻokani ʻo Guam Territorial Band. Ua hoʻohanohano ʻia nā luina me kahi hoʻomaikaʻi Chamorro kūikawā i alakaʻi ʻia e Paʻa Taotao Tano', ka hui moʻomeheu lōʻihi loa o Guam, a ua hāʻawi ʻo Pale Eric Forbes i kahi hoʻomaikaʻi Kalikiano.

ʻO ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o Guam, ʻo Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo, i hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo wehe. ʻO ka Congresswoman, Rear Admiral, US Navy Commander, Joint Region Marianas Shoshana Chatfield, Guam Senator Dennis Rodriguez, Senator Joe S. San Agustin, a me Milton Morinaga, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka GVB Board of Directors i wehe i ka plaque hoʻomanaʻo. Ua hāʻawi pū ʻo Rear Admiral Chatfield i kahi haʻiʻōlelo e hōʻike ana i ka pilina o ka US Navy me ka Cormoran a me kāna poʻe holo moku. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Adimarala, "He aha ka hana a ka luina, he aha ka mea e noi ʻia ai kekahi o mākou i ka lole ʻaʻahu, a ke manaʻo nei au e hiki iaʻu ke hōʻuluʻulu ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana e lawelawe pono mākou, e hakakā mākou me ka wiwo ʻole, make hanohano.

Mr. Michael Hasper, Chargé d'Affaires mai ka Embassy Geremania ma Manila, e hoike ana i ko Geremania ko Cormoran i hui pu ia e Walter Runck, nona ke kupunakane he luina ma Cormoran, a me Maria Uhl no Sonthofen, Germany, ke kulanakauhale kaikuahine o Guam mai ka makahiki 1988 mai. e kau i ka lei pua nui e ka SMS Cormoran II monument. ʻEono mau ʻohana Kelemania i kau i nā hoʻonohonoho pua liʻiliʻi ma nā lua kupapaʻu o nā luina ʻeono.

Aia i loko o ka moʻolelo o ka SMS Cormoran II kahi noho ʻelua mahina ma Lamotrek, kahi ʻātoli o Yap, kahi ʻāpana o ka Federated States of Micronesia. Ua hoʻomoe ʻia kekahi luina i kapa ʻia ʻo Paul Glaser, i hoʻopakele ʻia e ka Cormoran i kāna huakaʻi a puni ka Pākīpika, ma Lamotrek. Ua hoʻohanohano ka Lamotrek Association o Guam i ko lākou pilina me ka SMS Cormoran II i ka wā o ka Hoʻomaka Hoʻohanohano Hoʻohanohano. Ua ʻaila ʻia ko lākou ʻili a waiho ʻia e ka turmeric, ua hāʻawi ka ʻelele kala ʻulaʻula i ka niu a kāpīpī i ka turmeric ma kēlā me kēia lua kupapaʻu. ʻO nā huaʻai ka meaʻai nui i hiki ai i nā poʻe o Lamotrek ke hānai i nā poʻe holo moku kokoke i 300 o ka Cormoran.

Hāʻawi ke kaiāulu kūloko i nā luina hāʻule me ka ʻulu a me ka wai. Ua lawe ʻia ka wai i loko o ke kīʻaha ʻo New Guinea e hōʻike ana i nā poʻe holo moku Cormoran he kanakolu mai New Guinea. Ua hoʻohana ka Chamorros i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo "kahlau" e kāpīpī i ka wai ma kēlā me kēia lua kupapaʻu a kani ʻia ka bele Pākē i ʻekolu manawa no kēlā me kēia luina nalowale. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka bele Pākē i nā poʻe ohua Kina mai ka SMS Cormoran II.

Ma hope o nā hōʻikeʻike kūlana, ua kono pū ʻia ka lehulehu e kau i nā pua ma ke kahua hoʻomanaʻo a me nā pōhaku poʻo. He mea koʻikoʻi ka mālama ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka moʻolelo o ka mokupuni ma Guam, mai kā mākou moʻomeheu Chamorro ponoʻī a me ka mōʻaukala a hiki i nā ola mai nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe i hoʻopā i ko mākou mau kahakai a waiho i ko lākou hōʻailona. No nā makahiki he 100 a ʻoi aku ka haʻaheo o ka SMS Cormoran II a me kāna hui i ka moʻolelo o Guam.

PHOTO: Ua hele nā mea hanohano i ka Peace Tribute ma ka US Navy Cemetery ma Hagåtña, Guam. Mai ka hema a i ka ʻākau: Milton Morinaga, GVB Luna Hoʻomalu o ka Papa Hoʻokele; John A. Cruz, Meia o Hagåtña; ʻAmirala hope, ka luna kaua moana o ʻAmelika, ka ʻāpana hui ʻo Marianas Shoshana Chatfield; ʻO ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o Guam, ʻo Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo; Michael Hasper, Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy Kelemania ma Manila, Philippines; Guam Senator Dennis Rodriguez; a me Guam Senatoa Joe S. San Agustin. Kiʻi na Mr. Chase Weir

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D’Affaires from the German Embassy in Manila, representing the Cormoran’s native Germany was joined by Walter Runck, whose grandfather was a sailor on the Cormoran, and Maria Uhl from Sonthofen, Germany, Guam’s sister city since 1988, to place a large floral wreath by the SMS Cormoran II monument.
Admiral stated, “What is the role of the sailor, what might any of us in uniform be asked to do, and I think that I can summarize that by saying that we will serve faithfully, that we will fight bravely, and that we will die honorably.
The SMS Cormoran II Monument built in 1917 by the sailors of the SMS Cormoran at the U.