Petroleum Contamination Remediation Project, Saipan CUC 1 & 2 Oil Site, Island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Abstract

To serve as the historical background of SEARCH' s research studies, this paper summarizes the chronological development of the SaipanHarbor and Saduk Tasi seaplane base construction on Saipan Island in the Marianas during the Japanese administration period (1914-1944). This study is based on archive materials of the Japanese Navy and the Nan 'yocho (South Seas Bureau). Although the archaeological project focuses on the Japanese seaplane base area in Puntan Flores, 1 include details of the Saipan Harbor construction project because these works were considered as a series of construction carefully projected by the Japanese Navy. Show more