Saipan, Tinian & Aguiguan

The atom bomb pit on Tinian's North Field, where Little Boy was loaded aboard the Enola Gay

Tinian Shinto shrine.

Taga House, Tinian.

Tinian is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (14°59’51”N, 145°37’39”E). Its largest village is San Jose. Tinian is about 5 miles (8km) southwest of its sister island, Saipan. It has a land area of 39.00 sq.mi. (101.01 km²). Together with uninhabited neighboring Aguijan Island (2.74 sq mi, or 7.09 km²), it forms Tinian Municipality, one of the four constituent municipalities of the Northern Marianas. The total area of the municipality is 41.74 sq mi (108.1 km²). Lightly populated, but heavily garrisoned by Japanese forces in World War II, Tinian, with its sister islands, had passed through Spanish and German hands prior to becoming a Protectorate of Japan after World War I. Under Japanese administration, Tinian was largely a sugar plantation. File links The following pages link to this file: Saipan Tinian ... File links The following pages link to this file: Saipan Tinian ... Image File history File linksMetadata Atom_Bomb_Pit_1_Little_Boy_a. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Atom_Bomb_Pit_1_Little_Boy_a. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ... A postwar Little Boy casing mockup. ... Colonel Paul Tibbets waving from Enola Gays cockpit after the bombing of Hiroshima. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 374 KB) Tinian Shinto Shrine I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 374 KB) Tinian Shinto Shrine I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Shinto ) is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 868 KB) Taga House, Tinian, MP. The largest Latte Stone structures in the Mariana Islands I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 868 KB) Taga House, Tinian, MP. The largest Latte Stone structures in the Mariana Islands I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Saipan seen from the air A map of Saipan, Tinian & Aquijan Saipan (IPA: in English) is the largest island and capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a chain of 15 tropical islands in the western Pacific Ocean (15°10’51”N, 145°45’21... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Tinian Municipality is one of the four constituent municipalities of the Northern Mariana Islands. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert Henry Asquith Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow... Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... // This article is about crop plantations. ...

Tinian was captured by the United States in July 1944 in the battle of Tinian. The island was transformed into the busiest airbase of the war, with two B-29 airfields (West and North) having six 8,500 foot (2700 m) runways. The Japanese had constructed three small fighter strips on Tinian but none were suitable for bomber operations. When the United States turned the entire island, excepting its three highland areas, into a 40,000-personnel installation, construction engineers laid out the base in a pattern of city streets resembling Manhattan and named the streets accordingly. The area south of West Field which was developed from the main Japanaese installation at Sunharon was nicknamed "The Village" because its location corresponded to that of Greenwich Village, and a large square area between West and North Fields, used primarily only for the location of the base hospitals and otherwise left undeveloped was called Central Park. The battle of Tinian was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands from 24 July 1944 to 1 August 1944. ... An Airbase, sometimes referred to as a military airport or airfield, provides basing and support of military aircraft. ... The Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Boeing Model 341/345) was a four-engine heavy bomber flown by the United States Army Air Force. ... The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (IPA pronunciation: ), also called simply the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City named after Greenwich, London. ... A Central Park landscape Central Park is a large public, urban park (843 acres or 3. ...

It was from Tinian that the bombers carrying the atomic bombs Little Boy and Fat Man were launched against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The airfields are now overgrown and abandoned. There is a memorial on the old airfield at the loading pits, which had been filled in for safety. Both pits were recently reopened in conjunction with the 60th Anniversary Commemoration of the Battles of Saipan and Tinian. Originally the pits had been constructed to load the large bombs, since each bomb was too large to be loaded in the conventional manner. The planes were maneuvered over a pit with their bomb bay doors open to facilitate loading. The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... A postwar Little Boy casing mockup. ... A post-war Fat Man model. ... For other uses, see Hiroshima (disambiguation). ... Nagasaki (Japanese: 長崎市, Nagasaki-shi  , long peninsula) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. ...

Tinian has two gas stations and a Casino, The Dynasty, which includes a luxury hotel, shops and restaraunts and is adjacent to Chogna beach and Taga Beach. The villiage of San Jose has several smaller hotels and restaraunts and bars. The airport is small and serviced by two airlines, Freedom Air, which operated daily scheduled flights, and Taga Air, which operates by charter. There is also ferry boat service twice daily between Tinian and Saipan. Modern gas station A filling station, gas station or petrol station is a facility that sells fuel for road motor vehicles – usually petrol (US: gas/gasoline), diesel fuel and LPG. The term gas station is mostly particular to the United States of America and Canada, where petrol is known... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Freedom Air is an airline based in Guam. ...

Points of Interest on the Island include the North Field, which is where the remains of the US bomber base and Atom Bomb Pits as well as the remains of Japanese fortifications can be found. On the Southern end of the Island is "Suicide Cliff" where Japanese soldiers and civilians jumped to their deaths as the Americans invaded. Today it is the site of shrines and memorials and provides a view of the ocean. The island also has the only intact Shinto shrine on the Mariana Islands.

There are also the ruins of the House of Chief Taga, one of the Chiefs of the Mariana Islands during the Pre-Spanish period. The House of Taga is a Latte Stone site, one of the largest such structures in the Marianas. The stones are quarried limestone, each approximately 20 feet in length. Of the eight large Latte structures, only one is still standing.

The Island has a variety of flora and fauna, as well as limestone cliffs and caves. There is also a variety of marine life and coral reefs surrounding the island. Its clear, warm waters are ideal for snorkeling and scuba diving, as well as sport fishing. .

Much of the local economy is dependent on tourism. The largest employers on the island are the Government and the Casino.

As of March 2006, the island has plans to put in four new casinos. The 2000 census showed a population of 3,540 [1] for the island. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...

Trivia

The world's first operational atomic bomb was delivered by the Indianapolis, (CA-35) to the island of Tinian on 26 July 1945.

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in the Northern Mariana Islands

List of Registered Historic Places in the Northern Mariana Islands: // Chugai Chugai Pictograph Site Songsong (Rota) Commissioners Office Dugi Archeological Site Japanese Coastal Defense Gun Japanese Hospital Mochong Nanyo Kohatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Sugar Mill Rectory Rota Latte Stone Quarry Chalan Kanoa (Saipan) Aslito-Isley Field Beaches and Marpi Point...

References

• Tinian Municipality, Tinian Island (Block Groups 1 thru 4) and Aguijan Island (Block Group 5), United States Census Bureau

External links

• entry at www.pacificwrecks.com
• Google Maps
• Pascal Horst Lehne and Christoph Gäbler: Über die Marianen. Lehne-Verlag, Wohldorf in Germany 1972. and Tinian

• Intersting Fact*

The world's first operational atomic bomb was delivered by the Indianapolis, (CA-35) to the island of Tinian on 26 July 1945.

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Islands	Farallon de Pajaros (Uracas) | Maug Islands | Asuncion | Agrihan (Agrigan) | Pagan | Alamagan | Guguan | Zealandia Bank | Sarigan | Anatahan | Farallon de Medinilla | Saipan | Tinian | Aguijan (Agiguan) | Rota Farallon de Pajaros (from Spanish Farallón de los pájaros, meaning Birds Rock), also known as Urracas (from Spanish Urracas, meaning Magpies), is the westernmost island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain. ... Three islands, the caldera of an ancient volcano, form the Maug Islands of the Northern Mariana Islands. ... Asuncion (or Ascuncion) is the third northmost independent island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain at . ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Pagan Island is an island of the Northern Mariana Islands chain, located at 18. ... Alamagan The Northern Marianas island of Alamagan is located 146 nautical miles north from Saipan and is 4. ... Guguan is the seventh indepedndent island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain. ... Zealandia Bank is the eighth independent island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain. ... Sarigan is the ninth independent island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain. ... Anatahan is one of the most active volcanoes of the Northern Mariana Islands. ... Farallon de Medinilla is the eleventh independent island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain. ... Saipan seen from the air A map of Saipan, Tinian & Aquijan Saipan (IPA: in English) is the largest island and capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a chain of 15 tropical islands in the western Pacific Ocean (15°10’51”N, 145°45’21... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Rota Rota, also known as the peaceful island, is the southernmost island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). ...
Municipalities	Northern Islands Municipality | Saipan | Tinian | Rota A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Northern Islands Municipality is one of the four main political divisions of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. ... Saipan seen from the air A map of Saipan, Tinian & Aquijan Saipan (IPA: in English) is the largest island and capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a chain of 15 tropical islands in the western Pacific Ocean (15°10’51”N, 145°45’21... Rota Rota, also known as the peaceful island, is the southernmost island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). ...

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Coordinates: 15°00′N 145°38′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...