Talk:Ulithi

Ulithi paint scheme

In print I have seen the type of dazzle camouflage sported by U.S. warships in 1944 referred to as the "Ulithi" paint scheme. An example can be seen on this page: http://navy.memorieshop.com/Adair/Cruise-Book/Ulithi.html

If someone can provide references I think it would be appropriate to include that factoid in this article. -- sofa king 10/17/06

The Dazzle camouflage paint scheme was used initially in the First World War, and was brought back for use in the Second World War. Britain and the United States were the nations that made use of it the most, but Germany did as well. The idea was to make it harder for a submarine to be able to determine the size, speed and direction of movement of a target ship. It certainly predates the US Navy's use of Ulithi as a mid-Pacific naval base, and I am not aware that it was ever referred to as a Ulthi paint scheme. Gunbirddriver (talk) 18:47, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Was the IJN Fleet ever at Ulithi?

According to the page [[1]], [after the fall of Saipan] The remnants of the IJN 6th fleet were based at Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands until the end of the war. Clicking on the link brings the reader to this page which makes no reference to a Japanese submarine fleet being here. Was there a different Ulithi Atoll this was mistakenly linked to? Does anyone know what happened to the IJN 6th Fleet? Cheers! Beag maclir (talk) 15:58, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

It appears that the edits Yaush corrects this (so, yeah, you were right about this not being possible). Ommnomnomgulp (talk) 05:01, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Did Japanese agents have knowledge of the first atomic bomb test?

I deleted the following sentence as completely unsupported: "After the successful Atomic test firing at White Sands New Mexico was reported by Japanese Agents to Tokyo." To the best of my knowledge there is no hard evidence for such a statement. The first knowledge that Japan had of the atomic bomb was when one was dropped on Hiroshima.Wsjacobs (talk) 22:50, 21 January 2015 (UTC)Wsjacobs

Reconciliation between articles on Ulithi Atoll and I-400-class submarine

The article on the Ulithi Atoll indicates that by mid-1945 the Ulithi Atoll naval base had been largely abandoned. The article on the I-400 class submarines suggests that in mid-1945 the Ulithi Atoll was being used as a staging area for the American invasion fleet against the Japanese home islands. One of the two statements appears to be incorrect. Wsjacobs (talk) 23:19, 21 January 2015 (UTC)wsjacobs

Timing disconnect

The article currently says,

In late June, 1945, the Japanese aircraft bomber launching super submarines i-400 and i-401 were diverted from their planned attack on the Panama Canal to attack Ulithi Atoll.

According to the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki article, those bombings took place in August 1945 -- a timing disconnect by a month or two. I'm guessing that there might be some info about specific missions missing which would straighten this out. No supporting source was cited for the article's assertion, and I have not made an effort to research this further. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 02:20, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

It's taken from the Combined Fleet site from the Tabular Record of Movement for the submarines in question. See this page and this piece. The plan for the Panama Canal attack was made at the time of their construction in 1944, but the target switched to Ulithi in June of 1945. As they had lost control of the air, it was difficult for the Japanese to make preparations and move, and it took until mid August for the submarines to reach their launch points. The submarines received the recall order as they approached Ulithi. Gunbirddriver (talk) 03:40, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Size Claim

The article says that the atoll is "one of the largest in the world", yet the size given (548 km²) doesn't make the top 25 listed at Atoll. The smallest atoll listed there is 1500 km². I don't feel qualified to edit that part of the article, but this claim is either false or the list at Atoll is based on a different definition of the word. VeloSteve (talk) 18:09, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion:

• Ulithi-atoll.gif

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 21:52, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Iowa drydock photo

Is used in this article labeled as Ulithi but the USN and Commons caption says it’s at Manus 2601:800:C203:3AA0:DD6B:BA38:29FC:E2A8 (talk) 12:53, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

LCI 600

During World War II LCI(L)-600was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Lost due to enemy action, 12 January 1945, Kaiten Submarine attack at Ulithi by HIJMS Submarine I-36 75.128.89.18 (talk) 00:39, 4 July 2023 (UTC)