Ua faʻamanatu e Guam le SMS Cormoran II

O le Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) na maeʻa le lua-vaiaso faʻasologa o faʻamanatuga e faʻamanatuina ai le 100 tausaga talu ona maeʻa le SMS Cormoran II. O le vaa Siamani na faaaluina le lua ma le afa tausaga i Guam i le 1917, ae lei avea le Iunaite Setete ma vaega o le Taua Muamua a le Lalolagi I le aso 6 o Aperila 1917, na ulufale aloaia ai le US i le WWI ma avea ai ma fili ma Siamani.

O le mea e malie ai, o le auvaa a le Cormoran ma tagata o Guam, e aofia ai le US Navy, na atiina ae se sootaga faauo. Tiute o loʻo manaʻomia pea le US Naval Kovana Kovana le kapeteni Siamani tuʻuina atu lana vaʻa ma auvaʻa. Na toe tali atu le kapeteni e mafai ona ia toe faafoʻi lana auvaʻa, ae le o lana vaʻa. O Aperila 7, 1917, na fafao ai le SMS Cormoran ma goto ifo ai i lalo o le Guam's Apra Harbour.

O le mea e faanoanoa ai, e ui lava i ana taumafaiga e aveese le vaa, e toafitu seila na fano i le taimi o le taamilosaga a le Cormoran. Ono tino na toe maua mai ma tuuina falelauasiga ma atoa militeri mamalu i le US Naval Fanuatanu i Hagåtña. E lua ni mea taua na faʻatautaia i le Aso Faraile, Aperila 7, 2017 e faʻamanatu ai le 100 tausaga o le faʻamavaeina. O le muamua na setiina i le sami, i luga tonu o le nofoaga o loʻo taʻoto ai le SMS Cormoran II i le 110 futu (34 mita) i lalo. O le lona lua na faia i le aoauli i le US Navy Cemetery o loʻo taofia ai le auvaa e toaono ma o se maafaamanatu mo le Cormoran na toefaapaiaina i se maa faamanatu.

Ile vaitaimi ole faʻamanatuina, na faʻamaopoopoina ai e le GVB se faʻasologa o tautalaga faʻasolopito ile US National Park Services T. Stell Newman Visitors Center i Piti. O nisi o taʻutaʻua taʻutaʻua a Guam o le Cormoran ma le talaʻaga a le motu sa auai o ni failauga faapitoa. Na tauaaoina e Dr. Bill Jeffery se tautalaga e uiga i se polokalame o meaola o le gataifale i le Aso Lulu, Aperila 5 ma toe faia foi ia Aperila 11th. O le lauga na taulaʻi lava ile SMS Cormoran II. Dr. Jeffrey o se Fesoasoani Polofesa o le Anetropology i le Iunivesite o Guam ma o se naunautai maulu. I le aso 6 o Aperila o tusitala faasolopito o Rufus Hasplur o Lamotrek i Yap, Federated States o Micronesia ma Toni Ramirez o le Guam Histories Preservation Office na tuuina atu se tautalaga e faavae i tala o tala o tala mai tagata na nonofo ma seila o le SMS Cormoran II i le taimi puupuu na nofo ai i Micronesia.

O Michael Musto, o se tagata tomai faapitoa e maimoa taamilo ma aʻoaʻoina, faʻalauiloa tala faʻasolopito o le taunuʻu atu o le SMS Cormoran II i Guam, scuttling, ma le mea na i ai le nofoaga o se tasi o nofoaga sili ona seasea maulu ai i le lalolagi ia Aperila 10. Musto faʻamatalaina le tala o le Cormoran iʻuga ma le luasefulu ono tausaga mulimuli ane, le Tokai Maru auai ia te ia i le taimi o le Lalolagi Taua II. O vaʻa e lua o vaʻa na taoto faʻasaga i lalo o le sami ma fausia ai le nofoaga e tasi i le lalolagi o se maulu e mafai ona paʻi i vaʻa e lua mai Taua Taua a le Lalolagi i le taimi e tasi.

O le Aso Lua, Aperila 11, na faʻamatalaina ai e le tusitala o talaʻaga a le National Park, Dave Lotz, le "Siamani Sasaʻe-Asia Squadron, le amataga mai ole tala ole Cormoran ole Taua Muamua a le Lalolagi". I se faʻaopopoga i le avea ma tusitala faʻasolopito, Mr. Lotz o se lolomi tusitala ma poto masani sāvalea i le laufanua o Guam.

Sa mafai foi e le au eseese ona auai i ni malaga faapitoa mo le maulu i le SMS Cormoran II ma le Tokai Maru i le lua vaiaso o mea na tutupu. Na manuia le GVB i le galulue faʻatasi ma nisi o tagata e aʻai i le maulu i le lotoifale e faʻatulaga ni mea malie mo le maulu i vaʻa. O i latou ia, Ax Murder Tours, Blue Persuasion Dive Boutique, ma le Micronesian Divers Association.

O le Guam Visitors Bureau na latou faʻailoa mai le maoaʻe o le lagolago na mauaina mai le malo ma pisinisi tumaoti i le faʻamaopoopoina o le 100th faʻamanatuina o le faʻamamaina o le SMS Cormoran II. O le pitonuʻu ma uo mai Lamotrek, Yap, ma Siamani o ni paʻaga taua foi i le totogiina o lafoga i se vaʻa na faʻasoa mai lona talaʻaga ia latou.

GVB e manaʻo e faʻalauteleina se mafanafana Dangkulo na Si Yuʻos Ma'åse 'ma loloto lagona faʻafetai i tagata nei, ofisa, kamupani ma faʻalapotopotoga mo la latou lagolago na mafua ai nei faʻasologa o gaioiga mafai: O le Afioga i le Kovana o Guam, Eddie Baza Calvo; Tamaitaifaipule ia Madeleine Z. Bordallo ma lana aufaigaluega; Fofoga Fetalai Benjamin J. Cruz, 34th Guam Fono Faitulafono; Senator Dennis G. Rodriguez, 34th Guam Fono Faitulafono; Senator Joe S. San Agustin, 34th Guam Fono Faitulafono; Mr. Peter Wittig, Amepasa o le Federal Republic o Siamani, Siamani Amepasa, Uosigitone DC; Mr. Michael Hasper, Chargé dʻAffaires, Siamani Amepasa i Manila; Pule o le Fono a Guam; Mr. Robert Hofmann, Pulenuu o Sinajana; Mr. John A. Cruz, Pulenuu o Hagåtña; ma Mr. Jesse LG Alig, o le pulenuu o Piti.

Na faʻafetaia foʻi e le GVB le fesoasoani ma le lagolago a le Tama o Eric Forbe, Mr. Ray Gibson, Ms. Cindy Hanson, Mr. Walter Runck, ma Ms. Marie Uhl. Faʻafetai mo faʻapitoa malaga maulu i le Cormoran faʻatulagaina e Ax Murderer Tours, Blue Persuasion Diving, Micronesian Divers Association (MDA), ma le GMI Scuba Wholesale.

O le 100th Faʻamanatuina o le SMS Cormoran o se alualu i luma faʻasologa o gaioiga faʻafetai ia Mr. Jim Pinson, Mr.Lui Cabral, Mr. Frank Gradyan, Mr. Mitch Singler, Mr. Chase Weir, Mr. Michael Musto, Dr. Bill Jeffrey, Mr. Rufus Hasplur, Mr. Toni Ramirez, Mr. Michael Genereaux, ma Mr. David Laguaña. E fia faailoa foi le agaga faafetai o le ofisa i le US Coast Guard Sector Guam, US Navy, Joint Region Marianas, Guam Army National Guard - Color Guard, Port Authority o Guam, Department of Parks & Recreation, Department of Public Works, Guam Police Matagaluega, Guam Fire Department, US War i le Pacific National Park Services (Guam), Guam Public Library System, Guampedia.com, Guam Veterans Affairs, T-Galleria e le 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, University of Guam - Micronesia Area Research Center, Baba Corporation - Atlantis Submarine, Dr. Thomas Schuarz - Rikkyo University, Pacific Star Resort & Spa, Guam Auto Spot, Triple J, Guam Territorial Band, Paʻa Taotao Tano, Lamotrek Community of Guam, Siamani Community of Guam a nd le GVB galulue malosi maketi matagaluega.

Ata: O tagata feʻaveaʻi na paʻi atu i vaʻa e lua i le taimi e tasi i le tasi vai, mai WWI ma le WWII i Apra Harbour, Guam. I le agavale o le Tokai Maru mai WWII ma i le taumatau o le SMS Cormoran II mai WWI. Tagata eseese, mai le tauagavale i le taumatau: Pilar Laguana, Jim Pinson, Luis Cabral, Frank Gradyan, ma Mitch Singler. Ata na saunia e Mr. Chase Weir