USS Laysan Island (ARST-1) was a Laysan Island-class salvage craft tender of the United States Navy. She was converted from a Landing Ship, Tank in December...
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extinct species of finch that was endemic to the island of Laysan in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The bird was first recorded in 1828 and received...
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The Laysan millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris familiaris) was a subspecies of the millerbird, similar in appearance to the remaining subspecies, the Nihoa...
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to harvest feathers on many remote islands in the Central Pacific. The feather trade was primarily focused on Laysan albatross, black-footed albatross...
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launching. USS LST-1 USS LST-2 USS LST-3 USS LST-4 USS LST-5 USS LST-6 USS LST-7 USS LST-8 USS LST-9 USS LST-10 — converted to USS Achelous (ARL-1) USS LST-11...
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Midway Atoll (redirect from Midway Island)
species. A number of native species rely on the island, which is now home to 67–70 percent of the world's Laysan albatross population, and 34–39 percent of...
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USS Okala (ARST-2) was a Laysan Island-class salvage craft tender of the United States Navy. She was laid down on 1 December 1944 as LST-1099 by the Jeffersonville...
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1918. On 31 August she sailed on a cruise among the islands northwest of Hawaii, including Laysan and Wake, to search for survivors of shipwrecks, signs...
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Atoll: YP-290 went to Laysan Island while YP-284 to Lisianski Island, YP-345 went to Gardner Pinnacles, and YP-350 to Necker Island. The converted armed...
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