Naval Base Hollandia

Naval Base Hollandia
Map of Hollandia
Location within Papua
Naval Base Hollandia Location in Western New Guinea and Indonesia
Coordinates: 2°32′29″S 140°42′25″E / 2.541432°S 140.707047°E / -2.541432; 140.707047
Naval Base	United States Navy
Province	Papua
Founded	May 9, 1944
Closed	December 1945
Time zone	UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Climate	Af

Naval Base Hollandia was a United States Navy base built during World War II at Humboldt Bay, near the city of Hollandia (now Jayapura) in New Guinea. The base was built by the US Navy Seabees during the Battle of Hollandia, starting on May 9, 1944. Later Naval Base Hollandia became a supply base to support the invasion of the Philippines that started on October 20, 1944. Naval Base Hollandia became an advance headquarter of the United States Seventh Fleet.^[1][2]