Rear Pacific Area
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Main Naval base
- Tutuila, Samoa - Base 7
- Palmyra Island - Advanced Base
- Funafuti, Ellice Islands - Advanced base
- Nouméa, New Caledonia - Staging base
- Taboga, Panama - Training Base
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