United States Naval Station Tutuila

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The United States Naval Station Tutuila was a naval station built on the island of Tutuila, part of American Samoa, in 1899 and in operation until 1951. During the United States Navy rule of American Samoa, it was customary for the commandant of the station to serve as Military Governor of the territory. Benjamin Franklin Tilley was the first commandant and the first officer responsible for the naval station's construction.

The USS Tutuila was named for the station or for the island.

Today, it serve as both military and civilian ship depot."Australian Royal Navy" is the only navy to come to "PagPago Harbor".Longlinerss,Fishing vessel,and Merchant ships are the ships that come through what used to be the Naval Station but it now just a pits stop in the middle of nowhere.