Guam amakumbukira SMS Cormoran II pa Nyanja

Guam yakondwerera chaka cha 100 cha kuphwanyidwa kwa SMS Cormoran II, sitima yapamadzi yomwe idawombera koyamba ndi US pankhondo yoyamba yapadziko lonse. malo ena otetezeka. Ngakhale kuti sanali pankhondo ndi Germany, Bwanamkubwa Wankhondo Wankhondo waku US waku Guam adaganiza zokana kuthira mafuta ku Cormoran, chifukwa cha kuperewera kwamafuta pachilumbachi.

M’kupita kwanthaŵi, amalinyero a ku Germany a Cormoran anapatsidwa chilolezo cha kubwera ndi kupita momasuka kuchokera m’ngalawamo. Ubale pakati pa anthu am'deralo ndi Navy ndi antchito a Cormoran unali waubwenzi kwambiri. Pamene US idalowa mu WWI pa Epulo 6, 1917, ubalewo unakakamizika kusintha.

Chikumbutso cha SMS Cormoran II chomwe chinamangidwa mu 1917 ndi amalinyero a SMS Cormoran ku US Navy Cemetery ku Hagåtña pafupi ndi manda asanu ndi limodzi a amalinyero. Chithunzi chojambulidwa ndi Bambo Chase Weir

Asilikali apamadzi adalamula kuti kaputeni wa Cormoran Adalbert Zuckschwerdt apereke ngalawa yake popeza mayiko awo anali pankhondo. Zuckschwerdt adavomera kuti adzipereke yekha ndi gulu lake, koma osati a Cormoran. M’malo mwake, analangiza antchito ake kuti achoke m’ngalawamo ndipo anakonza zoti amuphe. Pa Epulo 7, 1917 nthawi ya 8:03 am, kuphulika kangapo kunagwedeza SMS Cormoran II ndipo adayamba kumira. Tsoka ilo, si amalinyero onse amene anachoka m’sitimayo ndipo asanu ndi awiri anamwalira tsiku limenelo.

Mitembo isanu ndi umodzi yokha ndiyo idapezedwa. Oyendetsa sitima asanu ndi mmodzi anaikidwa m'manda mwaulemu wankhondo ku US Naval Cemetery ku Hagåtña. Manda adakali olembedwa bwino ndi miyala yapamutu yolembedwa dzina la woyendetsa sitima aliyense - Karl Bennershansen, Franz Blum, K. Boomerum, Rudolph Penning, Emil Reschke, ndi Ernes Roose. Mandawa alinso ndi chipilala chomangidwa ndi ogwira ntchito a SMS Cormoran II ndi mamembala ake otayika.

Pa Epulo 7, 2017, makamu a anthu adasonkhana masana ku Manda a Naval ku US kulemekeza kugwa kwa SMS Cormoran II ndi Mwambo wapadera Woyamba wa Peace Tribute. Michael Musto, SMS Cormoran komanso katswiri wosambira, adapereka mbiri yayifupi ya Cormoran. Gulu la Guam National Guard lidachita chiwonetsero chamitundu ndipo gulu la Guam Territorial Band lidachita. Oyendetsa sitimayo adalemekezedwa ndi dalitso lapadera la Chamorro lomwe linaperekedwa ndi Pa'a Taotao Tano', gulu lachikhalidwe chautali kwambiri la Guam, ndipo Pale Eric Forbes adapereka madalitso achikhristu.

Woimira Congress ku US ku Guam, Congressikazi Madeleine Z. Bordallo, adapereka ndemanga zotsegulira. Congresswoman, Rear Admiral, US Navy Commander, Joint Region Marianas Shoshana Chatfield, Senator wa Guam Dennis Rodriguez, Senator Joe S. San Agustin, ndi Milton Morinaga, Wapampando wa GVB Board of Directors adavumbulutsa chikwangwani cha chikumbutso. Kumbuyo Admiral Chatfield adaperekanso mawu ofotokozera ubale wa US Navy ndi Cormoran ndi gulu lake. Admiral anati, “Kodi ntchito ya woyendetsa ngalawa ndi yotani, kodi aliyense wa ife ovala yunifolomu angapemphedwe kuchita chiyani, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti ndingafotokoze mwachidule zimenezo ponena kuti tidzatumikira mokhulupirika, kuti tidzamenya nkhondo molimba mtima, ndipo tidzatero. kufa mwaulemu.”

Bambo Michael Hasper, Chargé d'Affaires wochokera ku Embassy ya ku Germany ku Manila, woimira dziko la Cormoran ku Germany anagwirizana ndi Walter Runck, yemwe agogo ake anali oyendetsa ngalawa pa Cormoran, ndi Maria Uhl wochokera ku Sonthofen, Germany, mzinda waung'ono wa Guam kuyambira 1988. kuyika nkhata yayikulu yamaluwa ndi chipilala cha SMS Cormoran II. Mabanja asanu ndi mmodzi aku Germany akumaloko anaika maluwa ang'onoang'ono pamanda a amalinyero asanu ndi mmodzi.

Mbiri ya SMS Cormoran II imaphatikizapo kukhala kwa miyezi iwiri ku Lamotrek, atoll of Yap, gawo la Federated States of Micronesia. Woyendetsa ngalawa wotchedwa Paul Glaser, wopulumutsidwa ndi Cormoran paulendo wake kudutsa Pacific, adagonekedwa ku Lamotrek. Lamotrek Association of Guam idalemekeza kulumikizana kwawo ndi SMS Cormoran II pamwambo woyambira wa Peace Tribute. Khungu lawo lopaka mafuta komanso lopaka utoto wa turmeric, nthumwi zamitundu yowala zidapereka kokonati ndikuwaza turmeric pamanda aliwonse. Zipatsozo zimayimira chakudya chachikulu chomwe anthu aku Lamotrek adatha kudyetsa pafupifupi anthu 300 ogwira ntchito ku Cormoran.

Anthu a m’derali anapatsa amalinyero amene anagwawo zipatso za mkate ndi madzi. Madziwo adanyamulidwa mu mbale ya New Guinean kuyimira mamembala makumi atatu a Cormoran omwe adachokera ku New Guinea. A Chamorro anagwiritsa ntchito tsamba la fern lamankhwala lotchedwa "kahlau" kuwaza madzi pamanda aliwonse ndipo belu la Chitchaina linali kulira katatu kwa woyendetsa ngalawa aliyense wotayika. Belu laku China lidayimira mamembala aku China ochokera ku SMS Cormoran II.

Pambuyo pa ulaliki wamwambowo, khamu la anthu linapemphedwanso kukaika maluwa pamalo achikumbutsowo ndi pamiyala yamutu. Kusunga ndi kulemekeza mbiri ya chilumbachi ndikofunikira ku Guam, kuyambira pachikhalidwe chathu cha Chamorro ndi mbiri yathu mpaka miyoyo ya anthu ochokera kumayiko ena omwe adakhudza magombe athu ndikusiya chizindikiro chawo. Kwa zaka zoposa 100 SMS Cormoran II ndi antchito ake akhala onyadira mbiri ya Guam.

ZITHUNZI: Olemekezeka adapita ku Peace Tribute ku Manda a US Navy ku Hagåtña, Guam. Kuchokera kumanzere kupita kumanja: Milton Morinaga, Wapampando wa GVB wa Board of Directors; John A. Cruz, Meya wa Hagåtña; Kumbuyo Admiral, US Navy Commander, Joint Region Marianas Shoshana Chatfield; Woimira US Congress ku Guam, Congressikazi Madeleine Z. Bordallo; Michael Hasper, Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy ya Germany ku Manila, Philippines; Senator wa Guam Dennis Rodriguez; ndi Senator wa Guam Joe S. San Agustin. Chithunzi chojambulidwa ndi Bambo Chase Weir

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