Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) idamaliza chikumbutso cha milungu iwiri yokulemekeza chikondwerero cha 100 chakubwanyula kwa SMS Cormoran II. Sitima yaku Germany idakhala zaka ziwiri ndi theka ku Guam mu 1917, United States isanakhale mbali ya Nkhondo Yadziko I. Pa Epulo 6, 1917, US idalowa mwalamulo mu WWI ndikukhala adani ndi Germany.
Chodabwitsa ndichakuti, ogwira ntchito ku Cormoran komanso anthu aku Guam, kuphatikiza gulu lankhondo laku US, anali atakhala pachibwenzi. Udindo udafunikiranso Kazembe Wankhondo Wam'madzi waku US kuti afunse wamkulu waku Germany kuti apereke chombo ndi gulu lake. Woyendetsa ndegeyo adatumizira uthenga kuti atha kupulumutsa gulu lake, koma sitimayo. Pa Epulo 7, 1917, SMS Cormoran idachita zibwibwi ndipo idamira pansi pa Guam's Apra Harbor.
N'zomvetsa chisoni kuti, ngakhale kuti anayesetsa kuti atulutse sitimayo, oyendetsa sitima asanu ndi awiri anafa panthawi yomwe a Cormoran ankayenda. Mitembo isanu ndi umodzi idapezedwa ndikuikidwa m'manda ndi ulemu wonse wankhondo ku US Naval Cemetery ku Hagåtña. Zochitika zapadera ziwiri zidachitika Lachisanu, Epulo 7, 2017 yokumbukira zaka 100 zakubadwa kwa nkhanza. Yoyamba idayikidwa panyanja, pamwamba pomwe pomwe SMS Cormoran II ili pamtunda wa 110 mita (34 mita) pansipa. Chachiwiri chidachitika masana ku US Navy Cemetery komwe oyendetsa sitima asanu ndi m'modzi adapemphedwa ndipo chipilala ku Cormoran chidaperekedwanso ndi chikwangwani chokumbukira.
Nthawi yakumbukirayi, a GVB adalumikiza nkhani zingapo ku US National Park Services T. Stell Newman Visitors Center ku Piti. Olemba mbiri odziwika bwino ku Guam a Cormoran ndi mbiri yazilumba adatenga nawo gawo ngati ophunzitsa alendo. Dr. Bill Jeffery adakamba nkhani yokhudza pulogalamu yofukula zakale zam'madzi Lachitatu, Epulo 5 ndipo adabwereza pa Epulo 11. Nkhaniyi imayang'ana kwambiri pa SMS Cormoran II. Dr. Jeffrey ndi Pulofesa Wothandizira wa Anthropology ku Yunivesite ya Guam komanso amakonda kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi. Pa Epulo 6 akatswiri a mbiri yakale Rufus Hasplur waku Lamotrek ku Yap, Federated States of Micronesia ndi Toni Ramirez a Guam Historic Preservation Office adakamba nkhani yokhudzana ndi mbiri yakale ya anthu omwe amakhala ndi oyendetsa sitima ya SMS Cormoran II panthawi yomwe amakhala Micronesia.
A Michael Musto, akatswiri paulendo wopita m'madzi komanso wophunzitsa, adalemba mbiri yakufika kwa SMS Cormoran II ku Guam, malo osokonekera, komanso malo omaliza kukhala amodzi mwamasamba osowa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi pa Epulo 10. Musto adagawana nthano zamtsogolo za a Cormoran komanso zaka makumi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi chimodzi pambuyo pake, a Tokai Maru adalumikizana naye pankhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse. Zombo ziwiri zomwe zidasweka zidakhudza pansi pa nyanja ndikupanga malo okhawo padziko lapansi omwe madzi amatha kuyenda atha kukhudza zombo ziwiri kuchokera ku Nkhondo Zadziko Lonse nthawi imodzi.
Lachiwiri, Epulo 11, wolemba mbiri ku National Park Service a Dave Lotz adalankhula pa "Gulu la Germany East-Asia Squadron, gwero la nkhani yaku Cormoran ya Nkhondo Yadziko I". Kuphatikiza pa kukhala wolemba mbiri, a Lotz ndi wolemba komanso wofalitsa maulendo ku Guam.
Otsatiranso adathanso kutenga nawo mbali pamaulendo apadera othamangira ku SMS Cormoran II ndi Tokai Maru m'masabata awiri azomwe zachitika. GVB idachita bwino kugwira ntchito ndi oyendetsa ndege angapo akumaloko kuti akonzekeretse phukusi losangalatsa lomwe linasweka. Anali, Ax Murder Tours, Blue Persuasion Dive Boutique, ndi Micronesian Divers Association.
Ofesi ya Guam Visitors Bureau ikuvomereza chithandizo chachikulu chomwe idalandira kuchokera ku boma ndi mabungwe wamba pakukonzekera chikumbutso cha 100th chakumenyedwa kwa SMS Cormoran II. Anthu am'deralo komanso abwenzi ochokera ku Lamotrek, Yap, ndi Germany nawonso anali othandizana nawo popereka msonkho ku sitima yomwe idawafotokozera mbiri yawo.
GVB ikufuna kukulitsa nkhani yotentha ya Dangkulo na Si Yu'os Ma'åse 'ndipo ndikuthokoza kwambiri kwa anthu, mabungwe, makampani ndi mabungwe otsatirawa chifukwa chothandizira zomwe zapangitsa kuti izi zitheke: Bwanamkubwa Woyang'anira Guam, Eddie Baza Calvo; Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo ndi antchito ake; Mneneri a Benjamin J. Cruz, Nyumba Yamalamulo ya 34 ku Guam; Senema Dennis G. Rodriguez, Nyumba Yamalamulo 34 ya Guam; Senema Joe S. San Agustin, Nyumba Yamalamulo 34 ku Guam; A Peter Wittig, Kazembe wa Federal Republic of Germany, Embassy waku Germany, Washington DC; A Michael Hasper, a Chargé d'Affaires, Kazembe wa Germany ku Manila; Meya Bungwe la Guam; A Robert Hofmann, Meya wa Sinajana; A John A. Cruz, Meya wa Hagåtña; ndi a Jesse LG Alig, Meya wa Piti.
GVB idayamikiranso kwambiri zopereka ndi thandizo lochokera kwa bambo Eric Forbe, a Ray Gibson, a Cindy Hanson, a Walter Runck, ndi a Marie Uhl. Zikomo kwambiri chifukwa chaulendo wopita ku Cormoran wopangidwa ndi Ax Murderer Tours, Blue Persuasion Diving, Micronesian Divers Association (MDA), ndi GMI Scuba Wholesale.
Chikumbutso cha 100 cha SMS Cormoran chinali chochitika chothokoza chifukwa cha Mr. Jim Pinson, Mr. Luis Cabral, Mr. Frank Gradyan, Mr. Mitch Singler, Mr. Chase Weir, Mr. Michael Musto, Dr. Bill Jeffrey, A Rufus Hasplur, a Toni Ramirez, a Michael Genereaux, ndi a David Laguaña. Ofesiyi ikufunanso kuyamika ku US Coast Guard Sector Guam, US Navy, Joint Region Marianas, Guam Army National Guard - Colour Guard, Port Authority ya Guam, department of Parks & Recreation, department of Public Work, Guam Police Department, Guam Fire Department, Nkhondo yaku US ku Pacific National Park Services (Guam), Guam Public Library System, Guampedia.com, Guam Veterans Affairs, T-Galleria wolemba DFS, Cebu Pacific Airlines, Resorts World Manila, American Printing Corp., MARES, Leopalace Guam, Westin Resort Guam, Guam Premier Outlets, National Office Supply, Red Door Productions, Choice Broadcasting Company, LLC, Department of Education - Chamorro Studies & Special Project Division, University of Guam - Micronesia Area Research Center, Baba Corporation - Atlantis Submarine, Dr. Thomas Schuarz - Rikkyo University, Pacific Star Resort & Spa, Guam Auto Spot, Triple J, Guam Territorial Band, Pa'a Taotao Tano, Lamotrek Community of Guam, Gulu Laku Germany la Guam a nd gulu logwira ntchito molimbika la GVB.
PHOTO: Osiyanasiyana akukhudza zombo ziwiri zomwe zidasweka nthawi imodzi mosambira, kuchokera ku WWI ndi WWII ku Apra Harbor, Guam. Kumanzere kuli Tokai Maru wochokera ku WWII ndipo kumanja ndi SMS Cormoran II wochokera ku WWI. Zosiyanasiyana, kuyambira kumanzere kupita kumanja: Pilar Laguana, Jim Pinson, Luis Cabral, Frank Gradyan, ndi Mitch Singler. Chithunzi ndi Mr. Chase Weir
