The area of the triangle is approximately 480,000 square miles. The leg from the navy base at San Pedro, California, to Dutch Harbour is 2400 nautical miles. The leg from San Pedro to Page-Page 4163 miles and the third leg which splits the North Pacific virtually in half from Page-Page to Dutch Harbour is 4322 miles.
Officials said that major sections of the fleet were not likely to cruise as far south in the Pacific as the Samoan station which lies 2276 miles below Hawaii.
They indicated, however, that aerie] arms of the fleet would cruise very near to Samoa, if not entirely there. Thus for the first time in history the navy planes will be in operation almost simultaneously in one set of war games from th frigid region of Alaska to fierc tropical heat of sub-equatorial Samoa.
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