Satawan

Captain James Mortlock was sailing from Port Jackson to Whampoa in Young William when he rediscovered two sets of islands on 19 and 27 November 1795.

[2] During World War II the Japanese garrison on the Mortlock Islands, under the command of Colonel Masatake Tobita, consisted of 753 IJA men including a company of six medium tanks and 257 IJN men including air base crew.

These include tanks (which may be seen on the main road), a few small planes, (the island was at one point home to a Japanese airstrip), and stone look-out posts along the north east coast.

Near the end that is towards the island called Ta is a large cannon left over from the Japanese that points out into the ocean.

The Micronesian Navigator and Carolina Voyager are large cargo/passenger ships that sail to and from Pohnpei and Weno, Chuuk, stopping along the Mortlock Islands as well.

There are smaller, local cargo ships named Queen and Midas Neuvich that sail to Satowan much more regularly.

The airline lands at Mortlock Islands Airfield on a 1,350 feet (410 m) concrete runway[4] next to Ta Village along the south side of Satawan.