#Tjilatjap

[juergenfeytiat]

Guttapercha und der Tote aus Borneo

Kein neuer Commissario Guttapercha Keine Sorge, Guttapercha ist nicht noch ein neuer “Commissario” und der Tote aus Borneo auch keine exotische Leiche. Aber eins nach dem anderen! Auf den Fahrten der „Fürth“ treffen wir einige Waren an, die heute weitgehend in Vergessenheit geraten sind, wie zum Beispiel die Guttapercha oder auch nur kurz Gutta genannt. Wenn Sie nicht gerade in einem Dentallabor…

[pinturas-sgm-marina]

1942 01 04 I-156 - box art Aoshima

I-56 departed Cam Ranh Bay on 28 December 1941 to begin her second war patrol, assigned a patrol area in the Indian Ocean southwest of Tjilatjap, Java, in the Netherlands East Indies. Her first success came on 4 January 1942, when she sank the 2,626-gross register ton British cargo ship Kwangtung with gunfire south of Java at 09°12'S 111°10'E. One source states that I-56 rammed one of Kwangtung's lifeboats and machine-gunned others, and that out of 98 crewmen and 35 military personnel aboard, only 35 survived to be rescued the following day.

[redarmyscreaming]

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 USS Edsall (DD-219) readied for action with DesDiv 57 at the southeast Borneo oil port of Balikpapan. Continuing to escort convoys in a race against time, Edsall was damaged when one of her own depth charges exploded prematurely during an antisubmarine attack 19 February 1942. More Japanese bombers forced USS Edsall (DD-219) to leave before transferring all Langley men, but she completed the job on 1 March, then headed back to Tjilatjap. She never arrived. The gallant old four-piper fought a hopeless action against Japanese battleships Hiei and Kirishima, who sank her on the afternoon of 1 March 1942.

[sethshead]

I get old Indonesian spelling, since it used a modified Dutch orthography. I get new Indonesian spelling because it uses a modified English (considered internationally neutral?) orthography. Thus Jogjakarta becomes Yogyakarta, Tjilatjap becomes Cilacap. Easy peasy.

So why, in the 1930s, were the Dutch spelling the island now known as Jawa in Indonesian “Java”? “Java” is the traditional English spelling. Shouldn’t the Dutch have used the old Indonesian “Djawa”?

[lonestarbattleship]

"USS HOUSTON (CA-30) at Tjilatjap, Java, seen from the light cruiser USS MARBLEHEAD (CL-12), which was passing close aboard. HOUSTON's colours are half-masted pending return of her funeral party, ashore for burial of men lost when a bomb hit near her after 20.3 cm gun turret two days earlier during a Japanese air attack in Bangka Strait. The disabled turret is visible in the center of the view, being trained to port."

Photographed on February 6, 1942.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 82480

[manusiapencaribahu]

Benteng Pendem Cilacap

Benteng Pendem adalah hasil lokalisasi dari nama Kusbatterij op de Lantong te Tjilatjap yang berarti “Beteng Pantai di Teluk Cilacap”. Benteng ini merupakan bentuk pertahanan yang dibangun pada masa kolonial Belanda, tepatnya pada tahun 1861 hingga 1879. Terdapat dua Benteng Pendem di Cilacap, yang satunya berada di Pulau Nusakambangan.

Untuk tiket masuk benteng, sebesar Rp 7.500/orang dengan jam operasional pukul 08.00-18.00. Di dalam benteng ini, terdapat beberapa bagian bangunan, seperti bangunan klinik, penjara, ruangan senjata, ruang pertemuan, dan aula. Bangunan benteng di kelilingi oleh parit-parit lebar yang awalnya digunakan sebagai pertahanan. Namun sekarang dapat dinikmati pengunjung untuk berkeliling menggunakan perahu atau sepeda air. Salah satu yang menarik di benteng ini adalah adanya terowongan yang terendam air dan kabarnya tersambung ke Pulau Nusakambangan. Terowongan ini dapat disusuri oleh pengunjung, namun hanya sebagian kecilnya saja dan harus dengan pemandu.

Selain bangunan beneng, terdapat juga kandang rusa yang dapat dikunjungi oleh pengunjung yang datang. Fasilitas yang tersedia pun cukup lengkap, dengan adanya warung-warung makan, kamar mando, mushola, dan toko penjualan souvenir.

[uss-edsall]

When the destroyer Edsall was en route to Tjilatjap with the Army personnel from the Langley, Lt. Nix sent a message at 11:18 p.m. to Cdr. Edwin Crouch on the Whipple: “Do you have any further orders for me? Any information on conditions in Tjilatjap?” Cdr. Crouch replied: “Your 2318 negative proceed Tjilatjap. Suggest you keep well off coast today run in about speed twenty tonight to arrive dawn tomorrow.” The message apparently was acknowledged but that was the last anyone ever heard from the Edsall and neither the ship nor anyone aboard was ever seen or heard from again. Later that day the Whipple intercepted a message to the Edsall directing Lt. Nix to head for Exmouth Gulf, Australia, but no reply was heard. On March 1 the crew of the Edsall was declared missing and on November 25, 1945, all were presumed lost.

The Last Days of the United States Asiatic Fleet, by Greg H. Williams

[dandonoriginal]

Selamat menempuh hidup baru Om Annas dan Tante Uus!

Minggu 21 feb 2021

Glempang, Tjilatjap, Jateng

[lex-for-lexington]

“USS Marblehead (CL-12). Bow-on view, at New York Navy Yard, N.Y., May 1942 while there for repairs and refit after returning from the southwest Pacific theater. Her bow was slightly bent (8" to starboard) in a collision with the Dutch harbor tug Kraus at Tjilatjap, Java, on 13 February 1942. Note crew painting ship (top); also anchors.”

(NHHC: 80-G-13822)

[nariomaris]

Selamat menempuh hidup baru Om Annas dan Tante Uus!

Minggu 21 feb 2021

Glempang, Tjilatjap, Jateng

[uss-langley]

Tjilatjap was only about 100 miles away from Java, but it might as well have been a million miles away on Jupiter. Commander McConnell stood on the bridge, seething with rage at the incompetence that had just doomed his ship and his crew. A pawn of war was needlessly about to be sacrificed. The skipper told Commander Divoll that it might be a good time to say something to the crew about the imminent air attack. The popular executive officer picked up the microphone: “Boys, I’m just a little bit scared. We’re going to catch hell and I want everybody to concentrate and do his job. I wish you all the best of luck.”

Rising Sun, Falling Skies, by Jeffrey R. Cox

The USS Langley’s mission to deliver badly-needed P-40 Warhawks and other supplies to Java required that it arrive in Tjilatjap early in the morning, to avoid daytime attacks from unopposed Japanese air forces. However, Allied political maneuvering and meddling from Dutch Admiral Helfrich had forced her to zigzag between rendezvous points all night long, putting her well behind schedule. As a result, the Langley and her escorting destroyers Edsall and Whipple found themselves on open ocean, in broad daylight, in range of Japanese air bases. They were quickly spotted by a Japanese scout plane, and 6 hours later Langley would slip beneath the waves of the Indian Ocean.

[juergenfeytiat]

In Tjilatjap

In Tjilatjap

Im Süden der Insel Java Heute führen uns die Reisen des Dampfschiffes „Fürth“, einem Frachtdampfer der Deutsch-Australischen Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft Hamburg (DADG), nach Tjilatjap. Tjilatjap liegt im Süden der Insel Java, die vor der Unabhängigkeit Indonesiens zu Niederländisch-Indien gehörte. Die Stadt heißt heute offiziell Cilacap, in englischen Quellen wurde auch die Schreibweise Chilachap…

[paktung79]

Kalau kemarin pekalongan tjilatjap bisa 4jaman .. Sekarang Pekalongan Jogja juga bisa 4jaman ... Rute baru pekalongan klaten 3jam via tol boyolali .. Klaten jogja 1 jam mlipir ... #seduluranSelawase #loveandpeaceforever https://www.instagram.com/p/B51KES0nljUtSHXur2Znmt2MS7fAKGhstygW1A0/?igshid=tiv5xazq4u2l

[redarmyscreaming]

On February 27, 1942, the aircraft tender, USS Langley (AV-3), was carrying 32 U.S. Army Air Force Curtiss P-40 "Warhawk" aircraft for the defense of Java when she was bombed by Japanese naval land attack planes about 75 miles south of Tjilatjap. Along with Langley was the freighter Sea Witch, carrying an additional 27 Curtiss P-40 "Warhawk" aircraft, and the destroyer escorts USS Whipple (DD-217) and USS Edsall (DD-219). Due to the damage received by the Japanese aircraft, Langley was scuttled by Whipple. Seen from USS WHIPPLE (DD-217)

[potolawas]

Kereta melakukan perjalanan pertama dari Tjilatjap ke Meloewong pada 9 Desember 1947. Nampak seorang pria berpakaian adat Jawa berbicara dengan Van Gessel dari Staats Spoorwegen di peron stasiun kereta api Kawoenganten. Ca. 9 Desember 1947. . 📷: Nationaal Archief - @potolawas . . ⤴Follow💟Like 💬Comment 👥Tag 🔄Repost ============================= >> @potolawas << ❤ >> @potolawas << >> @potolawas << ❤ >> @potolawas << >> @potolawas << ❤ >> @potolawas << ============================= . . #potolawas #potolawascilacap #cilacap #cilacapkota #cilacapbercahaya #explorecilacap #wisatacilacap #visitcilacap #pesonacilacap #infocilacap #kawunganten #kawungantencilacap https://www.instagram.com/p/BxU15JKARzu/?igshid=1oko70vo5jh9m

[tin-can-sailor-blog]

On March 1, 1942, USS Edsall (DD-219) was sailing towards Tjilatjap, having split off from USS Pecos (AO-6) and sister ship Whipple (DD-217) the day before. She was carrying the 32 P-40 Warhawk pilots that had been aboard Langley, sunk two days earlier. She had acknowledged her orders, taken the pilots, and sailed over the horizon... Never to be seen again by Allied forces.

Around noon on 1 March, Pecos came under attack by the same ships who sank Langley -- the aerocraft of Kaga, Hiryu, Soryu, and Akagi. You may recognize those names as four of the six carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor. She broadcasted many distress signals, the last (and most defiant) being:

“LONG 10630 PICK UP SURVIVORS CQ CQ DE NIFQ SENDING BLIND SENDING BLIND CASNAY RAD US NAVY SENDING CQ CQ DE NIFQ COM LAT 1430 LONG 10630 PICK SURVIVORS OF LANGLEY AND PECOS CQ CQ DE NIFQ SINKING RAPIDLY AND THE JAPS ARE COMING BACK TO GIVE US ANOTHER DOSE OF WHAT THE U.S. IS GOING TO GIVE BACK IN LARGE QUANTITIES.”

It is unknown if Edsall heard them. It is known that Whipple heard them and returned, picking up 232 survivors before a submarine forced her to leave. 

From Japanese logs and reports, author Donald M. Kehn, Jr, in the book A Blue Sea of Blood, was able to figure out Edsall’s fate. She was found just 24 nautical miles away from Pecos’ survivors, by the Kido Butai -- the Japanese fleet. Against eight destroyers, a light cruiser, two heavy cruisers, two battleships, and four aircraft carriers, the little Edsall found herself between a rock and a hard place.

Unable to run due to previous damage forcing her to lose speed, her captain, Cdr. Joshua J. Nix, chose to fight. 

It would take two hours before she finally sank, having dodged over 1,335 shells between 8″ and 14″ in calibre. It took dive bombers from three of four aircraft carriers to finally disable her.

And in the process, she saved the lives of those who were rescued by Whipple -- at the cost of the 157 officers and men aboard Edsall, and their 32 aviator cargo.