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{{Short description|Bay in Papua New Guinea}}
{{For|the local-level government area in Papua New Guinea|Oro Bay Rural LLG}}
[[Image:Papua new guinea northern province.png|thumb|right|250px|The red area is Oro Province. Oro Bay is the large indentation in the red area, to the SE of the black dot, which represents [[Popondetta]], the provincial capital.]]
'''Oro Bay''' is a bay in [[Oro Province]], [[Papua New Guinea]], located {{convert|15|mi|km|0}} southeast of [[Buna, Papua New Guinea|Buna]]. The bay is located within the larger [[Dyke Ackland Bay]]. A port is operated by PNG Ports Corporation Limited with limited wharf facilities, located at {{Coord|8|53|47|S|148|29|39|E}}.<ref>{{cite web |title = Oro Bay Port |publisher = PNG Ports Corporation |url = http://www.pngports.com.pg/index.php/oro-bay-port |access-date = 13 December 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208053559/http://www.pngports.com.pg/index.php/oro-bay-port |archive-date = 8 December 2015 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
==History==
[[File:Orobaybase-1943.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Oro Bay Base in 1943.]]
During [[World War II]], Oro Bay was used as staging area, the terminus for convoys of [[Operation Lilliput]], for the [[battle of Buna-Gona]] and future operations. A [[United States]] advanced base was constructed at Oro Bay, with a [[liberty ship]] wharf at the southern end of the bay, installations along the shore, and [[anti-aircraft]] gun batteries in the surrounding hills.<ref>{{cite web |title = Oro Bay |publisher = Pacific Wrecks |url = http://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/png_oro_bay.html | access-date = 13 January 2011}}</ref> On 28 March 1943, [[Imperial Japanese]] planes attacked shipping and harbour facilities at Oro Bay, resulting in the sinking of [[SS Masaya|SS ''Masaya'']] and [[SS Bantam (1930)|SS ''Bantam'']]. [[Oro Bay Airfield]] was also located near here.
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==See also==
*[[Oro Bay Rural LLG]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151208053559/http://www.pngports.com.pg/index.php/oro-bay-port Oro Bay Port]
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[[Category:Bays of Papua New Guinea]]
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