Ngo-April 7, 2017, iGuam yagubha iminyaka eyi-100 yokugencwa komkhumbi waseJalimane i-SMS Cormoran II, ngalo lolo suku i-United States yangena ngeMpi Yezwe I futhi yadubula okokuqala. Indaba yokuthi i-SMS Cormoran II yalala kanjani phansi e-Apra Harbour yase-Guam futhi yazuza indawo yayo kuwo womabili umlando wase-Guam nowase-United States iyamangalisa. Indaba engakholakali ye-SMS Cormoran II kanye nokuhlonipheka okuhle okunesizotha kwamanzi emkhunjini manje ingatholwa ku-YouTube.
I-SMS Cormoran yafika eGuam ngo-December 1914, iphuma emalahleni futhi iphelelwe yithemba ngemva kokujahwa kulo lonke elasePacific yimikhumbi yempi ye-Imperial Navy yaseJapane. Umbusi Wamasosha Asolwandle wase-US wenqaba ukufaka uphethiloli e-Cormoran futhi wahlala e-Guam iminyaka emibili nengxenye elandelayo. I-Cormoran ekugcineni yaba nobudlelwano obunobungane nabasebenzi baseGuam kanye neNavy, ubudlelwano obaba nzima ngoDisemba 6, 1917, lapho i-US ingena kwiWWI.
Indaba ekhangayo ye-SMS Cormoran ifakwe esiteshini se-YouTube i-The Great War, ephethwe ngu-Indy Neidell. Isihloko esithi “Guam and the Cormoran,”
idokhumentari yevidiyo ibelana ngayo yonke imininingwane ethokozisayo yomlando we-Cormoran, owaqala njengomkhumbi oqanjwe ngokuthi i-SS Ryazan, futhi ugcina njengengxenye yezindawo zokutshuza ezihluke kakhulu emhlabeni.
Umcimbi wokugubha iminyaka eyi-100 yokugencwa kwe-Cormoran waqashelwa ngemicimbi emibili ekhethekile, owodwa emathuneni ase-US Naval eHagåtña, emathuneni ayisithupha kwabayisikhombisa baseJalimane amatilosi ashona ngalolo suku. Eyesibili yayisolwandle, ngaphezulu nangaphansi kwamagagasi lapho kwakulele khona i-SMS Cormoran II.
Ekuseni ngo-April 7, 2017 wabingelelwa isibhakabhaka esicwathile kanye nesimo sezulu esihle. Izikebhe ezithwele labo abeza ukuzohlonipha, okuhlanganisa nezicukuthwane ezivela eGuam, iButho Lasemanzini Lase-US, naseJalimane, zafika endaweni engenhla kwe-SMS Cormoran II. Umkhosi waqala ngo-8:03 ekuseni, isikhathi esiqondile ukuqhuma okwanyakazisa ngayo iCormoran eminyakeni eyikhulu ngaphambili, futhi yaqala ukucwila. Ngo-8:30 ekuseni, abatshuzi bangene emanzini ukuze baqale umcimbi wesibili. Isethulo sangaphansi kwamanzi ebhodini le-Cormoran sathwetshulwa ngevidiyo futhi singabukwa ku-YouTube. Ucezu lwesikhumbuzo lwakhiqizwa yiGuam Visitors Bureau futhi lubizwa nge-“SMS Cormoran II 100th Anniversary.”
I-SMS Cormoran II kanye nethimba lakhe beza eGuam njengabantu abangabazi futhi baba ingxenye yomphakathi nomlando. Funda kabanzi mayelana nomlando we-Cormoran ne-Guam ngokubuka lawa mavidiyo amahle manje atholakala ku-YouTube. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nesikhumbuzo se-SMS Cormoran II, sicela uvakashele visitguam.com/smscormoranguam . Ukuze ufunde kabanzi ngokuvakashela isiqhingi sethu esihle nazo zonke izinto ezijabulisayo ongazizwa e-Guam, sicela usivakashele ku visitguam.org
