Their last known position was reported as near the Nukumanu Islands, an atoll off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Radio logs from the USCG Itasca—which was stationed at Howland Island to guide ...

They had scanned 5,200 square miles of the Pacific Ocean’s floor between New Guinea and Howland ... Island, located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the US Coast Guard cutter ship Itasca ...

On July 2, 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart made radio contact with the Itasca, a US Coast Guard vessel anchored off the coast off Howland Island, a tiny strip in the center of the Pacific Ocean about ...