US Navy planned seaplane base on Johnston Atoll according to the Dutch newspaper Marineblad dated 1936 no. 2

An item referred to the Proceedings dated January 1936 reporting that Johnston Island recently handed over to the US Navy department was a sand island in the Pacific pointing out of the ocean and suitable for establishing a naval air station.(1)

Note
1. Johnston Atoll or Kalama Atoll, unincorporated territory of the USA United States Minor Outlying Island]. In 1935 started the USA with preparations for use as seaplane base and since then was Sand Island seaplane base increased. In September 1941 was started with founding the Johnston Island Air Force Base.

American ammunition transport USS Nitro bound for Wake Island according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1935 no. 4

An item referred to the magazine Marine Rundschau dated April 1935 reported that the American ammunition transport Nitro with a seaplane on board departed towards Wake Island for prepare the founding of an aircraft base on the island.

Notes
1. Pyro-class. Laid down by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, USA on 19 March 1919, launched on 16 December 1919, commissioned on 1 April 1921, decommissioned on 30 November 1945 and sol to be broken up on 19 September 1949.
2. A unorganized and unincorporated coral atoll lying in the western Pacific Ocean as part of the so-called United States Minor Outlying Islands. In May 1935 was started with creating a flying boat base for the Pan American Airways. In October 1936 started this company with a passengers line across the Pacific using Martin M-130 Flying Clipper flyboats. In January 1941 begun the US Navy with constructing of a military base.