QQ also has a weibo, but Sina is the juggernaut. Weibo is extremely popular and like most other new information technology, is quickly changing the face of public discourse in China. Well, in part. Like Twitter, a lot of the activity is just following famous people.
Ulithi was a major staging area for the U.S. Navy in the final year of the Second World War. Several sunken warships rest at the bottom of the Ulithi lagoon, including the USS Mississinewa (AO-59), a fleet oiler which sank fully loaded.
The Battle of Leyte gulf is also considered as the largest naval battle in history in terms of tonnage of ships sunk. The Allied forces lost 1 light carrier (USS Princeton, the largest American ship sunk during the battle), 2 escort carriers, 2 destroyers and 1 destroyer escort â a total of 37,000 tons of shipping.