Mushure mekushanya kwechikepe kuEaster Island muna 1875 na1887, mukuru wechiChilean navy Policarpo Toro akakurukura kubatanidzwa kwechitsuwa ichi muChile nemuzvarwa weRapanui muna 1888. Nekutora Easter Island, Chile yakabatana nenyika dzeumambo. Pakazosvika 1900 zvitsuwa zvese zvePacific zvaive pasi pekutonga kweBritain, France, United States, Germany, Japan, neChile. Kunyangwe hazvo United States yakawana kutonga kweGuam nePhilippines kubva kuSpain muna 1898, Japan yakatonga nzvimbo zhinji dzekumadokero kwePacific na1914 uye yakatora zvimwe zvitsuwa zvakawanda panguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Zvisinei, pakupera kwehondo iyoyo, Japan yakakundwa uye US Pacific Fleet yaive tenzi wegungwa.
U.S. Pacific Fleet