However , Navy Seabees rebuilt the landing strips , which were used as emergency landing strips for USAAF B - 29s .
It was useless to the U.S. Army as a staging base and useless to the U.S. Navy as a fleet base .
Navy Seabees rebuilt the landing strips , which were used as emergency landing strips for USAAF B - 29s .
It was useless to the U.S. Army as a staging base and useless to the U.S. Navy as a fleet base .