Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I hangaia e te Seabees i te tau 1942 te papa rererangi. I hangaia e rātau he ara rere x me tētahi wāhi rerenga e ranea ana mō ngā waka rererangi kotahi-engine 24, e keri ana i ngā kōwhai hei whakawhānui i te motu. I te rohe o te motu kua whakawhānuihia, i tangohia e te rererangi rererangi. I tohua e te Navy tenei papa rererangi hei Naval Air Facility French Frigate Shoals, he awhina mo te Naval Station Pearl Harbor. Te ru o te motu o Aleutian i te tau 1946
I puta mai he tsunami i horoi i te Motu o Tern, a ka kati e te Navy te whare rererangi moana.