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Adak Army Base and Adak Naval Operating Station

  • Also Known As: Adak Naval Station (Naval Air Station Adak)
  • Vicinity: Roughly bounded by Cape Adagdak, Scabbard Bay, and Shagak Bay
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

Established in 1942, these World War II installations were the westernmost in the nation for a short while, and allowed American forces to mount a successful offensive against the Japanese-held Aleutian islands of Kiska and Attu. Until very recently, Adak, located about 1,400 air miles southwest of Anchorage, remained an active naval station. - NRHP 27 February 1987


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1942/08/30 Adak Army Airfield (Code Name A-2, also "Longview") is established.
1942/09/14 Thirteen B-24 Liberators and one B-17 Flying Fortress supported by fourteen P-38 Lightnings, fourteen P-40 Warhawks and seven P-39 Airacobras from Adak attacked Japanese forces at Kiska harbor in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
1944/01/19 Dashiell Hammett Military Post First edition of The Adakian, the Adak Army Base newspaper edited by Dashiell Hammett from 1944 to 1946, is published.

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Particulars for Adak Army Base and Adak Naval Operating Station:
Historic Use Air facility
Owner Federal
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Military
Historic Use Military Facility
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Naval Facility



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 27th February 1987

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Adak Army Base and Adak Naval Operating Station
Registry Address: Roughly bounded by Cape Adagdak, Scabbard Bay, and Shagak Bay
Registry Number: 87000841
Resource Type: District
Owner: Federal
Architect: unknown
Area in Acres: 46700
Contributing Buildings: 4
Contributing Sites: 9
Contributing Structures: 5
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic LandmarK
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Military
Applicable Criteria: Event
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1942, 1945
Historic Function: Defense
Historic Sub-Function: Naval facility, Air facility, Military facility
Current Function: Defense
Current Sub-Function: Naval facility Military facility

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