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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waipio Peninsula, Waipo Peninsula, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, HI
LocationWaipo Peninsula,
Pearl Harbor, HI
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS HI-386
Building/structure dates:
1941 initial construction
National Register Number: 66000940
Significance: Waipio Peninsula was an active part of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base during WWII. The activities that took place here were important to the success of the war efforts in the Pacific. All the Navy functions on Waipio Peninsula contributed to victory, but the Amphibious Operating Base was the most directly involved in the Pacific island-hopping campaigns that helped win the war. Almost all of the structures built on Waipio Peninsula during the early 1940s were temporary structures, such as tents, Quonset huts, and wooden warehouses. Most were demolished long ago. The few facilities that remain are the only physical evidence of Waipio Peninsula's role during WWII.
Subjects
Naval Yards & Naval Stations
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
Photocopy, ASBF photograph, December 1943. (HSA, Admiral Furlong Collection - Neg. HC 30,013). Aerial oblique of Waipio Peninsula, northern part, showing numerous fishponds
Photocopy, ASBF photograph, December 1943. (HSA, Admiral Furlong Collection - Neg. HC 03, 014). Aerial oblique of Waipio Peninsula, central part, showing sugarcane fields
Photocopy, ASBF photograph, December 1943. (HSA, Admiral Furlong Collection - Neg. HC 30,015). Aerial oblique of Waipio Peninsula, southern part, showing Navy development
Photocopy, ASBF photograph, May 1944. (HSA, Admiral Furlong Collection - Neg. HC 30,016). Aerial oblique of Waipio Peninsula looking south, showing filling of fishponds
Photocopy, ASBF photograph, May 1944. (HSA, Admiral Furlong Collection - Neg. HC 30,007) Aerial oblique, looking across southern part of Waipio Peninsula
Photocopy, U.S. Navy photograph, May 1944. (HSA, Admiral Furlong Collection - Neg. 1987.118) LST 480 after west loch explosion off Waipio Peninsula
Photocopy, NAS photograph, March 1944. (BMA - CP 117, 164). Mosaic map of Waipio Peninsula
Photocopy, U.S. Navy photograph, 1944. (BMA - CP 121,957) Aerial view of Waipio Peninsula Amphibious Base
Photocopy, U.S. Navy photograph, 1945. (BMA - CP 116,995) Aerial oblique of Waipio Peninsula Amphibious Base
Photocopy. U.S. Navy photograph, 1945. Dock and service area of Waipio Peninsula Amphibious Base (BMA - CP 121, 958)
Oblique of mine observation tower building showing entry door and transformer building behind on right. View facing north-northwest
Side of mine observation tower building. View facing north
Ends of the mine observation tower and transformer buildings, showing the separation between them. View facing east
Oblique view of the mine observation tower and transformer buildings. View facing south-southwest
Oblique view of the mine observation tower and transformer buildings, with the tower building behind. View facing south-southeast
Interior of the mine observation tower building, showing the steel compass ring in the tower. View facing east
Interior of the transformer building, with the entry "foyer" on the left, room on the right, and slit windows. View facing south-southwest
Overview of beaching ramp, showing water entry. View facing northwest
Overview of the area leading to beaching ramp, looking across water of west loch. View facing southwest
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