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HABS No. HI-356-C, "Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Quarters for Officer in Charge of Radio Station, 1 Ford Island Way", 9 photos, 9 data pages, 2 photo caption pages HABS No. HI-356-D, " Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Commanding Officer's Quarters, 6-8 First Street ", 16 photos, 14 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
In 1916, part of Ford Island was sold to the U.S. Army for use by an aviation division in Hawaii, and by 1939 the island was taken over by the U.S. Navy as a station for battleship and submarine maintenance. From the 1910s to the 1940s, the island continued to grow as a strategic center of operations for the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Ocean.
Naval Station Pearl Harbor is a United States naval base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. In 2010, as part of the recommendations of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) commission, the naval station was consolidated with the United States Air Force 's Hickam Air Force Base to form Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam .
The US Army operated Luke Field, a 5,400 foot long runway, on Ford Island from 1919 to 1941. [37] In 1941 all of Ford Island used by the US Navy and renamed NAS Pearl Harbor. US Navy unit VJ-1 (JRS-1) was based at the Seaplane Base. Ford Island Seaplane Base was the first base hit on the 7 December 1941 attack.
Representatives of the U.S. Senate, U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), Navy Region Hawaii and Nan, Inc., dba Ocean House Builders break ground for the Pacific Warfighting Center. [4] A groundbreaking ceremony was held August 29, 2007. [5] Speakers at the event included U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye [6] and Navy Admiral Timothy J. Keating, commander ...
Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam (JBPHH) (IATA: HNL, ICAO: PHNL, FAA LID: HNL) is a United States military base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.It is an amalgamation of the United States Air Force's Hickam Air Force Base and the United States Navy's Naval Station Pearl Harbor, which were merged in 2010.
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The Navy gave the developers a 65-year lease of Iroquois Point/Puʻuloa, a 34-acre (14 ha) parcel on Ford Island, and the 6.6-acre (2.7 ha) Hālawa Landing—all underutilized Navy properties. The developers also were allowed to purchase 695 acres (2.81 km 2 ) of housing at Kalaeloa after three years and given outright ownership of the 515-acre ...