Integrated Support Command Kodiak

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Kodiak Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely and Abercrombie
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Kodiak Air Station, January 1989
Kodiak Air Station, January 1989
Nearest city: Kodiak, Alaska
Coordinates: 57°49′54″N 152°21′37″W / 57.83167, -152.36028Coordinates: 57°49′54″N 152°21′37″W / 57.83167, -152.36028
Built/Founded: 1941
Designated as NHL: February 04, 1985[1]
Added to NRHP: February 04, 1985[2]
NRHP Reference#: 85002731
Governing body: COAST GUARD

Integrated Support Command Kodiak is the largest operating base of the United States Coast Guard, in Kodiak, Alaska. It includes Air Station Kodiak, LORAN Station Kodiak, and other units in the Coast Guard's Seventeenth District (Alaska). Historic elements that it includes are Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Fort Greely, and Fort Abercrombie.

The station is prominently featured in the 2006 film The Guardian and is frequently referenced in the Discovery Channel series Deadliest Catch.

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[edit] History

The base began as the Navy's Naval Air Station Kodiak on 15 June 1941.

On 17 April 1947 the Coast Guard Air Station was commissioned as an Air Detachment at the navy base with one PBY Catalina aircraft, seven pilots, and thirty crewmen.

On 25 April 1972 the order establishing Coast Guard Base Kodiak and CG RADSTA Kodiak was issued by the Commandant of the CG. CG Air Station Kodiak was already operating with three HC-130H airplanes and two HH-52A helicopters. Today, CG Air Station Kodiak operates four HC-130H aircraft, five HH-60J Jayhawk helicopters, and five HH-65C Dolphin helicopters.

Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Fort Greely, and Fort Abercrombie were together listed on the National Register of Historic Places and also declared to be a National Historic Landmark in 1985.[1][3]

The sites were involved in World War II.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Kodiak Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely and Abercrombie. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ Erwin N. Thompson (April 9, 1984), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Kodiak Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely and Abercrombie / US Coast Guard Support Center and Fort Abercrombie State Historic ParkPDF (863 KiB), National Park Service  and Accompanying 7 photos from 1982 and 1983.PDF (708 KiB)

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