Kodiak Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely and Abercrombie | |
 Kodiak Air Station, January 1989 | |
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| Location | Kodiak Station,Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska |
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| Nearest city | Kodiak, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 57°44′19″N152°30′17″W / 57.73861°N 152.50472°W /57.73861; -152.50472 |
| Area | 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) |
| Built | 1941 |
| NRHP reference No. | 85002731 |
| AHRS No. | KOD-124; KOD-137[a] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 4, 1985[1] |
| Designated NHL | February 4, 1985[2] |
Coast Guard Base Kodiak is a major shore installation of theUnited States Coast Guard, located inKodiak, Alaska. The largest tenant unit on the base isAir Station Kodiak. It is also the home port for severalcutters. Historic elements that it includes are theKodiak Naval Operating Base,Fort Greely, andFort Abercrombie.
The station is the subject of the seriesCoast Guard Alaska onThe Weather Channel and is prominently featured in the 2006 filmThe Guardian and is frequently referenced in theDiscovery Channel seriesDeadliest Catch.
The base began as theUnited States Navy'sNaval Air Station Kodiak on June 15, 1941. Artillery emplacements survive on Buskin Hill, Artillery Hill, and atFort Abercrombie (now a state park), but little remains of Fort Greely's barracks.[3]
On April 17, 1947 the Coast Guard Air Station was commissioned as an Air Detachment at the navy base with onePBY Catalina aircraft, seven pilots, and thirty crewmen. On April 25, 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 threeHC-130H airplanes and twoHH-52Ahelicopters. Today, CG Air Station Kodiak operates fiveHC-130J aircraft, fiveMH-60T Jayhawk helicopters, and fiveMH-65C Dolphin helicopters.[4]
Kodiak Naval Operating Base,Fort Greely, andFort Abercrombie were together listed on theNational Register of Historic Places and also declared to be aNational Historic Landmark in 1985 for the role the facilities played in World War II.[2][3]
On April 12, 2012, two Coast Guard members were found fatally shot at their work stations in one of the communications buildings on-base.[5] The event caused panic on the island as residents were urged to stay indoors and report suspect activities, and schools were put onlockdown.[6][7] After an investigation conducted by theFBI,Coast Guard Investigative Service, andAlaska State Troopers, the prime suspect (James Michael "Jim" Wells) was arrested.[8]
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