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Naval Base Hawaii supported the Sand Island seaplane base on Johnston Atoll 1,514 km (940 miles) from Hawaii. Naval Base Hawaii supported the Kingman Reef Naval Defensive Sea Area 1,480 km (920 miles) from Hawaii. Naval Base Hawaii supported the base on Wake Island but it surrender to Japan in the Battle of Wake Island on December 23, 1941 ...
The fort is located at coordinates , on the southeastern shore of the mouth of the Waimea River in Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii. A small parking lot is south of the Hawaii Route 50 bridge, known as Kaumualiʻi Highway in honor of the last king. Facilities at the park include an interpretive walking path and restrooms.
Hawaii Route 58 stretches 2 mi (3.2 km) from Route 50 in Līhuʻe to the junction of Wapaa Road with Hawaii 51 near Nawiliwili Harbor on Kauaʻi. Hawaii Route 56, also known as Kuhio Highway, runs 28 mi (45 km) from Hawaii Route 50 at the junction of Rice Street in Līhuʻe to the junction of Hawaiʻi Route 560 in Princeville.
The Fourteenth District was formed in 1916 by then-Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling, headquartered on the property of Naval Station Pearl Harbor. By 1945, the district consisted of the following geographic areas: the Hawaiian Islands , and islands to westward, including Midway , Wake , Kure , and Johnston , and Kingman Reef .
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 Island Plate: 150 Years of Recipes and Food Lore from the Honolulu Advertiser. Waipahu, Hawaiʻi: Island Heritage Publishing. Finney, Ben R. (1994). Voyage of Rediscovery: A Cultural Odyssey Through Polynesia. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-08002-5. Kane, Herb Kawainui (1998). Ancient Hawaii. Kawainui Press. ISBN 0-943357-03-9.
Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the naval fleet of the United States , before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 .
USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941, by the Imperial Japanese Navy, killing almost 2,500 people and sinking the main Pacific battleship fleet. Fortuitously for the Americans, the four Pacific aircraft carriers were at sea and escaped damage. Hawaii was put under martial law until 1945. [187]