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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 Naval Station had existed in Pearl Harbor since 1898, but in 1908 the United States Congress allocated $3 million to build the shipyard, then called Navy Yard Pearl Harbor. [3] The shipyard grew quickly, and work began on the first drydock , which collapsed before opening in 1913.
[82] [83] With little other use of the island, as naval and air operations were moved to facilities on the side of the Pearl Harbor previously owned by the Bishop estate, the Navy decommissioned Naval Air Station Ford Island in 1966. [54] The island continued to be controlled by the Navy as a sub-component of Naval Station Pearl Harbor. [54] [84]
Naval Station Pearl Harbor was made up of a number of bases, docks, berths, and depots at Pearl Harbor: [109] [110] Naval Submarine Base Pearl Harbor with berths S-1 to S-21 Pearl Harbor PT Boat Base at berth S-13; Navy Yard Pearl Harbor with berths B-1 to B-26 Dry dock No. 1, 2 & 3 with berths DG-1 to DG-4; Dry dock YFD-2, next to Drydock 3 ...
moored, starboard side to, in Berth F-4, Naval Air Station, Ford Island (aft of California) Medusa: AR-1 Undamaged moored berth X-23 near Curtiss: Vestal: AR-4 Damaged, struck by 2 bombs and adjacent to Arizona during explosions, repaired self and a Pearl Harbor moored port side to the port side of the Arizona at F-7 Rigel: AR-11
The Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor destroyed almost 200 U.S. aircraft, took 2,400 lives, and swayed Americans to support the decision to join World War II.
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.
A Marine rifle squad fires a volley over the bodies of 15 officers and men killed at Naval Air Station Kanoehe Bay, Hawaii during the Pearl Harbor raid the previous day. Picture taken December 8 ...