Opana Radar Site During WWII

USA / Hawaii / Kawela Bay /
 Second World War 1939-1945, radar station, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, interesting place, closed / former military, historic landmark, historic site
This is the approximate location of the SCR-270 radar set that detected the approaching Japanese aircraft that attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The Opana Radar Site is a National Historic Landmark and IEEE Electrical Engineering Milestone that commemorates the first operational use of radar by the United States in wartime.

See also: tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2108&ResourceT...
www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/91001379.nl.pdf
www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/opana.html
www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/lockard.html
www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/mcdonald.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opana_Radar_Site
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Coordinates:   21°41'9"N   158°0'33"W
This article was last modified 9 years ago