Former Attu Station / Casco Cove Coast Guard Station

Russia / Kamcatka / Nikolskoye /
 airport, Second World War 1939-1945, military, battlefield, place with historical importance, United States Coast Guard, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, interesting place, historic landmark, United States Navy
Active airstrip formerly serving the USCG LORAN site, which was decommissioned in 2010.

Runway 02/20 5800 x 150 feet

This is also the site of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)-listed "Attu Battlefield and U.S. Army and Navy Airfields on Attu". The Japanese invasion of Attu Island in 1942 and the U.S.'s recapture of the island in 1943 represent the only battle of World War II fought on American soil, however remote it was.

Built: early 1940s
Area: 4,000 acres
Date added to NRHP: 2/4/1985
Other designations: U.S. National Historic Landmark
Notes: The NRHP nomination includes all structures and sites built prior to 1945.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attu_Island
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attu_Station,_Alaska
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   52°49'59"N   173°10'31"E

Comments

  • This might be able to assist with your query http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attu_Station%2C_Alaska
  • Active runway for Coast Guard flights. C130 capable for station there.
  • interesting features off the shore. Left over from the Japanese attack, if that's where it happened, or from Russian trade post?
  • Эта заброшенная авиабаза времен 50-60 годов прошлого века. И не против Японии она была построена, а как база на пути к Камчатке и Дальнему Вростоку СССР
  • На данный момент полностью покинута.
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