Sand Bay Naval Station (site)
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Second World War 1939-1945, closed / former military, United States Navy, historic ruins, fuel depot
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Former site of Sand Bay Naval Station.
The Great Sitkin site is located on the southwest side of Great Sitkin Island, on Sand Bay, approximately 25 miles east-northeast of Adak, Alaska, in the Aleutian Islands. The site, also known as Sand Bay Navy Station, became operational on on May 15, 1943 and consisted of 700 acres, which was used as a naval advance fueling station. Numerous fuel tanks with associated underground petroleum, oil, and lubricant soil contamination, piers, Quonset huts, storage warehouses, and ordnance magazines are on the island.
No one currently resides on the island. This site is owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Great Sitkin site is located on the southwest side of Great Sitkin Island, on Sand Bay, approximately 25 miles east-northeast of Adak, Alaska, in the Aleutian Islands. The site, also known as Sand Bay Navy Station, became operational on on May 15, 1943 and consisted of 700 acres, which was used as a naval advance fueling station. Numerous fuel tanks with associated underground petroleum, oil, and lubricant soil contamination, piers, Quonset huts, storage warehouses, and ordnance magazines are on the island.
No one currently resides on the island. This site is owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Coordinates: 51°59'26"N 176°5'19"W
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- Fort Brumback 679 km
- Fort Randall, Alaska 948 km
- Navy Town 953 km
- Middleton Island 2017 km
- Great Sitkin Island 5.7 km
- Umak Island 13 km
- Igitkin Island 14 km
- LIttle Tanaga Island 18 km
- Chugul Island 19 km
- Kagalaska Island 28 km
- Andrew Lake 38 km
- Adak Island 48 km
- Expedition Harbor 51 km
- Kanaga Island 91 km