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Navy no. 618

Navy no. 618 is a historic site in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Makushin Volcano stands 1,811 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is WWII JIN Crater, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The apartment house at the naval radio station. Pre-war construction. Navy no. 618. was said to be the only brick building in the Aleutians. During World War II, it was the Marine command post.

The story

The Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base and Fort Mears were the two military installations built next to each other in Dutch Harbor, on Amaknak Island of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, by the United States in response to the growing war threat with Imperial Japan during World War II. In 1938, the Navy Board recommended the construction which began in July 1940. The first United States Army troops arrived in June 1941 and an air base constructed by the United States Navy was finished in September 1941. At the time of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, these were the only military installations in the Aleutian Islands. On June 3–4, 1942, the two bases were bombed by Japanese planes operating from two aircraft carriers in a two-day event known as the Battle of Dutch Harbor, marking the first enemy aircraft strike on the American continent in history.

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Dates from 1940.

Wikidata Q5317303, joined on its National Register reference.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates53.88500, -166.53535

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • WWII JIN Crater: 0.0 mi
  • WWII JIN Crater: 0.1 mi
  • WWII JIN Crater: 0.3 mi
  • WWII JIN Crater: 0.3 mi
  • WWII JIN Crater: 0.3 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Strawberry Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Haystack Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Hill 200: 0.9 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Bunker Hill Peak: 1.1 mi
Historic sites: 17
Parks: 6
  • Sitka Spruce Park: 0.4 mi
  • Town Park: 0.8 mi
  • Expedition Park: 0.8 mi
  • Tutiakoff Field: 0.9 mi
  • Unalaska Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Glass Beach: 1.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Navy no. 618. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Makushin VolcanoW 271°1,811 m15.3 mi
Table Top MountainNW 315°829 m8.4 mi
Lofty MountainENE 66°695 m10.1 mi
Pyramid PeakS 183°651 m2.7 mi
Mount Marshall ReeseWNW 301°596 m13.5 mi
Elizabeth PeakSSW 207°590 m6.5 mi
Sugarloaf ConeW 279°581 m11.4 mi
Red Cinder DomeWNW 293°574 m15.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox09:0920:3321:20
June solstice06:3522:4323:42
September equinox08:5320:2021:06
December solstice10:2316:3717:47

Local time (America/Nome).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333434374247525449433835
Precip in6.85.24.63.54.22.52.32.95.77.96.77.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dutch Harbor, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 85002733OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1279125176

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