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Shortly after the end of World War II, the U.S. military abandoned its Dutch Harbor outposts. For decades, the buildings remained standing, generally abandoned. With the growth of the king crab fishery in the 1970s, many of these buildings were used as warehouses, bunkhouses, and family homes.
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The central portion of the island was occupied by the facilities of the naval base, which included a runway and other aircraft support facilities, munitions storage facilities, barracks, a hospital, and a bomb-proof power plant. South of the naval base was
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In the late 1980s, the U.S. government finally funded a cleanup of the derelict fort, and the area was turned over for commercial use.
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Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska
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There are no sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Kusilvak Census Area.
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Japanese attack on Dutch Harbor, June 3, 1942. Group of Marines on the alert between attacks
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On June 3, 1942, the Japanese Navy attacked Dutch Harbor in the first aerial attack on the
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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On June 3–4, 1942, the two bases were bombed by Japanese planes operating from two
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Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK
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by Iliuliuk Bay. The two islands are joined by a bridge connecting the city of
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Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
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Other Army coastal defense facilities at and near Dutch Harbor included
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World War II on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
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recommended the construction which began in July 1940. The first
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were the two military installations built next to each other in
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was finished in September 1941. At the time of the surprise
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Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base and Fort Mears, U.S. Army
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District

Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base and Fort Mears, U.S. Army is located in Alaska
Dutch Harbor
Unalaska, Alaska
53°53′17″N 166°32′31″W / 53.88806°N 166.54194°W / 53.88806; -166.54194
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Dutch Harbor
Amaknak Island
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
United States
Imperial Japan
World War II
Navy Board
United States Army
air base
United States Navy
attack on Pearl Harbor
Aleutian Islands
aircraft carriers
Battle of Dutch Harbor
American continent
Amaknak Island
Unalaska Bay
Unalaska Island
Unalaska
World War II
United States Navy

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