The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Hawaii's World War II Coast Defense

Battery Pennsylvania at Mokapu Point is a Marine Corps base today.  It is difficult to visit and next to a firing range.  (Guns from the USS Arizona.)

Some other Coastal Battery sites:

Battery Adair is under an admiral's house and used as a cellar.

Battery Arizona at Kahe Point is by a landfill owned by Waster Management.  The guns for it were from the USS Arizona.

Oahu was ringed by hundreds of mass-produced pill boxes in 1942, many still exist.  Also, many anti-aircraft batteries ()mostly 3-inch, 20mm) were constructed between 1942 and 1945.

Defending the Island Before Planes Took Over.  --GreGen

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