Japonski Island, Sitka, Alaska. County/parish: Sitka.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 11, 1986. NRIS 86003559.
27 contributing buildings. 14 contributing structures.Also known as:
The Sitka Naval Operating Base and U.S. Army Coastal Defenses are the surviving elements of the World War II-era defenses and defense establishments in and around Sitka, Alaska. These facilities, in particular the airfields and naval bases, played a key role in the defense of Alaska, and in military operations against Japanese forces which occupied Attu and Kiska, two remote islands in the Aleutian chain. The Sitka facilities were designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1986.
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