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99-463: The camp, originally the Aiea Naval Hospital , was named for General Holland McTyeire Smith , the first commanding general of Fleet Marine Force Pacific, on June 8, 1955. The initials H. M. also stood for his nickname which was "Howling Mad" referring to his temper and given to him by his Marines. An Act of Congress on 17 March 1941 had approved purchase of the site, then a sugar cane field, for

198-653: A 30-ton crane for servicing the subs. In 1933 a submarine rescue and training tank was built. In 1933 a new torpedo shop, pool, theater and repair building were completed and the USS Alton retired. Pearl Harbor Submarine Base was not attacked on 7 December 1941, the base was small compared to Naval Base and battleships . So the submarine fleet was the first to take the war to Japan in the Pacific. The submarine Base started with 359 men on 30 June 1940, then 700 on 15 August 1941, to 1,081 by July 1942, and peaked July 1944 with 6,633 men at

297-478: A Navy Hospital. In 1941, the investment for the 220½ acres of Camp Smith land, in fee simple (a term for owning both the land and the buildings), was $ 912,000, and improvements cost an additional $ 14 million. Work commenced in July and progressed slowly. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, construction of the planned 1,650-bed facility was rushed to completion. With Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in attendance,

396-745: A baseball team the: Aiea Naval Hospital Hilltoppers, as the hospital was on volcanic ridge overlooking Pearl Harbor. The teams played in the Central Pacific Area (CPA) League. Next to the hospital was the Aiea Naval Barracks, with the Aiea Naval Barracks Maroons team. Aiea Naval Hospital closed in June 1949 and is now part of Camp H. M. Smith . The 1949 patients were moved to a joint Army and Navy medical center at Tripler Army Medical Center . Naval Hospital Pearl Harbor at Hospital Point

495-676: A few Koreans were later held. At the end of the war, many of the troops returned home in Operation Magic Carpet and some of the small bases were closed. In the Korean War (1950–1953) some ships in the United States Navy reserve fleets returned to active duty after being overhauled at the shipyard and sea trialed by the base. With the Vietnam War (1955–1975) the base was again busy with support efforts. The Cold War (1947-1991) and

594-598: A later extension of the treaty, the United States negotiated for exclusive use of lands in the area known as Puʻu Loa, which were later used for the Pearl Harbor naval base. For decades, the sugar planters in Hawaii had been economically hampered by United States import taxes placed upon their product, and consequently had been attempting negotiations for a free trade agreement. Two previous efforts at reaching an agreement with

693-624: A major United States Marine Corps and US Navy aviation training facilities for Carrier Aircraft Service Unit (CASU). Flight crews and air mechanics trained at Ewa Field for the upcoming Pacific War, including Battles at Wake Island , Guadalcanal , and Midway . Also at Ewa Field the Navy had a lighter-than-air base for blimps and WAVES base. Ewa airfield had four runways from 2,900 feet to 5,000 feet. Aircraft carriers of World War II would have 70 to 100 planes on board. Escort carriers would carry 20 to 30 planes. US Navy and US Marines also operate

792-471: A request for new Hospital in 1909, which lead to the construction of the 1915 hospital at Hospital Point. Starting in 1925 and completed in 1930 more wards and buildings were added to keep up with the growth of the base. On Ford Island a Naval Dispensary was built in 1940. With Aiea Naval Hospital completed the plan was to close the Hospital Point Hospital, but with World War II the need was great and

891-621: A separate officer was named to serve as Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet. In July 1992, FMFPac was further designated as the component command, Marine Forces Pacific. In April 1994, Marine Corps Base Hawaii assumed operational responsibility for Camp H. M. Smith. Camp Smith today consists of 220 acres (0.89 km) at Camp Smith proper, 137 acres (0.55 km) at Puuloa Rifle Range in Ewa Beach, and 62 acres (250,000 m) in Manana Housing. Camp Smith

990-585: A sugar company, Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company. Five miles south of Naval Air Station Kahului was NAS Puunene, which was too small to keep up with the carrier aircraft demands of World War II. Holmes and Narver, Industrial and Architectural Engineers in Los Angeles won the contract to build the first part of the Air Station. Naval Air Station Kahului had two runways, 5,000 feet and 7,000 feet long. Navy Squadron VC-23 with Douglas SBD Dauntless scout bombers were

1089-555: A tender, to provide repair (or salvage) operations. The repair ship had machine shops, parts depot, the tools and crews to get ships repaired or able to get to drydocks. The USS Vestal was next to the USS Arizona during the attack. Other repair ships during the attack: USS Medusa (AR-1) and USS Rigel (AR-11) On the Waipio Peninsula the Navy operated a US Amphibious Training Base , Waipio Peninsula Amphibious Base . The base

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1188-521: Is holding base for decommissioned naval ships, waiting final fate of the ship. The ships are inactive, some are still on the Naval Vessel Register (NVR) and others have struck from the Naval Register. Current Coast Guard base Naval Station Pearl Harbor was made up of a number of bases, docks, berths, and depots at Pearl Harbor: Wheeler Army Airfield was a primary target and site of

1287-550: Is memorial to the men of the Underwater Demolition Team, that reads: This WWII combat swimmer commemorates the birthplace of the U.S. Navy SEAL Teams. Commissioned here in December 1943, UDT-1 and UDT-2 paved the way for 28 more Maui-based UDTs, which played a major role in the island battles of the Pacific between 1944 and 1945. These “Naked Warriors” swam unarmed onto heavily-defended enemy beaches with explosives to clear

1386-433: Is unique in that it is the only Marine Corps installation that supports a unified commander , Commander, Indo-Pacific Command (CDRUSINDOPACOM). Aiea Naval Hospital 21°21′23″N 157°57′53″W  /  21.356365°N 157.964705°W  / 21.356365; -157.964705 Asia-Pacific Mediterranean and Middle East Other campaigns Coups Second Sino-Japanese War Naval Base Hawaii

1485-503: The 2nd Marine Division during World War II. With thousands of Troops stationed and passing through Hawaii, the USO Hawaii was an important part of the life of many Troops. The United Service Organizations (USO) was founded in 1941 to lift the morale of our military and nourish support on the home front. The USO was formed by having existing organizations work together to support the Troops,

1584-533: The 600-ship Navy had Naval Base Hawaii active. Hawaii was admitted as a US state on August 21, 1959 by the Hawaii Admission Act . Japan planned and carried out a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Japanese midget submarines type Kō-hyōteki were used during the Pearl Harbor attack. Five midget submarines were launched before the Pearl Harbor attack: 16, 18, 19, 20, and 22. Of

1683-532: The Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers were at sea during the attack and most of the other ships sunk in the attack were repaired and put back in service. During the war, Hawaii became a major staging and training base for the Pacific War. Many wounded troops were sent to Hawaii hospitals. The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard became a major repair base for the war. Hawaii was a major supply depot and refueling depot for

1782-533: The 50 All-Star players in the series, 36 had played in the major leagues. Navy Fleet tournaments were also played in Hawaii. Joe DiMaggio , hit a home run out of the Honolulu Stadium while playing for a military base team in 1944. Kamaainas. Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 The Treaty of Reciprocity between the United States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom ( Hawaiian : Kuʻikahi Pānaʻi Like )

1881-428: The 8 miles of beach from Māʻalaea Bay to Makena Landing at 20°43′14″N 156°26′57″E  /  20.720466°N 156.449091°E  / 20.720466; 156.449091 from 1943 to 1944. Amphibious Training Base Waimanalo at Waimanalo Beach, 21°22′05″N 157°42′33″W  /  21.36805°N 157.7091°W  / 21.36805; -157.7091 , was used from 1943 to 1944. At Bellows Air Force Station

1980-461: The Air Station. The airfield was support by a small Naval Base at Kahului Harbor . Naval Air Station Kahului was deactivated in December 1947. The Navy turned the airfield over to civil aviation, Hawaii Aeronautics Commission and the base became the Kahului Airport . Commercial airline operations started in June 1952. Naval Air Station Puunene started as a civil airport at Puʻunene in 1939,

2079-528: The Japanese 354 planes 29 aircraft were lost. At the time of the attack, no US aircraft carriers were at Pearl Harbor. The USS  Enterprise was returning to Pearl Harbor and was 215 miles west of Pearl Harbor. USS  Lexington was 500 miles southeast of Midway . USS Saratoga was at NAS San Diego preparing to depart to Pearl Harbor. Due to the attack, the USS Yorktown  was transferred to

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2178-401: The Japanese attack. USS Dixie (AD-14) worked at Pearl Harbor in 1942. USS Piedmont (AD-17) worked at Pearl Harbor 1944. The seaplane tenders , USS Avocet (AVP-4) , USS Swan (AVP-7) , USS Hulbert (AVD-6) , USS Thornton (AVD-11) USS Curtiss (AV-4) , and USS Tangier (AV-8) were at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack. US Navy repair ships would come alongside a vessel, like

2277-721: The Japanese attack. The USS Fulton (AS-11) , a submarine tender was used to support submarines at Pearl Harbor from 15 March 1942 to 8 July 1942. YR-20 , was submarine barge used as a submarine and PT Boat tender. USS Orion (AS-18) was station from November 1943 to 10 December 1943, the USS Gar ;(SS-206) is one of the Submarines she repaired at Pearl Harbor. USS Sperry (AS-12) worked at Pearl Harbor in 1942. USS Bushnell (AS-15) and USS Griffin (AS-13) worked at Pearl Harbor in 1943 and 1944. The destroyer tender USS Whitney (AD-4) and USS Dobbin (AD-3) were at Pearl Harbor during

2376-582: The Mokapu Peninsula. In 1940 a 5,700 by 1,000 foot runway was added to seaplane base, with housing for 9,000 men. During the 1941 attack, only 9 of the 36 PBY Catalinas at Kaneohe Base survived the attack and of the 9 that survived, six were damaged. At the Kaneohe Bay Seaplane Base 18 sailors were killed in the attack. Seabees built an assembly depot, repair depot, plating shop, engine testing depot, and an engine-overhaul depot. In February 1944

2475-673: The Naval Station at Pier 5 in Honolulu. USS F-4  sank off Honolulu in 1915 and the remaining F-class submarines were taken back to the states. In 1916 four K type submarines operated out of Pearl Harbor with the submarine tender USS Alert (AS-4) till after World War I. In 1919 a submarine base was built with waterfront concrete docking slabs at 21°21′18″N 157°56′31″W  /  21.355°N 157.942°W  / 21.355; -157.942 , on Quarry Loch and Magazine Loch. Commander Chester W. Nimitz , later Fleet Admiral Nimitz,

2574-777: The Naval Submarine Base Pearl Harbor was the Pearl Harbor PT Boat Base. PT boats used the same torpedoes as the submarines so the PT Boat base operated out of the Submarine Base. At the time of the attack six PT boats were in Magazine Loch at the base at Berth S-13: PT-20 , PT-21, PT-22, PT-23, PT-24, and PT-25, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron One. The PT Boats were the first to use their anti-aircraft guns to shoot back. The PT Boats fired over 4,000 rounds at

2673-419: The Navy took over the airport on December 7, 1941, after the attack. At the time the construction work at the airport was about 90 percent completed at 20°49′01″N 156°27′36″W  /  20.817°N 156.46°W  / 20.817; -156.46  ( Naval Air Station Puunene ) . The 2,202 acres airfield had two 4,500-foot runway. The Naval Air Station Puunene facilities were expanded to support

2772-702: The Nimitz Bowl. Nimitz Bowl was sometime call the Hill . Bob Hope released as record album recorded at the I Never Left Home in June 1944, A tribute to the armed forces on Capitol Records. Site of Nimitz Bowl is now the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific also called the Punchbowl Cemetery. Congress approved funding and construction in February 1948 for a new national cemetery in Hawaii. The new cemetery

2871-517: The Pacific Fleet in 1919. The Port of San Diego was too shallow to handle the battleships , so San Pedro Submarine Base became a Naval Base on August 9, 1919. San Pedro Submarine Base and Long Beach became fleet anchorage for the 200 ships. In 1940, President Roosevelt had the fleet at San Pedro moved and stationed at Honolulu 's Naval Base Pearl Harbor due to Japanese war actions in China. While

2970-705: The Pacific Fleet on 16 December 1941. New aircraft carriers would join the Pacific War and other transferred. The USS Yorktown was later sunk by Japanese submarine I-168 on 7 June 1942. USS Lexington (CV-2) was badly damaged in the Battle of the Coral on 8 May 1942 and was scuttled. Naval Submarine Base Pearl Harbor opened in 1918 at the end of World War I. The US Navy sent United States R-class submarines : USS R-15 (SS-92) and USS R-20 (SS-97) . The submarines arrived in January 1919. In 1912 four F-class submarines operated out of

3069-626: The Pacific War grew, so did the hospital. In 1944 temporary wards with 5,000 beds was added by the US Navy's Seabees , Naval Construction Battalion. Aiea Naval Hospital had patients from battles in Solomon, Gilbert, Marshall Islands, Saipan, Guam, and Mariana Islands. In 1944 the hospital received 41,872 patients, and 39,006 of these patients were transferred to the mainland or returned to active duty. The hospital's patients peaked in March 1945 with 5,676 patients after

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3168-597: The Pacific War. A vast fleet of United States Merchant Navy ships help keep the base depots supplied. After the attack at Pearl Harbor, General Walter Short put Hawaii on Martial law , putting all of Hawaii under military rule till the end of the war. Japanese-Americans and Japanese immigrants on Hawaii were sent to Internment Camps during the war. Two small internment camps were built in Honolulu Harbor and Honouliuli . At Honouliuli 3,000 Japanese were held and later Italians, Okinawans, German Americans, Taiwanese, and

3267-509: The Pacific, 38 submarines in other theaters, and 73 submarines under construction. By the end of World War II, the Navy had built 228 submarines. Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet , USS Parche Memorial , Submarine Memorial Park, Sharkey Theater, Paquet Hall, NGIS Lockwood Hall Annex, and Navy Gateway Lockwood Hall are on the former Naval Submarine Base Pearl Harbor location on Quarry Loch and Magazine Loch in Southeast Loch. At

3366-516: The Pearl City terminal in 1934, including the China Clipper and Honolulu Clipper . The terminal was returned to Pan American after the war, but with many land base runways built during the war, the terminal was closed in a few years. Aiea Naval Hospital construction started in July 1939. There was an expectation of war and the Navy wanted to be sure to care for the troops. The Aiea Naval Hospital

3465-550: The Seabees built a second runway 5,000-feet long, Kaneohe Field. US Navy units stationed during the war at Kaneohe were: Patrol Wing 1, VP-14 with PBY, 318th Fighter Group, 73rd Fight group with Curtiss P-40E Warhawk ) and VP-137 with Lockheed Ventura PV-1 ). Kaneohe Field had an assembly and repair shop for aircraft. Naval Air Station Kaneohe was a training center for aviation, naval gunnery, turret operations, celestial navigation, sonar, and other naval operations till 1949. For baseball

3564-476: The Submarine Base.  Over 400 men were stationed on submarines out of the 123.5 acre base. During the war, the base handled 15,644 torpedoes and 5,185 torpedoes fired at enemy vessels. Of these 1,860 torpedoes made successful hits. Submarine Base had is own Base Medical Department, as medical needs on a sub are different than a ship. For Rest and Recuperation, the Submarine Base used the nearby Royal Hawaiian Hotel with 425 rooms, air crew and small craft crew used

3663-534: The US Navy and renamed NAS Pearl Harbor. US Navy unit VJ-1 (JRS-1) was based at the Seaplane Base. Ford Island Seaplane Base was the first base hit on the 7 December 1941 attack. An Aichi D3A Val piloted by Lt Cdr Takahashi dropped the first bomb, a 242 kg Type 98 land bomb at 7:55am on the seaplane ramp. During the war Consolidated PBY Catalina and Martin PBM Mariner were both stationed and passed through

3762-522: The United States failed, for many reasons. The planters wanted a treaty, but Hawaiians feared it would lead to annexation by the United States. Sugar refineries in San Francisco lobbied for a clause protecting their interests. The most recent effort before Kalākaua's reign died in the United States Senate . Within a year of Kalākaua 's election, the treaty would become a reality, although

3861-586: The United States under the treaty arrived in San Francisco in September 1876 in a ship commanded by Captain William H. Marston . In the United States, the complaints about the treaty had been from southern sugar plantation owners who charged that the treaty favored Hawaiian planters, and sugar refiners who believed San Francisco refiners, in particular, that of Claus Spreckels, were given an unfair advantage. In Hawaii,

3960-553: The United States was committed to Neutrality in the 1930s, Japan's aggression against China had caused concern. On December 7, 1941, Japan carried out a surprise military strike on the Naval Base in Pearl Harbor. Japan hoped to eliminate US military force in the Pacific as it soon carried out attacks across the South Pacific. The attack led the US to enter World War II. For the US all of

4059-565: The World War II workload, the Auxiliary floating drydock USS YFD-2 was added in October 1940 until 1947. The main shipyard was not attacked in 1941, only the ships at the yard were targeted. After the 1941 attack, only Dock No. 2 was working. YFD-2 and Dock No. 1 were repaired and used to repair the many ships damaged in the 1941 attack. The four drydocks and YFD-2 could not keep up with the demand of

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4158-526: The attack 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 others were wounded. The attack destroyed most of the planes at NAS Ford Island , Hickam Field , to the North Wheeler Airfield and NAS Kaneohe Bay . Japan's focus on the battleships, other large ships and airfields in the attack left other parts of the base unharmed: the power station, dry docks , shipyard , depots, fuel tanks, and torpedo depot, ammo, depots, submarine base, intelligence office . Of

4257-419: The attack, the US government took back all regular United States dollars and replaced them with new Hawaii overprint note during the war. Baseball was a popular pastime in Hawaii, different bases and organizations had Baseball Clubs. Furlong Field was a baseball field built in 1943 at Naval Air Station Kaneohe. This is where some of the base's Hawaii baseball teams played. Peterson Field at Aiea Barracks

4356-476: The base had the: Naval Air Station (NAS) Kaneohe Bay Klippers. Kaneohe Field is now part of Marine Corps Base Hawaii - Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay . In 1951, the Marine Corps took over Kaneohe Field, and the Navy moved land operations to NAS Barbers Point. Naval Air Station Honolulu also called Honolulu Airfield , was John Rodgers Field at Keehi Lagoon on the south shore of Oahu. The Navy acquired

4455-594: The base was the Naval Air Transport Service . The US Navy WAVES were stationed at Naval Air Station Honolulu with their own quarters. Naval Air Station Honolulu support the largest seaplane, Martin JRM Mars . The US Navy used Martin JRM Mars for cargo from San Francisco Bay starting 23 January 1944. The Martin JRM Mars service continued until 1956. In 1946 Airfield was returned to commercial use. The runways are now Honolulu International Airport . During

4554-444: The base. Battleship Row was along the east shore of Ford Island. K. Mark Takai Pacific Warfighting Center is currently on Ford Island. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, there was concern about a second attack, as such more anti-submarine net operations were put in place to protect capital ships and the dry docks. Net laying ships : USS Ash , and USS Cinchona Aloe-class net laying ships , worked at Pearl Harbor through

4653-634: The base. The airfield and run runway were abandoned, little remain of the base, as it is now overgrown with vegetation. The US Navy's Underwater Demolition Teams are the forerunner to today's United States Navy SEALs , they were founded in December 1943 in Hawaii. The first of 30 WW2 teams, was Underwater Demolition Team One, UDT-1 established with UDT-2 in December 1943. The Underwater Demolition Team trained at Amphibious Training Base Kamaole an ( ATB ) on Maui and Amphibious Training Base Waimanalo (ATB) at Waimanalo on Oahu near current Bellows Air Force Station . The Amphibious Training Base Kamaole used

4752-447: The battles of Okinawa and Iwo Jima. Hospital patients were entertained by 1940s celebrities like: Boston Red Sox Joe Cronin , organist Gaylord Carter , Nearby recreation center had: bowling alleys, tennis, and volleyball courts, and billiard tables for able patients. The 25-acre site's Richardson Recreation Center was used by all troops. The Hospital patient's food gardens, cared for by patients, as part of rehabilitation. The staff had

4851-423: The carrier plane training base moved to the newer Naval Air Station Kahului five miles away, in 1943, as NAS Puunene could not keep up with the war demand for carrier aircraft aviation training. Interisland Airlines was operated out of the base with limited civil air travel. Naval Air Station Puunene became a commercial airport on October 1, 1946. The Navy ended ownership in December 1948, the base-airport facilities

4950-536: The carrier plane training base. The southwest runway was extended to 6,000 feet. The northwest–southeast runway was extended s7,000 feet. The base was renamed Naval Air Station Maui in 1942. US Navy CASU 4 and VF-72 were the first to operate out of the NAS Maui. Naval Air Station Puunene also used the Maalaea Outlying Landing Field for training and Kahoolawe island for a bombing range. Later part of

5049-582: The commercial airfield John Rodgers Airport, in February 1943. John Rodgers Airport opened in March 1927. Next to the John Rodgers runway, the Navy built a second runway and a seaplane base. The Seabee lengthened the John Rodgers, the two runways were 7,400 feet and 6,800-foot long. The Seabee built two new 6,600-foot parallel runways on fill, aviation-gasoline storage, control tower, barracks, depot, 10 plane nose hangar, and two seaplane ramps. The main Naval activity at

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5148-566: The end of World War I . After World War I in which Japan fought on the Allied side , Japan took control of German bases in China and the Pacific . In 1919, the League of Nations approved Japan's mandate over the German islands north of the equator. The United States did not want any mandates and was concerned with Japan's aggressiveness. As such Wilson Administration transferred 200 Atlantic warships to

5247-434: The extension gave exclusive use of Pearl Harbor to the United States. Treaty ratifications were exchanged on December 9, 1887, extending the agreement for an additional 7 years. The most immediate result of the treaty was the boom in new sugar plantations. San Francisco sugar refiner Claus Spreckels became a major investor in Hawaii's sugar industry, initially buying half of the first year's production, and ultimately being

5346-461: The first attack on 7 December 1941, leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor The US Navy supported the Airfields with aviation gas , spare parts and shipped in planes. The Navy played baseball against the 7th Army Air Force ( 7th AAF ) Fliers. The US Navy supports the current Marine Corps Base Hawaii and Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay . During the war Marine barracks were on 55 acres next to

5445-754: The first groups were: Salvation Army , Young Men's Christian Association , Young Women's Christian Association , National Catholic Community Services , National Travelers Aid Association and the National Jewish Welfare Board . USO Hawaii serve all the military bases in Hawaii. Current USO Locations are: USO Honolulu, USO Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, USO Pohakuloa Training Area, USO Schofield Barracks, USO Schofield Transitions. USO operated Clubs, like: Hilo Downtown Club, Victory Club, Hu Welina club, Mo’oheau Park Club, Mokuola Club, Rainbow Club, Haili Street Club, Barbara Hall, Molokai Club, Honoka’a Club, Naalehu, Pahala, Pahoa and Kopoho clubs. One of

5544-404: The first unit based at Naval Air Station Kahului. Some troops trained at Naval Air Station Kahului joined Carrier Aircraft Service Units (CASUs). Carrier Air Service Unit 32 was the first unit at the base, on 1 September 1943. In April 1943 Seabee expanded the Air Station, 142nd Construction and 39th Construction worked on the base. On 11 February 1944 Construction Maintenance Unit 563 arrived to run

5643-885: The five submarines it is thought that only two made it into the harbor. No. 19 was captured as it grounded on the east side of Oahu. No. 18 sank after a depth charge attack. No. 20 was sunk by Ward . No. 22 made it into Pearl Harbor and fired two torpedoes, both missed their targets before being sunk by the USS Monaghan . No.16 fired two torpedoes, at an unknown target. The midget submarines had been launched by fleet submarines I-16 , I-18 , I-20 , I-22 , and I-24 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) from Pearl Harbor. Imperial Japanese aircraft (including fighters , level and dive bombers , and torpedo bombers ) attacked bases in Hawaii, including Pearl Harbor in two waves. The aircraft were launched from six aircraft carriers 430 km (260 mi) north of Hawaii. The main target

5742-408: The government became concerned that the subsequent United States Tariff Act of March 3, 1883 , which lowered sugar tariffs imposed on product imported from all nations, had left them at a disadvantage. Article IV of the reciprocity treaty prevented Hawaii from making reciprocity treaties with other nations. President Chester A. Arthur was in favor of modifying the existing treaty. At the expiration of

5841-468: The headquarters staff placed the camp in full operation just two weeks before its dedication on January 31, 1956. In October 1957, Camp Smith also became the headquarters for the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, who formerly shared the headquarters of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet at Makalapa , near Pearl Harbor. Both commands were headed by the same officer until 13 January 1958, when

5940-491: The hospital was commissioned on November 11, 1942, but continued expansion was necessary. Throughout World War II, the Aiea Naval Hospital served as a stopping off place for thousands of wounded sailors and Marines on their way home from the war in the Pacific. Hospital activity peaked following the battle for Iwo Jima in February and March, 1945, when 5,676 patients received medical care simultaneously. On June 1, 1949,

6039-636: The hospital was deactivated and Army and Navy medical facilities were consolidated at what is now the Tripler Army Medical Center . In 1950, the Territory of Hawaii began negotiations to obtain the Aiea facility for a tuberculosis sanitarium. In 1955, however, the Marine Corps selected the site as the home of the Fleet Marine Force Pacific. The first Marines took up residence in October 1955;

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6138-429: The hotel also. The base had a baseball team: the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base Dolphins. The bases on Hawaii each had a team that would play in their downtime. Submarine Memorial Chapel it is the oldest chapel at Pearl Harbor, it in now a remembrance of all the submariners who died in World War II. On 7 December 1941, the US Navy had operational: 55 fleet submarine and 18 medium-sized submarines ( S-class submarines ) in

6237-414: The major events during World War II was the Bob Hope show at the Nimitz Bowl. Hope called his 1944 USO World War II military tour of the South Pacific : “Loew's Malaria Circuit” and “the Pineapple Circuit”. Hope, Jerry Colona , Frances Langford , musician guitarist Tony Romano and Patty Thomas did 150 shows in the two 1/2 months they were on road. Hope and Thomas would do soft shoe dance together in

6336-464: The major shareholder in the plantations. Claus and his son John D. Spreckels became part owners of the Waihee plantation on the island of Maui. Within 5 years, it was estimated that he owned one-third of the sugar production in Hawaii. By 1882, the year he exported 24 million tons of raw sugar from the islands, he claimed to have a monopoly on the Hawaiian sugar production. Spreckels became one of Kalākaua's close associates, and by extension, tied in with

6435-410: The navy yard with 29 buildings. The Marine Corps baseball team was the Camp Catlin Gators. On Moanalua Ridge the Marines had a large staging base, built by the Seabees, able to house up to 20,000 troops in 3 camps, for troops departing. Marine base depot was on 73-acre next to the Seabee Camp depot. Camp Maui was a large staging camp. Camp Tarawa was a training camp built on the island of Hawaiʻi for

6534-454: The new coal station for coal and water. The Naval Station had existed in Pearl Harbor since 1898, but in 1908 the United States Congress allocated $ 3 million to build Navy Yard Pearl Harbor. Also in 1908 the Great White Fleet stopped at Pearl Harbor on its journey around the globe. During World War II Naval Base Hawaii was given the codename Copper and Naval Station Pearl Harbor the codename FRAY . The fear of Japan's aggression started at

6633-427: The old Hospital continued operations, called Naval Hospital Navy No. 10, till the end of the war. Hospital Point is now a Naval House complex. Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard was built in 1908. The first drydock was completed in 1919. Ship repairs start with the founding of the base in 1898. Three more drydocks were completed in 1941, 1942 and 1943. Dry Dock No. 4 built in 1943 was built at Hospital Point. To help with

6732-508: The planes from land bases. During World War II the demand for servicing ships and submarines was so great that the land base operations could not supply all the needs. As in many of the US Naval Advance Bases across the Pacific War, tender ships were used to support Navy vessels. Tenders provided: food, water, fuel, ammo, repairs, and for submarines and seaplanes crew living quarter. The submarine tenders : USS Argonne (AS-10) , USS Widgeon (ASR-1) and USS Pelias were at Pearl Harbor during

6831-440: The planes with Boat PT-23 shooting down the first Japanese torpedo bomber in the attack. The boats engaged in anti-submarine patrols after the attack. YR-20 , a submarine barge, was being used as a PT Boat tender for the PT Boat squadron at Pearl Harbor. Six PT Boats, at the time of the attack, were in various stages of being loaded onto the deck of the oil tanker, USS Ramapo , to be shipped to Naval Base Philippines . Ramapo

6930-564: The show and Thomas would do solo tap dance numbers. So the Troops could see Patty Thomas tap dance Hope followed her around a microphone . Also on the tour were singer Gale Robbins , musicians June Brenner and Ruth Denas, and comedians Roger Price and Jack Pepper . The tours visited: Naval Base Pearl Harbor Hawaii at the Nimitz Bowl, Naval Base Eniwetok , Naval Base Cairns , Green Islands , Bougainville , Milner Bay, Naval Base Treasury Islands , Naval Base Mios Woendi called Wendy Island, and Naval Base Kwajalein . Nimitz Bowl (1944-1948)

7029-442: The time of the attack, no nets were installed in the Naval Base harbor, as the shallow harbor was thought to be safe from air torpedoes. After the attack temporary and later permanent nets were placed to protect capital ships and the dry docks. a fleet of net laying ship ships were built and used at major bases across the Pacific War. Kaneohe Bay Seaplane Base, Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay , at Kaneohe Bay , Oʻahu on 464 acres of

7128-409: The treaty was not supported by all Hawaiians. There were concerns over American ambitions to annex the islands, with many in the business community willing to cede the exclusive use of Pearl Harbor to the United States in exchange for the treaty. Part of Kalākaua's election platform, as "Hawaii for Hawaiians", had been to oppose the ceding of any sovereign land. Hawaii legislator Joseph Nāwahī predicted

7227-641: The treaty was signed on January 30, 1875, ratified by the Kingdom of Hawaii April 17, and ratified by the United States on May 31, without giving away any Hawaiian land. For the US, signers were Secretary of State Hamilton Fish and president Ulysses S. Grant . It allowed certain Hawaiian goods, mainly sugar and rice, to be admitted into the United States tax-free, for a period of 7 years. In return, Hawaii agreed not to levy import taxes on American-produced goods coming into Hawaii. The first shipment of sugar from Hawaii to

7326-427: The treaty would be "a nation snatching treaty". At the urging of Hawaii's businessmen and the kingdom's newspapers, Kalākaua agreed to travel to the United States at the head of a Reciprocity Commission consisting of sugar planter Henry A. P. Carter of C. Brewer & Co. , Hawaii Chief Justice Elisha Hunt Allen , and Minister of Foreign Affairs William Lowthian Green . After several months of negotiations,

7425-479: The treaty's 7 years, it remained in effect on a year-to-year basis. In 1884, Henry   A.   P.   Carter and United States Secretary of State Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen sent a proposal to the United States Senate. After several months of negotiations, an agreement was reached on December 6, 1884, but it would be another 2 years and 11 months before ratification by both parties. Article II of

7524-509: The war the shipyard was renamed, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. After Naval Submarine Base Pearl Harbor closed, submarine service was moved to Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. US Nuclear Submarines are still supported at the shipyard . Naval Air Station Kahului was a US Naval Air Station on the north shore of Maui, Hawaii. Naval Air Station Kahului was used for carrier aircraft aviation training. The airfield opened 15 March 1943, construction started 16 November 1942. The land had been leased from

7623-506: The war, a new Auxiliary floating drydock, USS ARD-1 was stationed at the yard during the war able to repair destroy-size ships. USS ARD-8 was stationed at Pearl Harbor and Midway. USS Richland (YFD-64) started work at Pearl Harbor and then was sent to Naval Base Eniwetok , Naval Base Ulithi and then Leyte-Samar Naval Base . At the end of the war the USS Arco (ARD-29) transferred from Naval Base Okinawa to Pearl Harbor in 1946. After

7722-727: The war, in 1942, the Navy took over most of the Pan American Airways terminal, the Pan American Clipper Hawaii Terminal, on the southern tip of the Pearl City Peninsula at 21°22′31″N 157°58′37″W  /  21.375375°N 157.976901°W  / 21.375375; -157.976901 . The Naval Air Transport Service operated out of the base, new Pearl City Seaplane Base . Once Naval Air Station Honolulu opened Naval Air Transport Service moved to Honolulu Seaplane base. Pan American Airways started using

7821-407: The war. YNG-17 a net barge was used by the net laying ships to store nets at Pearl Harbor. In 1941 at the Pearl Harbor entrance the Navy had only a torpedo net installed. The torpedo net was only about 30 feet deep and did not extend down to the bottom of the channel with anchors. Submarine nets are anchored to the bottom. One and maybe two midget submarines were able to go under the torpedo net. At

7920-400: The way for amphibious landings. The concrete “scully” on which this swimmer stands is typical of the underwater obstacles they risked their lives to destroy. Fleet Radio Unit Pacific, also called Station HYPO, was the US Navy's codebreaking unit in Hawaii. The Navy unit was used in breaking Japanese naval codes . The US Navy's Station CAST and Fleet Radio Unit at Naval Base Melbourne

8019-448: Was Battleship Row at Ford Island and the airfields. Seven battleships were at Ford Island and one was in dry dock No. 1 for repairs, the USS ; Pennsylvania . All eight battleships were damaged and four were sunk in the shallow waters of Pearl Harbor. The battleship USS  Arizona and USS  Utah were not salvaged and remain as war grave memorials. The battleship Oklahoma

8118-643: Was a free trade agreement signed and ratified in 1875 that is generally known as the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 . The treaty gave free access to the United States market for sugar and other products grown in the Kingdom of Hawaii starting in September 1876. In return, the US received a guarantee that Hawaii would not cede or lease any of its lands to other foreign powers. The treaty led to large investment by Americans in sugarcane plantations in Hawaii . In

8217-494: Was a US Navy outdoor venue in the Punchbowl Crater at Aiea , Honolulu dedication was held on 14 April 1944. The US Naval's Seabees built the Nimitz Bowl with 12,000 seats in a natural Bowl, there was more seating for overflow attendees in the natural Bowl. USO shows, music and sporting events. Nimitz Bowl Sporting events included wrestling and boxing . Army/Naval and Naval District Championship, boxing matches were held at

8316-618: Was a number of United States Navy bases in the Territory of Hawaii during World War II . At the start of the war, much of the Hawaiian Islands was converted from tourism to a United States Armed Forces base. With the loss of US Naval Base Philippines in Philippines campaign of 1941 and 1942 , Hawaii became the US Navy's main base for the early part of the island-hopping Pacific War against Empire of Japan . Naval Station Pearl Harbor

8415-609: Was another. At Furlong Field on September 26, 1945, was the first game of the 1945 All-Star Game . The best for the base's teams played off in American League Vs. National League. About 26,000 came to the Base's 7 game All-Star Baseball Series . Admiral Chester Nimitz tossed out the first ball in Game 1. Game 6 was played at Hickam Field. Game 3 was played at Redlander Field near Schofield Barracks and Poamoho Camp at Whitmore Village . Of

8514-458: Was at 21°21′40″N 157°59′13″W  /  21.361°N 157.987°W  / 21.361; -157.987  ( Waipio Peninsula Naval Reservation Airfield ) and trained troops for the Pacific island-hopping campaigns. Waipio Peninsula Naval Reservation Airfield was built at the base after the war, with a single northeast–southwest runway along the eastern shore of the Walker Bay of

8613-667: Was at berth B-12 at the Naval Yard, as a Naval Yard crane was being used to load the boats. Patrol torpedo boat PT-29 was one the boats already loaded on Ramapo . The six PT-Boats at replenishment oiler Ramapo , PT-26, PT-27, PT-28, PT-29, PT-30 and PT-42 , were able to fire at the attackers. With the fall of the Philippines the 12 PT Boats were sent to defend the Midway Atoll in May 1942 under their own power. PT-23 broke down en route and

8712-488: Was called Naval Air Station Ford Island , (NAS Ford Island). On December 16, 1918, two seaplane ramps and two seaplane hangers were built. The base was near the Joint Services Flying Field, later renamed Luke Field Amphibian Base. The Island in the early days was called Rabbit Island . The US Army operated Luke Field, a 5,400 foot long runway, on Ford Island from 1919 to 1941. In 1941 all of Ford Island used by

8811-422: Was dedicated on September 2, 1949, at the site of the former Nimitz Bowl at 21°18′46″N 157°50′47″W  /  21.31278°N 157.84639°W  / 21.31278; -157.84639 . Naval Base Hawaii was both a major staging place for troops and supplies going to more forward base and a major rear base for R&R for Troops that had been on the front lines. Due to the fear of Japanese invasion after

8910-438: Was founded in 1899 with the annexation of Hawaii . Pearl Harbor started as a naval facility and coaling station after a December 9, 1887, agreement. King Kalākaua granted the United States exclusive rights to use Pearl Harbor as a port and repair base. The United States - Hawaii relationship started with the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 , a free trade agreement. On May 28, 1903, the first battleship, USS Wisconsin arrived at

9009-703: Was larger than needed for a civil airport and some of the surplus land and surplus buildings were sold. The 515.639 acres base was now in the ownership of the Territory of Hawaii, the Army, the Navy and the Hawaiian Commercial and Hawaiian Sugar Company. Hawaiian Airlines (now American) was the only operator out of the airport. All airport operations moved to Kahului Airport (former Naval Air Station Kahului) and Puunene Airport on June 24, 1952. The title of Maui airport also moved from Puunene Airport to Kahului Airport. Puunene Airport closed on December 31, 1955. Puunene Airport

9108-441: Was on 41 acres of land atop a steep hill north of Pearl Harbor. The Aiea Naval Hospital opened with 1,100-beds in early 1941. After the December 1941 attack, construction accelerated. After the attack, 960 patients were admitted and 452 died over the three hours after the attack. The Hospital Ship USS Solace , not damaged in the attack took in 177 patients. Aiea Naval Hospital was the primary rear-area hospital for Navy and Marines. As

9207-433: Was returned to Pearl Harbor. In 1943 PT Boats with Squadron 26, (PT-255 thru PT-264) were stationed at Pearl Harbor. PT Boats had a range of about 500 miles and were armed with four .50-caliber machine guns and four 21-inch torpedo tubes . PT Boat were wooden boat that were small, fast and able to attack large ships. Ford Island Seaplane Base was located on Ford Island 's southwestern corner in Pearl Harbor. The base

9306-480: Was salvaged and then scrapped due to her age. The other battleships damaged were repaired and returned to service: West Virginia , California , Nevada , Maryland , Tennessee and Pennsylvania . In the attack three cruisers : Helena , Raleigh and Honolulu were damaged and later repaired. Four destroyers : Cassin , Downes , Helm , Shaw were damaged and later repaired. and one minelayer . More than 180 US aircraft were destroyed. In

9405-446: Was stated. With limited barracks during construction submarine personnel lived on the 1885 cruiser  USS Chicago , later renamed the  USS Alton , at where pier S1 is now. By 1925, the sub base had about 25 buildings and some swamp land had been turned in usable land. In 1928, the current U-shaped barracks building was built to house all submarine and submarine base personnel. By 1933, submarine berths 10 to 14 were completed with

9504-592: Was the first Commanding Officer of the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base, Submarine Division 14. Some of the new bases building were aviation cantonment buildings from World War I France. The new base had a mess hall, administration building; machine shop, carpenter shop, electric plant, gyro-compass shop, optical and battery overhaul shops. For general stores, a floating barge was used. Starting in 1920, nine United States R-class submarine were stationed Pearl Harbor in 1920. In 1923 permanent building construction

9603-538: Was the first naval hospital at Pearl Harbor opened in May 1915 with a 50-bed at 21°20′53″N 157°58′01″W  /  21.348°N 157.967°W  / 21.348; -157.967 . From 1892 to 1910 the USS Iroquois was used as the Marine Hospital Service Hospital Ship for the base. In 1901 a dispensary building was built at the old Honolulu Naval Station. Surgeon General Rixey put in

9702-407: Was the other unit working on codebreaking. The unit at Naval Base Cavite and Naval Base Manila 's Corregidor Island was lost with the fall of the Philippines in 1942. Station HYPO was key in finding the planned attack on Midway in 1942. Naval Radio Stations United States Coast Guard Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at Pearl Harbor

9801-834: Was used for drag racing in 1956. Starting in September 1958 the Puunene Airport land was sold off, with the profits going to improve the Kahului Airport. One runways is still used by the Maui Raceway Park. Nearby on the former base are the Maui Go Karters Association, Signature Maui Event Rentals, Maui Motocross Track and the Army National Guard Armory off the Maui Veterans Hwy. In 1942, Ewa Field , Naval Air Station Kahulu and NAS Puunene became

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