| Alaska Regional Office | U.S. Department of the Interior | |
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| Cultural Resources Team | National Park Service |
| National
Historic Landmarks in Alaska |
Kodiak
Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely and Abercrombie, Kodiak |
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Kodiak Island, Alaska |
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| National
Register Number: 85002731 Resource Type: Site Property Type: Defense-military Facility Designated: February 4, 1985 |
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| A joint operations center here directed Alaskan operations in 1942-1943. The principal advance naval base in Alaska and the North Pacific when World War II broke out, Kodiak’s ships and submarines played a critical role in the Aleutian campaign. Fort Greely, with its coast artillery and infantry troops, stood ready to repel an invader, but in the end the enemy did not come. In April 1943, the Army erected a permanent 8-inch gun battery north of Kodiak and established it as a sub-post of Fort Greely, naming it Fort Abercrombie. | |||||||||
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