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Killick (formerly the Admiral Killick

Haitian Navy The Armed Forces of Haiti (french: Forces Armées d'Haïti—FAd'H), consisted of the Haitian Army, Haitian Navy (at times), the Haitian Air Force, Haitian Coast Guard, (ANI) and some police forces (Port-au-Prince Police). The Army was always ...

base;''Washington Post''
"Coast Guard cutter delivers medical supplies, help; 'we saved a lot of lives'"
Spencer S. Hsu, 15 January 2010 (accessed 22 January 2010)'' also called Point Killick'') is the

Haitian Coast Guard The Haitian Coast Guard, officially the Haitian Coast Guard Commission (French: ''Commissariat des Gardes-Côtes d’Haïti'') or G-Cd'H, is an operational unit of the Haitian National Police. It is one of the few law enforcement organisations in ...

base in

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...

. It is the main base for the Coast Guard. It is the other port for the city, aside from the main

Port international de Port-au-Prince The (UN/LOCODE: HTPAP) is the seaport in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. It suffered catastrophic damage in the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Some of docks and warehouses are operated by the government's '' Autorité Portuaire Nationale'' (AP ...

. It is located about 10 miles outside of downtown Port-au-Prince, and is about a century old. The base is named after Admiral

Hammerton Killick Hammerton Killick (April 18, 1856 – September 6, 1902) was an admiral in the Haitian Navy. He was killed in the 1902 Firmin rebellion when he refused to surrender his ship to the German warship . A naval base in Port-au-Prince is named after ...

of the

, who scuttled his own ship, the '' Crête-à-Pierrot'', a 940-ton screw gunship, by igniting the magazine, and went down with the ship, instead of surrendering to German forces, in 1902, at

Gonaïves Gonaïves (; ht, Gonayiv, ) is a List of communes of Haiti, commune in northern Haiti, and the capital of the Artibonite (department), Artibonite Departments of Haiti, department of Haiti. It has a population of about 300,000 people, but current ...

, Haiti.

Facilities

The base is approximately an acre in size.''Keys Net''
"Key West-based 'Mohawk' crew: 'We felt their pain' in Haiti"
Sean Kinney, 27 January 2010 (accessed 28 January 2010) The port facilities can handle boats up to 40-footers. There were two piers, a north pier and a south pier. The north pier was destroyed in the 12 January 2010 quake. A

heliport A heliport is a small airport suitable for use by helicopters and some other vertical lift aircraft. Designated heliports typically contain one or more touchdown and liftoff areas and may also have limited facilities such as fuel or hangars. I ...

is attached to the base.''Daily Press''
"From Little Creek, USS Gunston Hall makes a lifesaving detour"
Hugh Lessig, 22 January 2010 (accessed 23 January 2010)

History

The base was set up during the 1915–1934 occupation of Haiti by the United States. It was a US Marine base. The base was used by UN

MINUSTAH The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (french: Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti), also known as MINUSTAH, an acronym of the French name, was a UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti that was in operation from 2004 ...

forces at the time of the 7.0 magnitude 2010 January 12 earthquake in Port-au-Prince. Stationed at the base was a battalion of Sri Lankan UN peacekeepers, and a Uruguayan maritime police unit also with the UN. The Haitian Coast Guard units on base were a 28-footer and a 40-footer.

2010 7.0 earthquake

The base was damaged in the 12 January 2010 7.0 earthquake.''Navy Times''
"CG continues evacuations, clears port"
Susan Schep, 19 January 2010 (accessed 22 January 2010) Only a handful of structures remained standing at the base. The roofs of many destroyed structures appeared to be collapsed down, while the four walls collapsed outwards. The main administrative building, mess hall, and depot were severely damaged. The south pier was damaged, and the north pier collapsed.''Wired''
"Rebooting Haiti’s Quake-Ravaged Coast Guard"
Nathan Hodge, 10 February 2010 (accessed 10 February 2010) The heliport was also non-operable as a result of the quake. Crews from USCGC ''Tahoma'' and USCGC ''Mohawk'' are helping to rebuild the base. After the quake, a

field hospital A field hospital is a temporary hospital or mobile medical unit that takes care of casualties on-site before they can be safely transported to more permanent facilities. This term was initially used in military medicine (such as the Mobile A ...

was set up at the base to treat victims of the quake. On the 18th, anchored at the base, and started relief operations.WVEC
"Navy in Hampton Roads answers call to duty in Haiti"
13News, 19 January 2010 (accessed 22 January 2010) The crew of ''Gunston Hall'' made the heliport operational again. As of 9 February 2010, the south pier was mostly operational again. A

floating pier {{Unreferenced, date=October 2007 A floating dock, floating pier or floating jetty is a platform or ramp supported by pontoons. It is usually joined to the shore with a gangway. The pier is usually held in place by vertical poles referred to as pi ...

had been set up, which has cranes. A second floating pier is on its way. The harbour is being used as an entry port for aid to Haiti.

References

{{coord missing, Haiti Ports and harbours of Haiti Government buildings in Haiti Organizations based in Port-au-Prince