Coast Guard Base Kodiak is a major shore installation of the United States Coast Guard, located in Kodiak, Alaska. The largest tenant unit on the base is Air Station Kodiak. It is also the home port for several cutters. Historic elements that it includes are the Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Fort Greely, and

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History

The base began as the United States Navy's Naval Air Station Kodiak on 15 June 1941. Artillery emplacements survive on Buskin Hill, Artillery Hill, and at

(now a state park), but little remains of Fort Greely's barracks. On 17 April 1947 the Coast Guard Air Station was commissioned as an Air Detachment at the navy base with one PBY Catalina aircraft, seven pilots, and thirty crewmen. On 25 April 1972 the order establishing Coast Guard Base Kodiak and CG RADSTA Kodiak was issued by the Commandant of the CG. CG Air Station Kodiak was already operating with three

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H airplanes and two

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A helicopters. Today, CG Air Station Kodiak operates five

J aircraft, five

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Jayhawk helicopters, and five MH-65C Dolphin helicopters. Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Fort Greely, and Fort Abercrombie were together listed on the National Register of Historic Places and also declared to be a National Historic Landmark in 1985 for the role the facilities played in World War II. and

2012 shooting

On April 12, 2012, two Coast Guard members were found fatally shot at their work stations in one of the communications buildings on-base. After an investigation conducted by the FBI, Coast Guard Investigative Service, and Alaska State Troopers, the prime suspect (James Michael "Jim" Wells) was arrested.

Homeported cutters

* USCGC ''Douglas Munro'' (WHEC-724) * USCGC ''Alex Haley'' (WMEC-39) * USCGC ''Spar'' (WLB-206)

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External links

Coast Guard Base Kodiak

Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak

17th District Alaska - USCG

Base Kodiak MWR Nemetz RV Park
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Kodiak Kodiak may refer to: Places *Kodiak, Alaska, a city located on Kodiak island * Kodiak, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Kodiak Archipelago, in southern Alaska *Kodiak Island, the largest island of the Kodiak archipelago ** Kodiak Launch Com ...

Buildings and structures in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska