Integrated Support Command Kodiak

Infobox_nrhp | name =Kodiak Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely and Abercrombie
nrhp_type =nhl

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caption = Kodiak Air Station, January 1989
nearest_city= Kodiak, Alaska
locmapin = Alaska
lat_degrees = 57 | lat_minutes = 49 | lat_seconds = 54 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 152 | long_minutes = 21 | long_seconds = 37 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1941
architect=
architecture=
designated= February 04, 1985cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1911&ResourceType=Site
title=Kodiak Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely and Abercrombie
accessdate=2008-01-05|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = February 04, 1985cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = COAST GUARD
refnum=85002731

Integrated Support Command Kodiak is the largest operating base of the United States Coast Guard, in Kodiak, Alaska. It includes Air Station Kodiak, LORAN Station Kodiak, and other units in the Coast Guard's Seventeenth District (Alaska). Historic elements that it includes are Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Fort Greely, and Fort Abercrombie.

The station is prominently featured in the 2006 film "The Guardian" and is frequently referenced in the Discovery Channel series "Deadliest Catch".

History

The base began as the Navy's Naval Air Station Kodiak on 15 June 1941.

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 HC-130H airplanes and two HH-52A helicopters. Today, CG Air Station Kodiak operates four HC-130H aircraft, five HH-60J Jayhawk helicopters, and five HH-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.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/85002731.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Kodiak Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely and Abercrombie / US Coast Guard Support Center and Fort Abercrombie State Historic Park] |863 KiB |date=April 9, 1984 |author=Erwin N. Thompson |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/85002731.pdf "Accompanying 7 photos from 1982 and 1983."] |708 KiB ]

The sites were involved in World War II.

Homeported ships

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

ee also

*Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site (Kodiak Island, Alaska)
*"The Guardian"
*"Deadliest Catch"

References

External links

* [http://www.uscg.mil/mlcpac/isckodiak/ USCG ISC Kodiak]
* [http://www.uscg.mil/d17/AirStaKodiak/Air%20Station%20Kodiak%20HOME%20PAGE.asp Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak]
* [http://www.kadiak.org/ Kodiak Alaska Military History]
* [http://www.militarycampgrounds.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=38 ISC Kodiak MWR Nemetz RV Park]