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[Pearl Harbor – Seaplane Runway Masterplan], Restricted SK-808

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1941?

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1 map : manuscript, black pen and ink on waxed cloth ; on sheet 48 x 39 cm. Lower right corner: "Restricted, SK-808, Supercedes SK-179." Likely made on site by a navy draftsman from plans and regulations developed by the base’s command and was intended for use by navy air officers and seaplane pilots. It evidently “superseded” an earlier plan. It is drafted in robust black pen on waxed cloth so that it could be conveniently folded and then unfurled by airmen in the field. On the south shore the East Loch is the “Navy Yard” and the “Southeast Loch”, which features the site of “Fleet Landings” and the submarine docks by “Kuahua Island”. The numbered stars that line the harbor’s main channels are fixed buoys, while to the north of Ford Island is marked the site “X17S”, being the inner-most of the fixed mooring positions for ships. The map focusses upon the East Loch of Pearl Harbor, which was the main site of the naval base. Ford Island, home to the airfield, the main seaplane mooring site and the quays of Battleship Row (located where “F4” is marked) occupy the centre. To the southwest, is the opening channel of the Pearl Harbor and the “Waipio Peninsula”, with the entrance to “West Loch”. On the northern end of Waipio is “Beckoning Point”, the waters off which are a restricted area, being a proving ground. To the north of the East Loch is the “Pearl City Peninsula”, with the entrance to the “Middle Loch”. The map defines and labels the four designated runways for seaplanes in Pearl Harbor’s main channels, providing their length and widths. They are as follows:
  1. “Pearl Harbor Channel” (225 yds. x 2500 yds.), located in Pearl Harbor’s opening channel.
  2. “Drydock Channel” (200 yds. x 2700 yds.), noted as being for “Take-off Only”, located in the channel between Ford Island and the Navy Yard.
  3. “Middle Loch Channel” (175 yds. x 1700 yds.), running between Ford Island and the Waipio Peninsula.
  4. “Pearl City Channel” (250 yds. x 2300 yds.), running between Ford Island and the Pearl City Peninsula. It is noted in the lower right of the map that “Boats will cross channel only at indicated lanes,” being the passages marked by dashed lines that cross the runways at regular junctures.
The map labels various mooring sites for seaplanes, including “Landing “A”, on Ford Island, being the most important hub, as well as the “Landing C””, by the Navy Yard. The map lends important insights into the operations of seaplanes out of Pearl Harbor during the World War II.

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Military maps, Maps

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https://hdl.handle.net/10524/88690

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Map

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Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)

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1935-1943

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Early and Historical Maps

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Early and Historical Maps
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