Crusty old Joe's
Kodiak Alaska Military History
The official web site of the Kodiak Military History Museum
The AIRPORT area was the original Navy and Army airfield built circa 1940.
It is now operated by the State of Alaska. Several old military structures
within the airport secure perimeter will be described on this page.
AUW Compound
This was a heavily guarded weapons storage compound.
It is called the Advanced Underwater Weapons shop on some references.
The best information we have says it stored nuclear warheads for torpedos.
First 2 images from Library of Congress. Taken October 1984 by James Stuhler, USACE.
Next 6 images by Joe Stevens 1998.
Building 585
Architectural Data Form
Building 456
This was called the CRASH hangar. It housed both Navy and Coast Guard
crash response crews. The building was demolished in 1999.
Our museum has a number of articles salvaged from this demolition.
These photos were processed on April 11, 1999.
They are in box A, plastic bag 19 at my house.
Jerry Dietz was there in 1961-1962.
Building 99, warehouse
One of the few (only?) remaining examples of a standard warehouse design.
The navy used it for practice bomb storage.
It is currently used by the state for sign storage.
3029 square feet. More photos in box A, plastic bag 19.
Large plan of runways found in building 456.
(Labels not on original.)
Bob Leonard photos during 1956-1957 while flying in P2V-7s.
Note the absence of the AUW compound shown above.
Building 456 is visible near the mouth of the river.
The GCA site is present at the junction of 7-25 and 11-29.
Runway 7-25 does extend beyond the Devils Creek culvert.
The modern day terminal area does not yet exist.
The mouth of the Buskin River is very close to the approach end of
runway 18 as it was originally.
Dan Jessup Photos, 1950
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Note that there are no taxiways. Runway 7-25 stops at Devils Creek.
Navy base from 9000 feet
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Runway 18
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Runway 25
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Runway 28
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Runway 36
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2009 January 1
1965
It’s circa 1965 and it looks like an HU-16 just landed on Runway 25 and a P2-V
ready for takeoff on Runway 10 (I think it was) That aircraft looks too small
to be a PNA Connie or the station C-54.
Regards, Ed Yess edw121 at hughes.net [received in email 25November 2009]
Modern Kodiak Island Airports
Kodiak Island
ADQ-a Kodiak
Oblique West
ADQ-b Kodiak
Oblique Northeast
ADQ-c Kodiak
Overhead
AKK-a Akhiok
Oblique Southwest
AKK-b Akhiok
Oblique Southeast
KDK-a Kodiak Municipal
Oblique South
KDK-b Kodiak Municipal
Oblique West
KDK-c Kodiak Municipal
Overhead
KYK-a Karluk
Oblique West
KYK-b Karluk
Oblique South
KYK-c Karluk
Overhead
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Kodiak
Island
ORI-a Port Lions
Oblique South
ORI-b Port Lions
Oblique East
ORI-c Port Lions
Overhead
2A3-a Larsen Bay
Overhead
2A3-b Larsen Bay
Oblique Northeast
2A3-c Larsen Bay
Oblique Southeast
4K5-a Ouzinkie
Oblique Northeast
4K5-b Ouzinkie
Oblique East
4K5-c Ouzinkie
Overhead
6R7-a Old Harbor
Oblique West
6R7-b Old Harbor
Oblique North
6R7-c Old Harbor
Overhead
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These images are courtesy of the FAA at
http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/airports.htm
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(Note: If largest photo version doesn't load, it may be only available
on our CD-ROM of the website.)
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This page created 2003 June 12, updated 2012 November 23
