Kodiak Alaska Military History

Introduction

Some of the maps here are in Autocad DWF format. There is a free browser plug-in available from Autodesk.

The file names of the DWF files are mostly those assigned by Jacobs Engineering who is the contractor for the Corps of Engineers. The fine people at Jacobs and at the US Army Corps of Engineers have been very helpful in assisting our research and to them we owe our thanks. Their CORPSCON datum conversion program is also very useful.

Place names are modern conventional useage. These Autocad maps depict 1998 conditions although some of the trails and buildings shown are no longer there or are difficult to find. These maps were created to clean up the area and show a few old structures that they were interested in cleaning up. There were many many many many more Quonset huts and other buildings not shown on these maps.

The other maps are standard JPG files that will display on any browser.

Kodiak Island Borough Maps

KIB Imagery Viewer
On the right side of the black band at the top, select LAYERS. On the right side of the items on the list click the down carat for a transparency slider. At the bottom select the KIB Imagery Basemap Layer for modern imagery. Then with the 1951 layer selected, use the transparency slider on the 1951 layer to move from 1951 to today.

Autocad MAPS

• Fort Greely
  • tank.dwf AIRPORT AREA is a 172 Kb file. The upper left corner is on Buskin River Road near the bridge just upstream of the ESU warehouse, Bldg 103. The upper right is north of the intersection of Tom Stiles Road and Rezanof Drive between Lake Louise and Boy Scout Lake. The US Fish & Wildlife Headquarters area is shown, Buskin Hill & Artilery Hill are NOT shown, the mouth of the Buskin River is shown. The Devils Creek area is the lower left corner. Aviation Hill is shown. Government Hill is shown. The bottom of the map is just below Aviation Hill and Government Hill. Many buildings such as Bldg. 520 near Devils Creek, Bldgs. A802-A815 on Buskin River Road and others only exist as concrete pads. The Aviation Hill area has been extensively razed and rebuilt since this map was produced.
  • fig5.dwf ARTILLERY HILL is a 1,249 Kb file. This is very detailed.
  • fig5-4.dwf BUSKIN HILL is a 913 Kb file. Battery 3. Buskin beach house.
• Long Island
  • longisl.dwf LONG ISLAND is a 117 Kb file. Shows whole island with sites labeled.
  • fig1-6.dwf CASTLE BLUFF is a 69 Kb file. This contains two maps showing the gun battery (Battery 5), it's garrison area and the SCR-296 radar site.
  • fig1-5.dwf DEER POINT is a 95 Kb file. Gun battery No. 4.
  • fig1-3a.dwf BURT POINT is a 80 Kb file. Three maps and legend.
  • fig1-3.dwf BURT POINT is a 94 Kb file. Five maps and legend.
  • fig1-2.dwf HEADQUARTERS AREA is a 82 Kb file. Three maps showing the south end of Cook Bay.
• Chiniak
  • af1-3.dwf AIR FORCE TRACKING STATION is a 267 Kb file.
  • fig1-4.dwf LITTLE NAVY is a 172 Kb file. Shows log house by the lagoon, the generator building, the log garage, a "supply building" [sic] which is actually the DF building, topography, trails, and not much else.

JPG MAPS

Modern Google Earth image of Kodiak showing the museum location at the top. Close up.

Map of the Harbor Defenses of Kodiak as built 1945.
Left half (North portion, 723k)
Right half (South portion, 657k)

Harbor Defense maps US Army 1945

Chiniak Point 1998 property map.

1944 Chirikof Island aero map

1944 Kodiak aero map

Topo map of recreation camp (ex Kingfisher base) on Afognak Lake. (205k) Also shows covered bridge. (Cropped 87k)

Saltery Creek Road Topo (429k)

Navy Base 1965

56 unit housing addition summer 1951 from KODIAK BEAR July 27, 1951.

1949 Topo map of Navy base (498k)

University of Texas topo map collection

USGS online topo map of Kodiak area 1949 put Kodiak AK in the search box. Maps available back to 1949. Then click SHOW.

Topo map of Monashka Bay to Gibson Cove. Shows downtown, most of Woody Island and Ft. Abercrombie. Does not show airport area nor Long Island. 483K.

Topo map of Buskin River and airport area. Roads shown are probably 1950s. 83K.

Termination Point to Neva Cove showing trail to Neva Cove. 1950. 364K.

Neva Cove (entrance point) maps

Navy structures with maps

• Chiniak
  • chinma_3.jpg 146 Kb Miller Field (west end), St. Peters Head garrison area.
  • chinmap2.jpg 71 Kb St. Peters Head, Battery 1. North end of Chiniak Lake, Isador Island, east end Miller Field runway.
  • chinmap7.jpg 53 Kb Chiniak Point Battery 2.
  • chinmap4.jpg 56 Kb Little Navy circa 1960. Shows antennas and many structures except for a small eastern portion of the site.
  • lilnav3.jpg 71 Kb Same as above, tighter zoom.
  • chinmap6.jpg 41 Kb Little Navy circa 1960. Eastern portion showing Cape Chiniak, Chiniak Island.
  • chinmap5.jpg 33Kb Air Force Tracking Station, Round Top radar site.
  • track9.jpg 42 Kb Same as above, tighter zoom.
  • topo2.jpg 53 Kb Portion of USGS 15 minute topo map showing Miller Field, roads, Chiniak Lake & Lagoon, Cape Chiniak.
  • chincht1.jpg 103 Kb Portions of two 7.5 minute topo maps assembled into one image showing the Cape Chiniak area from Pony Point to Cape Greville.
  • Topo map showing Chiniak area, Isthmus Bay to Sacramento River - 1949 - from Microsoft Terraserver images (240Kb)
  • Topo map as above but zoomed in on Pony Pt. to Soquel Pt. (417Kb)
• Puffin Island composite map made from two originals and field survey.
• Long Island map made from Autocad file.
• Great circle or equidistant projection of world centered on Kodiak because most people think the world is flat.
• Air navigation map showing all of Kodiak Island and radio aids. From original map segment in museum collection. Probably circa 1952.
• Woody Island maps are described on the Woody Island page.

Excerpts from a big Womens Bay Map

This undated WWII map is 84 by 40 inches. It shows the entire Naval Base including Bells Flats. The original is in the USCG map room. Our copy resides at the museum. The entire map is not represented here.

• TITLE BLOCK
• Womens Bay 1,038,200 bytes 2324x1666
• Womens Bay 152,260 bytes 799x573
• Navy Base main structure area from hangars to runways 1,081,754 bytes 2324x1658
• Navy Base main structure area from hangars to runways 163,934 bytes 800x571
• Army Garrison No. 1 (Nemetz Park) 994,584 bytes 2324x1659
• Army Garrison No. 1 (Nemetz Park) 148,753 bytes 800x571
• Army Garrison No. 2 (Swampy Acres) 926,029 bytes 1666x2324
• Army Garrison No. 2 (Swampy Acres) 142,513 bytes 600x837
• Army Garrison No. 3 (Russian River) 537,158 bytes 1666x2324
• Army Garrison No. 3 (Russian River) 88,775 bytes 600x837
• Bell's Flats NAS Extension (Sargent Cr.) 687,905 bytes 1658x2324
• Bell's Flats NAS Extension (Sargent Cr.) 123,062 bytes 600x841
• Bruhn Point to Mary's Is. 874,944 bytes 2324x1675
• Bruhn Point to Mary's Is. 124,919 bytes 800x577
• Seabee Three Lakes Housing Area 583,217 bytes 2324x1667

Mostly Long Island sites:

Datum WGS 84

Description     date      time      Lat        Lon          Altitude

AA ROAD         29-AUG-10 18:35:07  N57 45.564 W152 29.135  196 ft        

BAT1 EBC        06-AUG-11 11:02:45  N57 37.422 W152 11.698  141 ft        

BAT1 GUN 2      06-AUG-11 10:45:31  N57 37.445 W152 11.733  127 ft        

BAT1 GUN1       06-AUG-11 11:08:04  N57 37.431 W152 11.666  113 ft        

BAT2 GUN1       06-AUG-11 11:37:57  N57 37.117 W152 13.156  129 ft        

BAT3 B1/3       28-AUG-10 14:22:11  N57 44.914 W152 30.153  145 ft        

BAT3 B1/3 AWM   28-AUG-10 14:15:43  N57 44.924 W152 30.153  150 ft        

BAT4 AWM1       03-SEP-11 15:11:09  N57 46.359 W152 14.532   90 ft        

BAT4 BA MAG1    03-SEP-11 15:13:26  N57 46.395 W152 14.503   27 ft        

BAT4 BA MAG2    03-SEP-11 15:14:35  N57 46.398 W152 14.481   84 ft        

BAT4 BC         03-SEP-11 14:59:50  N57 46.357 W152 14.683  130 ft        

Bat4 BIGMAG1    03-SEP-11 14:39:29  N57 46.335 W152 14.832  -69 ft        

BAT4 CANTONMEN  03-SEP-11 15:06:11  N57 46.331 W152 14.619  106 ft        

BAT4 EBC        03-SEP-11 15:21:40  N57 46.384 W152 14.483  153 ft        

BAT4 FUSE&PRIM  03-SEP-11 15:33:05  N57 46.402 W152 14.458  136 ft        

BAT4 GUN1/DP    03-SEP-11 15:29:12  N57 46.364 W152 14.490  142 ft        

BAT4 GUN2       03-SEP-11 15:26:53  N57 46.374 W152 14.471  145 ft        

BAT4 GUN3       03-SEP-11 15:18:25  N57 46.384 W152 14.453  134 ft        

BAT4 GUN4       03-SEP-11 15:16:04  N57 46.394 W152 14.433  117 ft        

BAT4 LG DUGOUT  03-SEP-11 14:48:39  N57 46.312 W152 14.778  111 ft        

BAT4 LG MAG     03-SEP-11 15:52:13  N57 46.343 W152 14.799    1 ft        

Bat4 MAG1       03-SEP-11 14:35:18  N57 46.281 W152 15.016  -78 ft        

BAT4 MAGAREAWM  03-SEP-11 15:54:04  N57 46.348 W152 14.819    4 ft        

BAT4 MESSHALL   03-SEP-11 15:03:06  N57 46.351 W152 14.605   85 ft        

BAT4 ORDERLY R  03-SEP-11 15:23:46  N57 46.382 W152 14.507  150 ft        

BAT4 P&S        03-SEP-11 14:41:49  N57 46.306 W152 14.812   31 ft        

BAT4 UNK        03-SEP-11 15:43:48  N57 46.298 W152 14.548   60 ft        

BAT5 AWM        03-SEP-11 19:53:36  N57 46.754 W152 14.335   30 ft        

BAT5 BC         03-SEP-11 19:56:07  N57 46.784 W152 14.260   44 ft        

BAT5 CANTONMEN  03-SEP-11 19:42:48  N57 46.748 W152 14.657   32 ft        

BAT5 EMPL MAG   03-SEP-11 20:03:40  N57 46.870 W152 14.199  106 ft        

BAT5 GUN1/DP    03-SEP-11 19:59:23  N57 46.854 W152 14.199   97 ft        

BAT5 GUN2       03-SEP-11 20:05:47  N57 46.878 W152 14.162   79 ft        

BAT5 RES MAG    03-SEP-11 19:34:00  N57 46.703 W152 14.898   60 ft        

BAT5 SCR296TWR  03-SEP-11 19:49:03  N57 46.763 W152 14.419   61 ft        

BAT5 WAREHOUSE  03-SEP-11 19:37:49  N57 46.773 W152 14.788  -22 ft        

BAT6 40MM #1    29-AUG-10 11:52:35  N57 50.163 W152 21.134  122 ft        

BAT6 40MM #2    24-AUG-10 20:32:52  N57 50.219 W152 21.209  104 ft        

BAT6 BAT MAG    24-AUG-10 20:50:36  N57 49.959 W152 21.531  -58 ft        

BAT6 BC-B1/6    24-AUG-10 20:39:00  N57 50.191 W152 21.338  123 ft        

BAT6 EBC        29-AUG-10 11:46:49  N57 50.189 W152 21.177  145 ft        

BAT6 GUN 1      24-AUG-10 20:27:48  N57 50.177 W152 21.141   99 ft        

BAT6 GUN 2      24-AUG-10 20:30:07  N57 50.212 W152 21.176  116 ft        

BAT6 P&S        24-AUG-10 20:46:46  N57 50.105 W152 21.265   15 ft        

Boat Landing    04-SEP-10 12:30:37  N57 55.131 W152 37.713  -26 ft        

BUSK AA2        29-AUG-10 18:30:06  N57 45.560 W152 29.091  161 ft        

BUSKIN A/A?     29-AUG-10 18:23:39  N57 45.572 W152 29.018  198 ft        

BUSKIN ELG DUG  29-AUG-10 18:32:36  N57 45.566 W152 29.121  186 ft        

CAMP            03-SEP-11 16:13:42  N57 46.519 W152 15.265 -372 ft        

Coal pile       03-SEP-11 15:08:00  N57 46.320 W152 14.600  110 ft        

DUGOUT          29-AUG-10 18:39:58  N57 45.588 W152 29.000  185 ft        

GUN CREW BARRC  29-AUG-10 17:49:03  N57 45.483 W152 29.087  121 ft        

HDOP3           04-SEP-10 11:47:15  N57 54.948 W152 38.019  198 ft        

MAG BUSKIN      29-AUG-10 18:07:58  N57 45.559 W152 29.137  108 ft        

Motor Pool Gen  03-SEP-11 14:21:57  N57 46.528 W152 15.220  -38 ft        

OBSV HUT BUSKI  29-AUG-10 17:59:49  N57 45.525 W152 29.322  -27 ft        

OBSV TOWER?BUS  29-AUG-10 18:02:19  N57 45.529 W152 29.342   25 ft        

QH              04-SEP-10 11:40:30  N57 54.985 W152 37.937  151 ft

QH2             04-SEP-10 11:42:26  N57 54.970 W152 37.949  168 ft

S/L 22  DEC     24-AUG-10 20:36:34  N57 50.198 W152 21.320  112 ft        

S/L 22 Shelter  24-AUG-10 20:41:46  N57 50.193 W152 21.365  133 ft        

SCR582          03-SEP-11 14:54:26  N57 46.351 W152 14.704  162 ft        

SCR582 GEN HOS  03-SEP-11 15:49:00  N57 46.364 W152 14.758  -65 ft        

SL23            06-SEP-10 11:58:24  N57 54.924 W152 19.417   37 ft

SL23DEC         06-SEP-10 11:54:17  N57 54.891 W152 19.434   16 ft        

SL24            06-SEP-10 12:09:23  N57 54.996 W152 19.490   37 ft

SL24DEC         06-SEP-10 12:06:01  N57 54.991 W152 19.450   41 ft        

SL25            04-SEP-10 12:22:57  N57 55.122 W152 37.788  -39 ft

SL26 SHELTER    04-SEP-10 12:06:57  N57 55.005 W152 38.122   49 ft        

SL26DEC         04-SEP-10 12:04:08  N57 55.000 W152 38.133   44 ft        

TDBL MTR POOL   03-SEP-11 17:04:42  N57 46.514 W152 15.300   -7 ft        

VLG DUGOUT BUS  29-AUG-10 18:17:00  N57 45.584 W152 29.057  208 ft