U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Combat Intelligence Center, Makalapa Drive in Makalapa Administration Area, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI
Summary
Significance: Facility 251 is significant because it housed the intelligence staff for Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Area, from April 1943 until the end of WWII. One of the most important of the intelligence groups was the Fleet Radio Unit, Pacific Fleet, which was critical in helping the Allies win the war.
Survey number: HABS HI-426
Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1945 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1947 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1986 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000940
Tags
Date
1950 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Nimitz, Chester W
Jackson-Retondo, Elaine, transmitter
Mason Architects, Inc., contractor
Location
hawaii, 21.39722, -157.97333
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html