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.

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

1949 Topo map of Navy base (498k)

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.

• 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