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Photo, Print, Drawing U.S. Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Seaplane Hangar, First Street, near B Street intersection, Kailua, Honolulu County, HI U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hangar 3 Facility No. 103

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[ Photos from Survey HABS HI-311-R  ]

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[ Data Pages from Survey HABS HI-311-R  ]
[ Photo Captions from Survey HABS HI-311-R  ]

About this Item

Title

  • U.S. Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Seaplane Hangar, First Street, near B Street intersection, Kailua, Honolulu County, HI

Other Title

  • U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hangar 3 Facility No. 103

Names

  • Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
  • Albert Kahn, Inc.
  • U.S. Department of the Navy
  • U.S. Marine Corps
  • Contractors Pacific Naval Air Bases (CPNAB)
  • American Bridge Company
  • H. H. Robertson Company
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii
  • Franzen, David, photographer
  • Yoklavich, Ann, historian
  • Brown, Elena, researcher
  • Jones, Lesleigh, editor
  • Mason Architects, Inc., contractor
  • U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, sponsor
  • McPartland, Mary, transmitter

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1933

Headings

  • -  hangars
  • -  aviation
  • -  military aircraft
  • -  military facilities
  • -  war (World War II)
  • -  naval yards & naval stations
  • -  Cold War
  • -  steel structural frames
  • -  helicopters
  • -  Hawaii--Honolulu County--Kailua

Latitude / Longitude

  • 21.44371,-157.76875

Notes

  • -  Significance: This seaplane hangar is associated with the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack, during which it suffered only minor damage of bullet or shrapnel holes in its siding. The VP-14 patrol squadron, then based in the hangar, played a significant role in opening events of that day. This hangar was also the only full-size one on the station available for use immediately after the attack, others being repaired, planned for expansion, or still under construction (and the fifth not yet started). Repairs and upgrades to the planes based in these hangars, as well as their standard maintenance, were critical functions at the station and indispensable to the successful outcome of World War II (WWII). The characteristic shape, large size, and shoreline siting of the five hangars at Kaneohe are prominent markers for the primary aviation-related functions of the Naval Air Station (NAS) and, after 1952, of the Marine Corps installation. This hangar, and the others, are significant as examples of a distinctive building type of the WWII period, designed by the noted industrial architecture and engineering firm of Albert Kahn, Inc. They are also buildings associated with the pre-WWII planning for NAS Kaneohe, which was part of a broad expansion of new naval bases by the United States, especially in the Pacific.
  • -  Survey number: HABS HI-311-R
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1955 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1968 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1973-1974 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1980-1983 Subsequent Work

Medium

  • Photo(s): 12
  • Data Page(s): 66
  • Photo Caption Page(s): 5

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HABS HI-311-R

Source Collection

  • Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Repository

Control Number

  • hi1072

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

Rights & Access

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Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Inc Albert Kahn, U.S. Department Of The Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Contractors Pacific Naval Air Bases, American Bridge Company, H. H. Robertson Company, et al., Franzen, David, photographer. U.S. Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Seaplane Hangar, First Street, near B Street intersection, Kailua, Honolulu County, HI. Kailua Hawaii Honolulu County, 1933. editeds by Jones, Lesleigh, translateds by Mcpartland, Marymitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/hi1072/.

APA citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, C., Albert Kahn, I., U.S. Department Of The Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Contractors Pacific Naval Air Bases, American Bridge Company [...] U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii, K. B., Franzen, D., photographer, Jones, L., ed. (1933) U.S. Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Seaplane Hangar, First Street, near B Street intersection, Kailua, Honolulu County, HI. Kailua Hawaii Honolulu County, 1933. McPartland, M., trans Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/hi1072/.

MLA citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, et al., photographer by Franzen, David. U.S. Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Seaplane Hangar, First Street, near B Street intersection, Kailua, Honolulu County, HI. ed by Jones, Lesleigh, trans by Mcpartland, Marymitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/hi1072/>.