Today
Many WWII sites, bunkers and batteries remain in the town, including the Naval Air Station.

Womans Bay
Bay located at Kodiak.

Kodiak Military History Museum (Fort Abercrombie , Battery 6)
Built in the ready ammunition bunker, this building is several feet thick concrete and is covered with soil. It was completed on 30 December 1943 by Navy SeaBees of CB-43. Located adjacent to the building are remains of two eight inch gun mounts. Portions of the gun barrels are displayed. Some parts of the guns are to be found quite some distance from the original positions as they were destroyed by explosive charge Thanksgiving 1948 by the Army.

Kodiak Naval Air Station

Location Wartime airfield at Kodiak, built by the US Navy.   Units Based at Kodiak (USN) VS-56, VS-70 of OS2U Kingfishers were stationed there for a time. VS-49 "Scouting Squadron". All were sent back to the states in December 1944. VS-48 relieved all three with detachments until the end of the war. (USAAF) 57th FS flying P-39s Today Since July 1, 1971 the Navy turned all airport runways and areas to the north over to the State of Alaska for operation and maintenance. The base was also turned over to the Coast Guard. There is still an overgrown seaplane ramp and the WWII hangers still in use. Memorial Star On the slopes of Old Women's Mountain, across the road from the main gate to the base, there is a star which is lighted during the Christmas season. At the base of this star there is a memorial stone, engraved "In memory of all military personnel who have given their lives while engaged in operations from Kodiak 30 November 1980."

Fort Greely / Buskin Hill
Part of the Fort Greely Headquarters located between the mouth of the Buskin River and Deadman's Curve. It is now largely within the Buskin River State Recreation Site. Entrance is near the south end of Boy Scout Lake (Lake Margaret) and is a footpath. There are remains of Quonset huts, but none standing. There are two gun mounts. There are two ammunition bunkers close to the gun mounts. The bunkers have welded shut doors.

Battery number 3 at Buskin Hill
They were in support of gun , site 8, which consisted of four 155mm guns on Panama mounts. The searchlight station is just past the quarry, uphill of the highway. It is almost completely obscured by the trees. The west DEC (now gone) is visible as a dot just at the far edge of the quarry entrance. This view is from near the Base End Station.

Iron Bottom Beach
A WWII era bomb, larger than 700 lbs. was retrieved and disposed of in recent years. Once safely on the ground, it was carefully rolled into place in the museum's Miller Point Bunker for display.

Puffin Island / Battery 7
Today a bird nesting area protected by the Migratory Bird Act. The birds concentrate on the outer cliffs but most of the island is stained. By far the dominant bird on our visit was sea gulls. There were only two other individuals of other species seen. There are open holes in the ground. These are obscured by the waist deep grass.

There are no trails to speak of except a very narrow hard to see trail where the road was. This facility was completed on February 11, 1944. It had no observation stations. It was equipped with a M1 range finder, an SCR-593 (BC-728 4-channel radio receiver), and a SCR-547 radar located at a ground elevation of 45 feet with the antenna only 9 feet above ground.

Puffin Island / Barracks No.1
Rotting remains still visible

Puffin Island / Battery Commander's Post
Concrete platform supported on metal posts. Just before the magazine, structure No. 16.

Puffin Island / Generator House
Overgrown structure is visible

Puffin Island / Recreation Hall
Overgrown structure is still visible.

Puffin Island / Distant Electrical Control (DEC) Bunker
Structure No. 18, overgrown. Kalsin Bay and Middle Bay in the background.

Puffin Island / Enlisted Men's Barrack's
The building frame, and an intact toilet bowl still exist.

Puffin Island / Magazine
The doors to the long hallway leading to the magazine are in excellent condition.

Puffin Island / Two mounts for 90mm guns
"Anti-PT-boat" guns. Both mounts are east of the magazine. Two more guns were on mobile mounts.

Puffin Island / Searchlight Bunker
Lighting wiring still in place. No communications wiring found. This is very difficult to enter.