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| Location Lat 16° 44′ 13″ N, 169° 31′ 26″ W Johnston Atoll is named in honor of Captain Charles J. Johnston, commanding officer of HMS Cornwallis (1801). Johnston Atoll consists of Johnson Island, Sand Island, North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina). More recently, two artificial islands were created by coral dredging. Located 1,328 km southwest from Honolulu, about one-third of the way between Hawaii and the Marshall Islands. Wartime History Americans mined the atoll's guano deposits until the late 1880s. On July 29, 1926, by Executive Order, President Calvin Coolidge established Johnston Atoll as a Federal bird refuge and placed it under the control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. On December 29, 1934 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt transfers control of Johnston Atoll to the U.S. Navy (USN) to establish a Naval Air Station at this location to the Department of the Interior to administer the bird refuge. On February 14, 1941 Johnston Atoll was designated as a Naval Defensive Sea Area and Airspace Reservation. Johnston Island Largest island with Johnson Airfield. Johnston Island Seaplane Base Seaplane operating area off Sand Island and Johnson Island. Japanese missions against Johnston December 15, 1941–June 1942 Contribute
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