Read below to find out more about how the station was created and the valuable roles it played through some of the most notable wars in U. View Larger Map History. The U. Naval Radio Station in the Pearl Harbor area, the first government station in the islands, began operations on October 1, This radio station continued its operation until its deactivation in A congratulatory message from the Secretary of the Navy arrived 33 minutes later.
During the years following World War I, the naval activities in the Pearl Harbor area continued to expand. It soon became obvious that the future expansion of the radio station facilities in the area would not be practical. In , a tract of land at Lualualei was set aside by the territory of Hawaii for use by the U. Seven self-supporting steel towers were erected to a height of feet at this new site for an antenna system for long wave radio transmitting.
The site was officially activated in , and by twelve transmitters were in operation. With the arrival of the major U. Pacific Fleet units at Pearl Harbor in , it became increasingly clear that a new receiver and control station was needed.
Therefore, a secluded spot at Wahiawa, some 20 miles north of Pearl Harbor, was chosen and purchased by the Navy for approximately one million dollars. Construction began on the During that time, the station at Wahiawa was considered the most important of a number of Naval Radio and Air Stations being constructed as a part of a general expansion program. On December 7, , a few minutes before , several squadrons of Japanese aircraft passed over the Lualualei Transmitter Site on their way to bomb Pearl Harbor.
As the planes passed over the major Naval Radio Stations they were strafed, but the casualties among the communications personnel were light. However, the radio stations themselves proved highly vulnerable to attack. Lualualei was located only 4, yards from the shoreline and received its power over exposed land lines from the Hawaiian Electric Company, 22 miles away. The expansion schedule was accelerated after the attack on Pearl Harbor and receiver functions at Wailupe and Lualualei were consolidated at Wahiawa by the end of After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December , to further improve reception and communications, the communications intelligence site was moved to Wahiawa.
The station employs people, of whom are civilians. The land around the station is largely devoted to pineapple cultivation. The station is about three vehicular miles from the town of Wahiawa and 21 miles from downtown Honolulu.
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