 Aerial view of Pearl Harbor with Ford Island in the middle. Ford Island is located in the middle of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It is connected to the main island by the Ford Island Bridge. Before the bridge was built, Ford Island could only be reached by a ferry boat for cars and foot passengers, which ran at hour intervals. The island houses several naval facilities. It also has two main groups of military housing: Nob Hill and Luke Field. The United States Census Bureau defines Ford Island as Block 9014, Block Group 9, Census Tract 81 of Honolulu County, Hawaii. The island officially has 1.83 km² (0.707 sq mi) of land and a population of 368 persons as of the 2000 census. [1] There are several Ford Islands: Ford Island is located in the middle of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Ford Island (Windmill Islands) is a small rocky island off the eastern coast of Antarctica Category: ...
Aerial view of Pearl Harbor and Ford Island, from http://www. ...
Aerial view of Pearl Harbor and Ford Island, from http://www. ...
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Admiral Clarey Bridge is an automobile causeway providing access to Ford Island, a US Navy installation situated in the middle of Pearl Harbor. ...
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Location in the state of Hawaii Formed Seat Honolulu Area - Total - Water 5,509 km² (2,127 mi²) 3,955 km² (1,527 mi²) 71. ...
2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...
History
Ancient Hawaiians called the island Moku-umeume—the isle of attraction. It is currently named after Dr. Seth Ford, a Boston physician who practiced medicine at the Hawaiian Insane Asylum and the U.S. Marine Hospital from 1861–1866. The United States Marine Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, in the Portland neighborhood was built in 1845, and is considered the best remaining antebellum hospital in the United States. ...
 Hangar and planes burning on Ford Island during Pearl Harbor attack When Ford died, the island was sold to the Honolulu Plantation. The U.S. Army purchased it during World War I for $236,000. It was transferred to the Navy in 1923. At the height of World War II more than 40,000 people lived and worked on the 450 acre (1.8 km²) island. The island was in the center of the Pearl Harbor Attack, because of the battleship moorings surrounding the island. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (740x605, 137 KB) Planes burning on Ford Island during Pearl Harbor attack Collection of pictures taken by military personnel File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ford Island...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (740x605, 137 KB) Planes burning on Ford Island during Pearl Harbor attack Collection of pictures taken by military personnel File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ford Island...
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Attack on Pearl Harbor Conflict World War II, Pacific War Date December 7, 1941 Place Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Result Japanese victory On the morning of December 7, 1941, planes and midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy commanded by Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, carried out a surprise assault on the...
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The naval station was decommissioned in 1962. The island was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964, and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ...
A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ...
Several motion pictures were filmed on Ford Island, including In Harm's Way starring John Wayne, Tora Tora Tora, and the 2001 Michael Bay picture Pearl Harbor. In Harms Way is a 1965 film, produced and directed by Otto Preminger and distributed by Paramount Pictures. ...
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The movie Tora! Tora! Tora! (トラ・トラ・トラ！), released in 1970, is a dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness. ...
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Before the Admiral Clarey Bridge was opened in 1998, transportation to and from Ford Island was by ferryboat. Tourists were unable to visit the island without a military ID or being invited by a resident. Now, civilians are able to visit the USS Missouri museum there. Admiral Clarey Bridge is an automobile causeway providing access to Ford Island, a US Navy installation situated in the middle of Pearl Harbor. ...
Radars: AN/SPS-49 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar Fire control: 4 × Mk 37 Gun Fire Control 2 × Mk 38 Gun Director 1 × Mk 40 Gun Director EW: AN/SLQ-32 Other: AN/SLQ-25 NIXIE Decoy System 8 × Super Rapid Bloom Rocket Launchers (SRBOC) Armor...
Features There is a monument to the USS Utah on the island. Luke Field (est. 1919) is located here. USS Utah (BB-31), a Florida-class dreadnought battleship, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the US State of Utah. ...
The Pacific Aviation Museum is located here. Currently, the museum, which opened on 7 December 2006, is housed in hangar 37 and there are plans to expand the museum to hangars 54 and 79. The Pacific Aviation Museum is located on Ford Island, which is an island located in the middle of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ...
Little Known Facts Ford Island was host to an annual "Hydrofest" where hydroplanes raced around the harbor.
Hollywood actor William Joseph Hill grew up on Ford Island with his family. His father William Joseph Hill Sr. was a Captain in the U.S. Navy.
Damage to structures on Ford Island during the Pearl Harbor attack was surprisingly minimal. A bomb landed (probably by mistake) in the courtyard of the medical building, and windows in some buildings were shattered by the force of explosions on ships.
The control tower at Luke Field, featured in the movie Pearl Harbor, is the tallest control tower in the world made entirely of iron. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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Amelia Earhart crashed on takeoff from Luke Field during her first attempt at flying around the world. Amelia Mary Earhart (24 July 1897 – missing 2 July 1937, declared deceased 5 January 1939) was a noted American aviation pioneer, author and womens rights advocate. ...
External links
References - ^ Block 9014, Block Group 9, Census Tract 81, Honolulu County United States Census Bureau
Coordinates: 21°21′50″N, 157°57′37″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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