Eareckson Air Station

Part of: 611th Air Support Group

Site Name Keywords
Eareckson Air Station • Building 502 • Hangar 2 • Building 4010 • Building 503 • Building 613 • Building 701 • Building 702 • Building 521 • Building 522

Site Type Keywords
Archaeological Feature • Midden • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Cemetery • Water-Related • Shipwreck • Shore-edge Site

Other Keywords
United States Air Force • 11th Air Force • 611th Civil Engineer Squadron • 611th • Pacific Air Forces • 611th Air Support Group • Correspondence • Building • Photographs • Demolition

Culture Keywords
Aleutian • Unangan

Investigation Types
Records Search / Inventory Checking • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Historic Background Research • Consultation • Architectural Documentation • Architectural Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing • Collections Research • Ethnohistoric Research • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan

Material Types
Dating Sample • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Shell • Soil • Human Remains • Chert-like Flattened Flake

Temporal Keywords
World War II • Cold War Era • Historic • Prehistoric

Geographic Keywords
Alaska (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • United States of America (Country) • Shemya Island • Asia (Continent) • Aleutians West Census Area (County) • Coahuila (State / Territory) • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Oklahoma (State / Territory) • Arizona (State / Territory)

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Amendment to the Programmatic Memorandum of Agreement Among the United States Department of Defense the Advisory Council of Historic Preservation, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, and the Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, Regarding Demolition of World War II Temporary Buildings (1991)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Department of Defense. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
Amendment to the Memorandum of Agreement among the Department of Defense, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers for the historic American building survey that is to be performed to prior to the demolition of World War II structures.
ATU-00239 By Diane K. Hanson (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) and Karlene Leeper (U.S. Air Force) January 2003 (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Diane K. Hanson. Karlene Leeper.
During excavation of sewer lines at Eareckson Air Station, two prehistoric midden deposits containing shell, bone, whalebone, stone and bone artifacts, and human remains were exposed. This report summarizes the study conducted for site ATU-00239.
Cobra Dane Blueprints (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Raytheon. Boeing. Perrini. Metcalf & Eddy, Inc..
Blueprints for the Cobra Dane upgrade.
Cobra Dane Upgrade Photos for Historic Preservation 2003, Camera Roll 1 (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Brown.
Photo log from camera roll 1 and developed photographs. Photographs taken April 19, 2003, prior to the upgrade of building 4010 Cobra Dane (Alaska Heritage Resource Survey (AHRS) # ATU-00115) .
Cobra Dane Upgrade Photos for Historic Preservation 2003, Camera Roll 2 (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Brown.
Photo log from camera roll 2 and developed photographs. Photographs taken April 19, 2003, prior to the upgrade of building 4010 Cobra Dane (Alaska Heritage Resource Survey (AHRS) # ATU-00115).
Cobra Dane Upgrade Photos for Historic Preservation 2004, Camera Roll 1 (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Adrian Cadiz.
Photo log from camera roll 2 and developed photographs. Photographs taken April 29, 2004, after the upgrade of building 4010 Cobra Dane (Alaska Heritage Resource Survey (AHRS) # ATU-00115)
Drawing of a 90 mm AMTB (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Stephen C. Staska.
Drawing of the original 90 mm AMTB and a photograph the mount location.
Eareckson Air Station Location Map (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert E. Beachler. Stephen C. Staska.
Map of Eareckson Air Station Installation area from the 2010 Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan.
Final Cultural Resources Management Plan For Eareckson Air Station, Alaska May 1999 (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text 611th Civil Engineer Squadron.
The Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) is a planning document used to manage an installation's cultural resources management program. The document identifies cultural resource activities such as surveys and building inventories, that have taken place on an installation. It also identifies and describes historic resources within installation boundaries, identifies Native American groups affiliated with an installation, and provides a plan for staying in compliance with...
Grain Size Analysis of Archaeological Soil Samples from Shemya Island (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jason Bressler.
This report presents the results of a sieve analyses of 43 soil samples collected from archeological and borrow sources on Shemya Island, and interpret the results. The objective was to determine if grain size analysis can discriminate between disturbed and in situ archeological soils, and whether samples of midden soils display distinctive grain size distributions.
Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Cobra Dane Upgrade (CDU) Eareckson Air Station (EAS) - Shemya, Alaska (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Brian Nortan.
This document includes contract design elements for the upgrade of the COBRA DANE facility to support the Ground Based Mid-Course Defense (GMD) System. The COBRA DANE radar is located on the island of Shemya, Alaska. The facility is a 68,000SF, 100-foot tall, structure comprised of a single face phased array radar. The facility supports the COBRA DANE radar with prime power, electronic equipment cooling as well as temperature and humidity control. The objective of this project is to upgrade the...
Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation for Selected Buildings: Eareckson Air Station, Alaska (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sheila McCarthy.
This report presents the results of an historic building inventory at Eareckson Air Station, Alaska, focusing on WWII and Cold War buildings. This report discusses recommendations for buildings eligible for the National Register. The report is divided into two sections. The first section provides the historic context for Shemya Island, Eareckson Air Station. The second section is the inventory and evaluation of the individual buildings.
Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation for Selected Buildings: Eareckson Air Station, Alaska Shelia A. McCarthy (2007): Updated Historic Context for Hangar Two (Building Number 502) (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sheila McCarthy.
An updated historic context of Hangar 2 (Building 502) from the report Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation for Selected Buildings: Eareckson Air Station, Alaska.
Historical Evaluation of Two Shipwrecks at Eareckson Air Station, Shemya Island, Alaska (2014)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jason S. Rogers. Roberta Gordaoff. Burr Neely.
Northern Land Use Research Alaska, LLC (NLURA) was contracted by New South Associates, Inc. (NSA) to complete National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility evaluations for two vessels beached at Eareckson Air Station, Shemya Island, Alaska, on behalf of the United States Air Force, 611th Civil Engineer Squadron (USAF 611 CES). The need for evaluations was based on recommendations in the 2010 Integrated Cultural Resource Management Plan (ICRMP) for Eareckson Air Station. The vessels...
Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (2004-2008) Eareckson Air Station, Alaska (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML), Colorado State University.
The Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) is a planning document used to manage an installation's cultural resources management program. The document identifies cultural resource activities such as surveys and building inventories, that have taken place on an installation. It also identifies and describes historic resources within installation boundaries, identifies Native American groups affiliated with an installation, and provides a plan for staying in compliance with...
Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan Eareckson Air Station, Alaska (2010) (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML), Colorado State University.
The following document is an Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) for Eareckson Air Station, Alaska. The Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) is a planning document used to manage an installation's cultural resources management program. The document identifies cultural resource activities such as surveys and building inventories, that have taken place on an installation. It also identifies and describes historic resources within installation boundaries,...
Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan Eareckson Air Station, Alaska (2015) (2015)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Northern Land Use Research Alaska, LLC. New South Associates, Inc. .
The following document is an Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) for Eareckson Air Station, Alaska. The Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) is a planning document used to manage an installation's cultural resources management program. The document identifies cultural resource activities such as surveys and building inventories, that have taken place on an installation. It also identifies and describes historic resources within installation boundaries,...
Letter: Demolition of 11 Buildings at Eareckson Air Station (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Karlene B. Leeper.
A report by Karlene Leeper addressing the historic eligibility and the states of buildings 400 and 410 at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska,
Letter: Demolition of Building 613, Alaska Heritage Resources Site (AHRS) Number ATU-00139 (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Karlene B. Leeper.
A report by Karlene Leeper addressing the historic eligibility and the state of historic site Building 613 at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska,
Letter: Demolition of Buildings at Eareckson Air Station No Longer Meeting Mission Support (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kenneth P. Smith.
Report detailing plans to demolish Buildings 603, 605, 615, 617, 619, 625, 3062, and 3063 after being deemed hazardous.
Letter: Demolition of Several Buildings at Eareckson Air Station (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Karlene B. Leeper.
A report by Karlene Leeper addressing the historic eligibility and the states of buildings 210, 219, 220, 223, 410, 501, 525, 527, 529, 588, 623, 726 at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska,
Letter: Inventory and Evaluation of Selected Buildings Eareckson Air Station (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Judith E. Bittner.
Correspondence from the Alaska State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to 611th Civil Engineer Squadron regarding the results from the report: Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation of Selected Buildings Eareckson Air Station, Alaska. The SHPO agrees that Hangar 2 (ATU-111), Heating Facility 502 (ATU-112), Hangar 3 (ATU-106), Heating Facility 522 (ATU-107), Hangar 4 (ATU-108), and Heating Facility 702 (ATU-109) are eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places under...
Level 2 Architectural Recordation Form Alaska Historic Buildings Survey (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text 611th Civil Engineer Squadron.
Architecture recordation forms from the 1996 Alaska Historic Building Survey at Eareckson Air Station.
Map of Shemya Island (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text 611th Civil Engineer Squadron.
Location map of Shemya Island from the 2003 Cultural Resources Management Plan.
People at the End of the World (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text 611th Civil Engineer Squadron.
A brief historical summary of Shemya Island at Eareckson Air Station.
Photographs of World War II Hangers at Eareckson Air Station (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Karlene Leeper.
Photographs of World War II Hangers at Eareckson Air Station.
Programmatic Memorandum of Agreement Among the United States Department of Defense The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Department of Defense. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
A programmatic Agreement regarding the demolition of World War II buildings.
Radiocarbon Dating Results for Sample UNITAL2, UNITBL4, UNITEL2, UNITHL2, UNITHL2A, UNITHL2B, UNITHL3 (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Darden Hood.
Correspondence from the Director of the Beta Analytic Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, Miami Florida to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services regarding the radiocarbon dating results for samples UNITAL2, UNITBL4, UNITEL2, UNITHL2, UNITHL2A, UNITHL2B, UNITHL3.
Radiocarbon Dating Results for Samples 738304, 738317 (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Darden Hood.
Correspondence from the Director of the Beta Analytic Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, Miami Florida to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services regarding the radiocarbon dating results for samples 738304, 738317.
Shemya Island and the Question of Inland Sites (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Debra Corbett.
During the July 2002 excavation of sewer lines at Eareckson Air Station, two prehistoric midden deposits containing shell, bone, whalebone, stone and bone artifacts, and human remains were exposed. The Air Force Remote Sites archaeologist, Karlene Leeper, halted the work until archaeologists could determine whether the remains represented an in situ cultural deposit, or whether midden was transported as fill from elsewhere. Joined by Diane Hanson of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Leeper...
Shemya Island Location Map (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Stephen C. Staska.
Map of Shemya Island area location from the 2005 Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan.
Survey and Documentation of World War II Defensive Fortifications at Eareckson Air Station, Shemya Island, Alaska (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jason S. Rogers. Morgan R. Blanchard. Roberta Gordaoff.
This report summarizes the survey and documentation of World War II forts at Eareckson Air Station. Research methods used prior to fieldwork included an examination of aerial photographs, maps, and literature. Fieldwork was conducted under the direction of Northern Land Use Research Alaska (NLURA), LLC staff meeting the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards (36 CFR Part 61, Appendix A) for history and archaeology. Sites were located by vehicle and pedestrian survey...
World War II Hangar Facilities Historical Report Eareckson Air Station, Alaska Final August 2014 (2014)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Phyllys Callina.
A review of the World War II hangars and associated heating facilities at Eareckson Air Station, Alaska on Shemya Island. The report presents the hangar and heating facility descriptions, photographs, architectural drawings, and historical context to satisfy the stipulations of the Memorandum of Agreement between the United States Air Force 611th Air Support Group Alaska and the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer regarding the demolition of World War II-era birchwood hangars and heating...