Welcome to Paradise! The information in this site includes Naval Station Pearl Harbor along with our satellite installation, NCTAMS. Pearl Harbor is located 8 miles west of Honolulu, on the island of O'ahu, one of eight islands that make up the State of Hawai'i. The main gate (commonly known as Nimitz Gate) is approximately 2 miles west of the Honolulu International Airport on Nimitz Highway.
As the largest Naval harbor, our primary mission is to provide berthing and shoreside support to surface ships and submarines, as well as maintenance and training. Pearl Harbor can accommodate the largest ships in the fleet, to include dry dock services, and is now home to over 160 commands. Housing, personnel and family support are also provided and are an integral part of the shoreside activities, which encompasses both permanent and transient personnel. Because Pearl Harbor is the only intermediate maintenance facility for submarines in the Middle Pacific, we serve as host to a large number of visiting submariners. Naval Station also owns and operates one of the Navy's largest recreation and special services programs, has it's own police and security force, and is responsible for DOD firefighters in 13 stations island wide.
The Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Pacific (NCTAMS PAC) is located in the central section of O'ahu, approximately three miles north of Wahiawa, often referred to as the "Pineapple Capital of the World". NCTAMS PAC is at a higher elevation, and therefore has a cooler climate than it's sister bases. NCTAMS PAC's primary mission is to provide information and telecommunications support and services to local, regional, and global customers in support of Unified Commanders and the Department of Defense; provides worldwide routing control of all messages in the Naval Finding Telecommunications System and coordination of all military Defense Switching Network and commercial telephone services on the island of Oahu.
The recently closed Barbers Point Naval Air Station is located approximately 25 miles west of the city of Honolulu, near Ewa Beach. The air squadrons are now at Kaneohe Marine Corps Base on the eastern coast of O'ahu. The housing areas will continue to be utilized, thus service as commissary, exchange, medical clinic and family recreational activities will remian. The Barbers Point area has been renamed, "Kaloeloa."
MAJOR COMMANDS:
COMMANDER IN CHIEF PACIFIC (CINCPAC): Oversees the entire Pacific Theatre to include all shore and afloat commands.
COMMANDER IN CHIEF PACIFIC FLEET (CINCPACFLT): Covers over half the world's surface area from the west coast of North America to the east coast of Africa.
COMMANDER NAVAL REGION (COMNAVREG): Provides consolidated base operations support, owns and provides facility and land space management, exercises coordination and command of assigned shore organizations, and provides support to homeported and transient ships, submarines, and aircraft.
NAVAL COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AREA MASTER STATION (NCTAMS PAC): The Navy's largest satellite telecommunications station in the world.
NAVAL SHIPYARD AND INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE FACILITY(PEARL HARBOR NSY & IMF): Provides overhaul, repair and conversion of surface craft and submarines and has one of the largest civilian support personnel of any shipyard today.
FLEET INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CENTER PEARL (FISC): Provides supply and logistics support services for the shore establishment, maintaining the largest bulk fuel storage facility in the Pacific area.
PUBLIC WORKS CENTER PEARL (PWC): Provides maintenance for the shore establishment, to include shop and storage facilities, while having direct control over most Navy utilities and the Navy family housing units.
HISTORY: PEARL HARBOR
When Captain James Cook, the British navigator, arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in 1778, Pearl Harbor was called "Wai Momi," meaning pearl water, named for the pearl oysters that thrived in its waters. In those early days, Pearl Harbor was not considered suitable as a port site because a dead coral reef blocked its entrance to all but shallow draft vessels. It remained undeveloped until the late 19th century, when several nations sought to obtain it as a fuel and supply base.
In 1840, a far seeing U.S. Navy lieutenant named Charles Wilkes led a geodetic expedition to the South Seas, stopping in Hawai`i. While surveying the Pearl Harbor estuary, he discovered that if not for the dead coral reef blocking the entrance to the harbor, it would afford the best and most capacious harbor in the Pacific. Six years later an English sea captain made a British bid for the inlet, sending word back to Queen Victoria that all the ships in the world could fit into Pearl River, as it was then called. A long period of negotiations followed with the Hawaiian monarchy, ending with the United States obtaining exclusive rights to Pearl Harbor in 1884. In exchange, Congress agreed to allow Hawaiian sugar to enter the United States duty free. The Spanish American War confirmed the strategic value of Pearl Harbor as an advanced naval base, but it was not until 1900 that dredging of the entrance began. By 1916 Pearl Harbor ranked tenth in value among the Navy's growing bases.
On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor established a permanent place in history, resulting in the death of 2,403 Americans and the start of World War II. Before that Sunday morning, Pearl Harbor was little known to the rest of the world. Of those who lost their lives, 1,177 were crewmembers of the USS Arizona, who went down with their ship. Today the rusty remains of their icy grave still sits at the bottom of the harbor, a grim reminder of the high cost of war. Straddled over her hull is the Arizona Memorial, a floating monument whose wall contains the names of all those that perished. (photo, top left) Nearly 2 million visitors annually are ferried out to pay their respects to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Today, Pearl Harbor is the Navy's most important island base in the Pacific. From a small coaling station, it has grown into one of the busiest installations within the US Navy.
COMNAVREG (Oahu): Installation
Installation Overview
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Name : FAMILY SERVICE CENTER
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POC : TAP/RAP/ SEAP Manager
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Address : 820 Willamette Street
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City : Pearl Harbor
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State : HI
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Zip : 96860-5108
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Phone : (808) 473-4222/2220 (X 245)
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Fax : (808) 473-5753 / 473-4755
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DSN Phone : (315) 473-4222
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DSN Fax : (315) 473-5753
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Email : cazimelk@pearlharbor.navy.mil
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NCTAMS Family Service Center (808) 653-0203
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Name : MILITARY DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE
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POC : Military Operator
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Address : All military bases
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City : Honolulu
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State : HI
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Zip :
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Phone : (808) 449-7110
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Name : NAVAL STATION PEARL HARBOR QUARTERDECK
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POC : Command Duty Officer Bldg 150
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Address : Naval Station Pearl Harbor
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City : Pearl Harbor
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State : HI
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Zip : 96860-5102
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Phone : 808-473-3646
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Fax : 808-473-1833
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DSN Phone : 315-473-3646
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Email : cdonsp@pearlharbor.navy.mil
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Available 24 hrs.
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Name : NCTAMS PAC
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POC : Quarterdeck
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Address : 500 Center Street
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City : Wahiawa
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State : HI
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Zip : 96786
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Phone : (808) 653-5385/5386
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Fax : (808) 653-0405
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DSN Phone : (315) 453-5385/5386
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Web Address : http://www.nctamspac.navy.mil
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