Marine Corps Base Hawaii

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Marine Corps Base Hawaii
- MCBH -

MCB Hawaii.jpg
Lineup 1918–1949 and since 1952
Country United States of America
Armed forces United States Armed Forces
Armed forces United States Marine Corps
Branch of service Marine infantry
Type Base
Strength ~ 1,000
Insinuation United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps Base Hawaii Honolulu County
motto Supporting Readiness and Global Projection
Commanding officer
Commander, Marine Corps Base Hawaii Lieutenant Colonel D. Mark Angersbach
Marine Corps Air Station Hawaii
Panoramic View of MCBH.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code PHNG
Coordinates

21 ° 26 '37 "  N , 157 ° 44' 56"  W Coordinates: 21 ° 26 '37 "  N , 157 ° 44' 56"  W.
Height above MSL 1 m (3  ft )
Basic data
opening 1941
operator US Marine Corps (originally US Navy )
Start-and runway
4/22 2369 m of asphalt



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The Marine Corps Base Hawaii ( MCBH ), former Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay and previously Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay , is a military base of the US Marine Corps and a military airfield between Kāne'ohe and Kailua on the peninsula Mokapu Peninsula on O'ahu in the district of Honolulu County in the US state of Hawaii . The site had 11,827 residents in 2000.

The facility consists of Camp Smith, Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Manana Family Housing Area , Pearl City Warehouse Annex, and the Puuoloa Range Complex.

An airport building of the former Kaneohe Naval Air Station and the fleet of Catalina seaplanes were destroyed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The affected area was protected as a National Historic Landmark on May 28, 1987 and at the same time entered as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places .

Significant agencies

  • Combat Logistics Battalion 3rd
  • 3rd Marine Regiment
  • Marine Aircraft Group 24
  • 3rd Radio Battalion
  • VR-51, US Navy squadron equipped with Boeing C-40 (since 2019)

See also

Web links

Commons : Marine Corps Base Hawaii  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.mcbh.usmc.mil ; accessed January 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Hawaii. National Park Service , accessed July 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ National Park Service, National Register Digital Assets: Kaneohe Naval Air Station, ID No. 87001299 ; Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  4. ↑ US Navy receives final Clipper aircraft, stands up new squadron, Janes, October 24, 2019