Searchlights #5 and #6
Cape Chiniak, HD Kodiak
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Searchlights #5 and #6 are located at Cape Chiniak, also referred to as South Cape. The searchlights were housed in a pair of concrete shelters, each of which also doubled as a power plant.

Both searchlights were directed from a single Distant Electrical Control, or DEC, station. Although not shown so on Army plans, this double station is larger than a typical DEC.


DEC Station


Looking north at the DEC from the searchlight shelters.
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Looking down on the station.
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The south corner of the DEC.
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Looking northwest inside the station.
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The front of the DEC, looking in the doorway.
August 2005
Detail of walkway and entrance to the station.
August 2005


Searchlight #5


The searchlights as seen from the DEC station.
August 2005
Detail of the searchlights.
August 2005
Looking northwest at the shelter.
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Looking south at the shelter.
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The north end of the shelter.
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Looking out of the shelter.
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Detail of vent opening.
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Detail of exposed wiring.
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Searchlight #6


Looking northwest at the shelter.
August 2005
The front of the shelter.
August 2005
Looking north inside the shelter.
August 2005
The south side of the shelter.
August 2005
Detail of telephone terminal connector.
August 2005
Detail of door.
August 2005






Documents
Form 4, Searchlight #5May 1, 1944
Plan, Searchlight #5September 1, 1945
Form 4, Searchlight #6 
Plan, Searchlight #6September 1, 1945
Detail map of area.September 1944
Area of Illumination map. 



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