Searchlight #11
Puffin Island, HD Kodiak
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Searchlight #11 was one of two searchlights in Kodiak assigned to Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat, or AMTB, duty and was equipped with a 60-inch spread beam projector rather than the typical 60-inch AA model.

The searchlight was directed from a nearby Distant Electric Control station, or DEC, and was stored in a combined power plant and shelter when not in operation.


DEC Station


Looking south at the station.
July 2005
The front of the station.
July 2005
Inside the station, looking southeast.
July 2005
The northwest side of the station.
July 2005


Searchlight Shelter


Looking up from the beach.
July 2005
The front of the shelter, looking north.
July 2005
Looking west at the shelter.
July 2005
Inside the shelter, looking northeast.
July 2005
The southwest end of the shelter.
July 2005
Detail of electrical box.
July 2005
The concrete pad in front of the shelter is badly damaged.
July 2005






Documents
Form 4May 1, 1944
PlanSeptember 1, 1945
Detail map of area.September 1944
Area of Illumination map. 



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