Opana Radar Site

Opana Radar Site
Opana Radar Site is located in Hawaii
Opana Radar Site
LocationKawela Bay, Hawaii
Coordinates21°41′8″N 158°0′36″W / 21.68556°N 158.01000°W / 21.68556; -158.01000
Arealess than one acre
Built1941
NRHP reference No.91001379[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 19, 1991[1]
Designated NHLApril 19, 1984[2]

The Opana Radar Site is a National Historic Landmark and IEEE Milestone that commemorates the first operational use of radar by the United States in wartime, during the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is located off the Kamehameha Highway just inland from the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii, south of Kawela Bay. It is not open to the public.

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Opana Radar Site". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-07-04.