Description

NAS Barbers Point Plaque

A hand crafted 14 inch plaque of the NAS Barbers Point Plaque.

• Length / Diameter- 14 inches
• Made from Mahogany
• US Veteran Owned Business

Naval Air Station Barbers Point (ICAO: PHJR, FAA LID: JRF), on O’ahu, also called John Rodgers Field (the original name of Honolulu International Airport), is a former United States Navy airfield closed in 1999, and renamed Kalaeloa Airport. Parts of the former air station serve as a film and television studio for the Hawaii State Film Office.

History

Gate at Naval Air Station Barber’s Point as it appeared in December 1958
Attack on Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, Barbers Point was one of the many targets attacked by the Japanese during the attack on Pearl Harbor. During the second wave, American pilots George Welch and Kenneth Taylor engaged Japanese aircraft, shooting down two aircraft.

The Navy acquired the airfield in early 1943. At that time it consisted of two short runways and four hangars that were just two feet above hightide.[1] A PNAB civilian contractor started work by bringing a dredge onto Keehi lagoon in February 1943. In April the military took over. The Army took over the dredging operation while Seabees of the 5th Naval Construction Battalion took over the airfield. When they were done there would be three runways. The Navy would turn the airfield into a major facility by sending Seabees from the 13th, 64th and 133rd Construction Battalions to do it.