Fort Hase

Fort Hase (1918-1949) - A World War II Coastal Fort first established as Kuwaahoe Military Reservation in 1918, and then as Camp Ulupauin in 1940 and finally Fort Hase in 1942. Located on the eastern portion of the Mokapu Peninsula in Honolulu County, Ohau Island, Hawaii. Named Fort Hase in 1942, after Major General William F. Hase, a Chief of Coast Artillery (1934-1935). Abandoned in 1949. World War II (1941-1945) Part of the Harbor Defense of Kaneohe Bay. President Woodrow Wilson originally designated 322 acres of Mokapu Peninsula on Ohau Island as Kuwaahoe Military Reservation in 1918. The Navy established a small seaplane base there as Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay in 1939. The coast artillery moved onto the reservation in 1941 and the portion of the reservation occupied by the Coast Artillery became Fort Hase in 1942. Fort Hase World War II Battery (edit list) Battery Click on Battery links below No. Caliber Type Mount Service Years Battery Cost Notes Battery Pennsylvania 3 14" Navy Turret 1945-1948 $ ? Ulupau Head Battery 405 Battery Robert E. DeMerritt 2 8" Barbette LR Navy 1944-1948 $ ? Puu Papaa Battery Sylvester 4 8" Railway 1942-1948 $ ? Battery 301 2 6" Shielded Barbette 1944-194? $ ? Pyramid Rock Battery AMTB - Fort Hase 2 90mm Fixed 1943-1946 $ ? Pyramid Rock Battery 155 - Pyramid Rock 4 155mm Panama Mount 194?-194? $ ? Pyramid Rock Battery 155 - East Beach 4 155mm Panama Mount 194?-194? $ ? East Beach Battery 155 - North Beach 4 155mm Panama Mount 194?-194? $ ? North Beach Source: CDSG Current Status Part of Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Honolulu County, Hawaii. {"selectable":false,"width":"500"} Location: Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Mokapu Peninsula, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Maps & Images Lat: 21.445833 Long: -157.769722 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: ' Sources: Grobmeier, Alvin H., Officers of the U.S. Army and Others in Honor of whom Coast Artillery Forts and Batteries in Hawaii Have Been Named, CDSG News, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Nov. 1992), pp. 66-67 CDSG Links: North American Forts - Fort Hase Visited: No Fort Hase Picture Gallery Click on the picture to see a larger version. Contribute additional pictures - the more the better!