Ford Island

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Ford Island

Ford Island is located in the middle of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It is connected to the main island by the Ford Island Bridge. Before the bridge was built, Ford Island could only be reached by a ferry boat

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Ferry

A ferry is a form of transport, usually a boat or ship, used to carry passengers and their vehicles across a body of water. Ferries are also used to transport freight and even railroad cars....
which ran at hourly intervals for cars and foot passengers. The island houses several naval facilities. It also has four main groups of military housing: Nob Hill, Luke Field, Kamehameha Loop, and Battleship Cove. The United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
defines Ford Island as Block 9014, Block Group 9, Census Tract

Census tract

A census tract, census area, or census district is a geographic region defined for the purpose of taking a census. Usually these coincide with the Border of cities, towns or other administrative areas and several tracts commonly exist within a county....
81 of Honolulu County, Hawaii

Honolulu County, Hawaii

The City and County of Honolulu is a consolidated city-county located in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is also the official municipal and cultural entity of the combined urban district of Honolulu, Hawaii and the rest of the island of Oahu in the U.S....
. The island officially has 1.83 km² (0.707 sq mi) of land and a population of 368 persons as of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
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History

Ancient Hawaiians called the island Mokuumeume—the isle of attraction. It is currently named after Dr. Seth Ford, a Boston physician who practiced medicine at the Hawaiian Insane Asylum and the U.S. Marine Hospital

U.S. Marine Hospital

U.S. Marine Hospital may refer to:*United States Marine Hospital of Louisville*United States Marine Hospital ...
from 1861–1866.

When Ford died, the island was sold to the Honolulu Plantation. The U.S. Army purchased it during World War I

World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
for $236,000. It was transferred to the Navy in 1932. At the height of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
more than 40,000 people lived and worked on the 450 acre

Acre

The acre is a Units of measurement of area in a number of different systems, including the Imperial unit#Measures of area and United States customary units#Units of area systems....
(183 ha

Hectare

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) island. The island was in the center of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Attack on Pearl Harbor

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States' naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941, later resulting in the United States becoming militarily involved in World War II....
, because of the battleship moorings surrounding the island.

From the 1940s through the 1990s, Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt , often referred to by his initials FDR, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
, John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1961 until John F....
and George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

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have been guests at Ford Island.

The naval station was decommissioned as a separate command in 1962 and placed under Naval Base Pearl Harbor control, but the former naval air station and airfield on Ford Island remained an uncontrolled naval auxiliary landing field for both military helicopters and military flying club aircraft through the late 1990s. The island was declared a National Historic Landmark

National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark is a building, :wiktionary:site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the Federal government of the United States for its historical significance....
in 1964, and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
in 1976.

Several motion pictures were filmed on Ford Island, including In Harm's Way
In Harm's Way

In Harm's Way is a 1965 in film epic film starring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss, Brandon De Wilde, Jill Haworth, Burgess Meredith, and Henry Fonda, produced and directed by Otto Preminger, and distributed by Paramount Pictures....
starring John Wayne

John Wayne

John Wayne was an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning United States film actor. He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American icon....
, Tora Tora Tora, and the 2001 Michael Bay

Michael Bay

Michael Benjamin Bay is an United States film director and film producer. Bay is best known for making large-budget action films, such as Transformers , Armageddon , The Rock , Pearl Harbor , Bad Boys , Bad Boys II and the upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen....
picture Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor (film)

Pearl Harbor is a 2001 in film war film directed by Michael Bay. It features a large ensemble cast, including Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin, Jon Voight, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Jaime King, and Jennifer Garner....
.

Before the Admiral Clarey Bridge

Admiral Clarey Bridge

Admiral Clarey Bridge is an automobile causeway providing access to Ford Island, a United States Navy installation situated in the middle of Pearl Harbor....
was opened in 1998, transportation to and from Ford Island was by ferryboat. Tourists were unable to visit the island without a military ID or being invited by a resident. Now, civilians are able to visit the USS Missouri

USS Missouri (BB-63)

USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa class battleship, and was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S....
and Pacific Aviation Museum there.

Features

There is a monument to the USS Utah

USS Utah (BB-31)

USS Utah was an aging battleship that was attacked and sunk in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. A Florida class battleship battleship, she was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the U.S....
on the island. Luke Field (est. 1919) is located here.

The Pacific Aviation Museum

Pacific Aviation Museum

The Pacific Aviation Museum is located on Ford Island, located in the middle of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The museum site occupies of the island....
is located here. Currently, the museum, which opened on 7 December 2006, is housed in Hangar 37 and there are plans to expand the museum to Hangars 54 and 79.

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Ford Island is the home of the USS Missouri, site of the Japanese surrender in WWII, and was recalled into active duty for the Gulf War.