Today
Adak Island is the largest island in the Andreanof group, having a total of more than 280 square miles, and today ras Restricted public access.

History
On August 30, 1942, Allied forces captured Adak during a raging storm that prevented air cover during the assault. The base was spotted by Japanese reconnaissance aircraft on October 1, 1942. Adak became the ACS Headquarters and the largest Army/Navy base in the Aleutians. Adak WWII Quonset Huts. In WWII there were 50,000 troops. Finger Bay is a relatively deep and protected fjord west of Sweeper Cove. It is connected by road to the Naval Facility and had extensive docking and other support facilities during WWII.

6-Inch Naval Guns
The airfield and naval base protected by two 6-inch naval guns.

Zeto Point
Several 155mm guns on panama mounts, still intact today.

Kruluk Bay
An AMTB battery was located at the bay. Sixty AA guns were emplaced around the base.

Radio Station NUD
Located at a place called Heart Lake Adak's radio station received General MacArthur's surrender order, as sent to the Japanese live, and relayed it on to the lower 48 states.

Adak Airfield
Built by American forces after their occupation in late August 1942.

Adak Submarine Pens
Located at Finger Bay. It never was a major submarine base like those found on Guam or Pearl Harbor, but it did serve as a harbor facility for a small number of submarines and patrol boats in 1943.

PBY Wreck
Jerry Craft recalls:
"All that I found of the PBY on the southern slope of Adak's Mt. Moffett (probably at about the 1300' to 1500' level) was the distinctive nose section, and that was in the entrance to an ice cave that had formed in the little valley on the mountain's side. My guess is that because I couldn't find any other part of the aircraft, it had probably crashed into the mountain, and the part I found had slid down. The date of this find was probably October, 1947. I don't have any photographs."

B-25 Wreck
Jerry Craft recalls:
The B-25 wreck that I sighted was while on an inspection flight from Adak to Amchitka, sometime in late 1949-early 1950. I believe that our pilot had filed an IFR flight plan for this short hop (most of the flying in those days in the Aleutians was IFR, even if it was an unusually clear day in the region). Our C-47 had been airborne about 30 minutes from Adak, and was probably somewhere near the "Tanaga Intersection" 51.50 N. 178.00 W or about 60 miles due west of Adak. when I sighted the unmistakable wreckage of a B-25 that still bore its WW II olive-drab paint. The island on which it had landed couldn't have been more than a 200-300 feet wide, and 400-500 feet in length. It was quite flat and covered with the tall grass that was common on these islands. The aircraft sat almost exactly in the center of this dinky piece of earth; it was facing east, leading you to believe that it was heading back to Adak. Deep grooves had been made in the earth, almost from the western edge of the island to the place where the aircraft rested. I assumed that these were from the aircraft's engines and propellers. The center of the aircraft, where the wings joined the fuselage, was missing, as though the aircraft experienced a small explosion and/or fire shortly after landing. I went forward in the aircraft and notified the co-pilot of what I'd seen; he said he's note the location in his log. I do not know what, if anything, became of this information. I was never able to relocate this wreck, even though I made several trips through that area in the spring and summer of 1950. In conclusion, all I can add is that pilot of the B-25 made one heck of a landing on such a small target, and I wouldn't be surprised that the crew survived. Whether or not they were ever picked up is another matter."