43. The harbor was designed for a capacity of 32 boats; yet it supports
a 110-boat fishing fleet, and as many as 1 0 boats have been moored in the
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harbor at one time. A study conducted by the Corps during 1980 to 1984 found
that plans to expand the basin to relieve the overcrowding were not economi-
cally justifiable. A chronology of events related to the development and
Nome Harbor, Alaska
Nome is located on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula in
northwest Alaska, 535 air miles northwest of Anchorage and 520 air miles west
of Fairbanks. The mouth of the Snake River is protected by a
rubble-
mound west jetty and a 240-ft rubble-mound east jetty.
45. The shallow entrance channel and small basin require that barges be
anchored offshore and cargo transferred via lighters. The harbor is typically
iced over from mid-November to May, and the ice may extend 3,000 to 6,000 ft
into the sound with 20- to 30-ft high pressure ridges at the seaward margin of
the ice sheet. Waves are typically short, steep, and less than ft high.
The significant wave height used in the design of the shore structures was
12 ft. A chronology of events related to the development and repair of the
harbor structures is given in Table 13.
Pelican Harbor, Alaska
46. Pelican is located on Lisianski Inlet off the north shore of
Chichagof Island in southeastern Alaska, about 1 0 miles west of Juneau. The
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project includes a 5.74-acre small-boat basin protected by a 1,000-ft rubble-
and completed in 1958. A
mound breakwater. The project was adopted in
chronology of events related to the development and repair of the harbor
Port Lions Harbor, Alaska
47. Port Lions is located on the northern end of Kodiak Island,
1 miles west of the City of Kodiak. The city was founded in 1965 when the
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government relocated residents of the town of Afognak, which had been
destroyed in the 1964 earthquake. The project includes a small-boat basin
protected by two breakwaters.
48. The study was authorized in 1965 and the project approved for
construction by the Office of the Chief of Engineers in 1977. The project
included an undredged 12-acre mooring basin protected by a 650-ft and a 500-ft
breakwater. At the request of local interests, an alternate plan was adopted,
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