Table 20
Wranaell Harbor
Wrangell, Alaska
Construction and Rehabilitation History
A 300-ft-long breakwater was authorized at Shekesti Point.
1922
1926
The breakwater was constructed. The breakwater was of rubble-mound
construction with a crest elevation of +18
mllw, crest width of
ft, and side slopes of
with a 5-ft-thick layer of armor stone
covering the core material. The breakwater was covered with a
wide at the base, and rising in a curb
monolith concrete cap,
wall on the sea side of the breakwater to elevation +23 ft mllw. A
breakwater cross section is shown in Figure 50.
The outer basin was authorized, including a 600- by 400-ft basin
1935
dredged to -10 ft mllw.
The outer basin was dredged.
1936
The inner basin was authorized, including 325- by
1945
basin
dredged to -10 ft mllw, a 530-ft-long by 120-ft-wide connecting
mllw, and a 320-ft breakwater.
channel dredged to -10
The inner basin and connecting channel were dredged, and the break-
1956-
1957
water was deferred.
1985
the harbor is presented in Figure 51. There are no reports of
repairs or rehabilitation.
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