Diamond Head Lighthouse is a United States Coast Guard facility located on Diamond Head in Honolulu, on the island of Oʻahu in the State of Hawaiʻi.
 Diamond Head Lighthouse | |
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| Location | 3399 Diamond Head Rd. Honolulu, Hawaii |
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| Coordinates | 21°15′20.7″N 157°48′34.5″W / 21.255750°N 157.809583°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1898 (first) |
| Construction | concrete tower |
| Height | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Shape | square pyramidal tower with circular balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white tower, red lantern dome |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1917 (current) |
| Focal height | 147 feet (45 m) |
| Lens | Barbier et Bénard 3rd order Fresnel lens |
| Range | white: 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) red: 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) |
| Characteristic | Oc (2) WR 10s. |
U.S. Coast Guard Diamond Head Lighthouse | |
| Location | 3399 Diamond Head Rd., Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Coordinates | 21°15′25″N 157°48′34″W / 21.25694°N 157.80944°W |
| Built | 1917 |
| NRHP reference No. | 80001282[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 31, 1980 |
The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
The Diamond Head Lighthouse was featured on a United States postage stamp in June 2007.[2]
In a 2014 interview, 94-year-old veteran Melvin Bell described serving as the radio operator at the Diamond Head station during the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, and the steps he took to warn civilian vessels of the attack.[3]
The lighthouse is featured in the music video for Katy Perry's song Electric, which is a collaboration between Perry and Pokémon.[4]
See also
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Yap, Brittany P. (June 22, 2007). "Isle lighthouse graces postage stamp". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
- ^ C. Douglas Kroll (2014-03-25). "Interview of ETCM Melvin Kealoha Bell, USCG (Retired)" (PDF). US Coast Guard. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
- ^ Hosken, Patrick. "How Katy Perry, Pikachu, And Her Doppelgänger Went 'Electric' In Hawaii". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
External links
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- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Hawaii". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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