Alaskan DEW Line Sites


photo from the web site http://dodimagery.afis.osd.mil/

The following photos are from Larry Wilson's DEW Line web site.


DEW Line, Aleutian (COB) sites


DEW Line, North Shore (LIZ & POW) sites


The following table lists only the Distant Early Warning (DEW) sites located inside Alaska's boundaries (northern coast or Aleutian chain). For a more-complete look at the former DEW Line, see Larry Wilson's DEW web site at URL http://www.lswilson.ca/dewline.htm.

The DEW Line has been replaced by the North Warning System.

Site Name Site Number Squadron Radar
Equipment
Activation
Date
Notes
Brownlow Point, AK POW-D   FPS-23 Aug-57  
Cape Lisburne AFS', AK LIZ-1 711 FPS-3 Feb-53  
Cape Sabine, AK LIZ-A   FPS-23 Aug-57  
Cape Sarichef, AK COB-3 714, Det. 3 FPS-19 1959  
Cape Simpson, AK POW-A   FPS-23 1957  
Cold Bay DEW, AK COB-MAIN 714 FPS-19 30-Sep-69  
Demarcation Bay, AK BAR-A   FPS-23 Aug-57  
Driftwood Bay, AK COB-2 714, Det. 2 FPS-19 1959  
Flaxman Island, AK POW-3   FPS-19; FPS-23 Aug-57  
Icy Cape, AK LIZ-B   FPS-23 1957  
Kogru, AK POW-B   FPS-23 1957  
Lonely, AK POW-1   FPS-19; FPS-23 1957  
McIntyre, AK POW-C   FPS-23 1957  
Nikolski, AK COB-1 714, Det 1 FPS-19 1959  
Oliktok, AK POW-2   FPS-19; FPS-23 1957  
Peard Bay, AK LIZ-C   FPS-23 1957  
Point Barrow, AK POW-Main   FPS-19; FPS-23 1957  
Point Lay, AK LIZ-2   FPS-19; FPS-23 1957  
Port Heiden, AK COB-5 714, Det. 5 FPS-19 1959  
Port Moller, AK COB-4 714, Det. 4 FPS-19 1959  
Wainwright, AK LIZ-3   FPS-19; FPS-23 1957