Hospital Point, Pearl Harbor

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Hospital Point in Pearl Harbor is a shoreline area on Oahu, Hawaii, historically notable as the site where the battleship USS Nevada was beached during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.


Statements (25)
Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic location
shoreline area
adjacentTo Pearl Harbor main channel
associatedWithEvent attack on Pearl Harbor
associatedWithWar World War II
coordinatesApproximate 21.35°N 157.96°W
dateOfNotableEvent 1941-12-07
eventOccurredHere beaching of USS Nevada on 7 December 1941
hasAlternativeDescription shoreline area within the Pearl Harbor naval complex
hasNameOrigin named for its proximity to the naval hospital at Pearl Harbor
hasNearbyFacility Naval hospital at Pearl Harbor
heritageStatus historically significant site of the Pearl Harbor attack
locatedIn Hawaii
Honolulu County
Pearl Harbor
locatedInCountry United States
locatedOnIsland Oahu
militaryAssociation United States Navy
nearbyWaterBody Pacific Ocean
notableFor being the site where USS Nevada was beached during the attack on Pearl Harbor
partOf U.S. Navy installation at Pearl Harbor
relatedVessel USS Nevada (BB-36)
strategicRole provided a location to prevent USS Nevada from sinking in the main channel
transportSignificance helped keep Pearl Harbor channel from being blocked by a sinking battleship
usedFor emergency beaching of damaged vessels

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
USS Nevada (BB-36)
beachedAt
USS Nevada
groundedAt

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