Puʻuloa (Pearl Harbor)

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United States Navy base harbor historic site natural lagoon

Puʻuloa, better known as Pearl Harbor, is a historic natural deep-water lagoon on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu that serves as a major U.S. naval base and the site of the pivotal 1941 Japanese attack that drew the United States into World War II.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pearl Harbor	6
East Loch of Pearl Harbor	1
Pearl Harbor naval base	1
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Navy base ⓘ harbor ⓘ historic site ⓘ natural lagoon ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pearl Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedConflict	World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Pacific Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
attackDate	1941-12-07 ⓘ
attackResult	United States entry into World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ declaration of war by United States on Japan ⓘ
bodyOfWater	Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedTo	Pacific Ocean via dredged channel ⓘ
contains	Battleship Missouri Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam NERFINISHED ⓘ Naval Station Pearl Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Pearl Harbor National Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Arizona Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalSignificance	important place in Native Hawaiian history and tradition ⓘ
governingBody	National Park Service (for memorial areas) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	airfields ⓘ multiple lochs and inlets ⓘ naval shipyards ⓘ submarine base ⓘ
hasNameInHawaiian	Puʻuloa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasType	deep-water lagoon ⓘ
hasUNESCOTentativeStatus	World Heritage tentative list site (memorials) ⓘ
historicalSignificance	pivotal event in World War II history ⓘ symbol of U.S. involvement in the Pacific War ⓘ
isMemorializedBy	Pearl Harbor National Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ
leaseAgreementYear	1887 ⓘ
locatedIn	Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedOn	island of Oʻahu NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Honolulu NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ
partOf	Honolulu County NERFINISHED ⓘ Island of Oʻahu NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicRole	headquarters of U.S. Pacific Fleet ⓘ
timeZone	Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs	major U.S. naval base ⓘ
wasAnnexedBy	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasAnnexedFrom	Kingdom of Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasAttackedBy	Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasSiteOf	attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific Ocean approaches to Oahu → accessTo → Puʻuloa (Pearl Harbor) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pearl Harbor naval base

Dr. Seth Porter Ford → associatedWithPlace → Puʻuloa (Pearl Harbor) ⓘ

subject surface form: Seth Porter Ford