Fire Control Station Diamond Head

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Fire Control Station Diamond Head is a historic coastal defense military facility built into the slopes of Diamond Head crater on Oʻahu, Hawaii, used to direct artillery fire for the island’s coastal batteries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal defense installation
fire control station
historic site
military facility
access tunnels within Diamond Head crater
associatedWith United States Army coastal artillery
coastal artillery batteries on Oahu
builtFor defense of Oahu
protection of Honolulu Harbor
camouflage partially concealed within crater slopes
country United States
currentUse historic site
tourist attraction
designedFor coordination of multiple coastal batteries
long-range artillery fire control
elevationRelativeToSeaLevel high above sea level
era 20th-century coastal defense era
hasFunction direct artillery fire
range finding
target observation
hasPart bunkers
fire control plotting rooms
lookout platforms
observation posts
underground tunnels
heritageStatus historic military structure
locatedIn Diamond Head
Hawaii
Honolulu
Oʻahu NERFINISHED
United States
locatedOn slopes of Diamond Head crater
locatedWithin Diamond Head State Monument
material reinforced concrete
militaryBranch United States Army
openToPublic yes
partOf Diamond Head crater
Oahu coastal defense system
strategicView Honolulu coastline
Pacific Ocean approaches to Oahu
terrainFeature built into volcanic tuff slopes
usedFor coastal defense
fire control for coastal batteries
military observation
viewFromSite Honolulu
Pacific Ocean
Waikiki

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Diamond Head
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Fire Control Station Diamond Head ("Oahu coastal defense system")
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