Project Stretchout Sites
Project Stretchout began in 1959 and finished in the mid-1960s. It was the extension of White Alice to the Alaska Peninsula including the Aleutian DEW Line system.
Location | Operational | Collocated with | Coordinates | Notes |
Cold Bay, Alaska | DEW Line | Est.55°15′49″N 162°53′08″W / 55.26361°N 162.88556°W / 55.26361; -162.88556 | About $8 million combined cost for Cold Bay and Cape Sarichef | |
Driftwood Bay, Alaska | DEW Line | Est.53°58′12″N 166°52′46″W / 53.97°N 166.87944°W / 53.97; -166.87944 | ||
Nikolski, Alaska | DEW Line, Navy, FAA | Est.52°58′12″N 168°51′20″W / 52.97°N 168.85556°W / 52.97; -168.85556 | ||
Port Heiden, Alaska | DEW Line | Est.56°58′38″N 158°39′09″W / 56.97722°N 158.6525°W / 56.97722; -158.6525 | $3.5 million | |
Port Moller, Alaska | DEW Line | Est.55°58′41″N 160°30′01″W / 55.97806°N 160.50028°W / 55.97806; -160.50028 | $4.4 million to construct. | |
Cape Sarichef, Alaska | late 1950s to the mid 1970s | DEW line / LORAN station / Airfield | Est.54°35′37″N 164°55′06″W / 54.59361°N 164.91833°W / 54.59361; -164.91833 | Built atop a levelled cinder cone |
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