List of White Alice Communications System Sites - Project Stretchout Sites

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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