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Field report on the tsunami of by University of California subgroup of the Oceanographic Section of Joint Task Force One (Pearl Harbor), May 3, 1946, April 1, 1946

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 162

Scope and Contents

"On April 1, 1946, the Hawaiian Islands were subjected to a series of high waves of extremely long period, apparently originating in the Aleutian trough. Investigation of the tsunami in the Hawaiian Islands was undertaken by two groups of interested engineers and scientists who were in the Islands at the time. The first group was from the University of California at Berkeley and was in the charge of Prof. H. W. Iversenof the Department of Mechanical Engineering ... The second group was from the United States Geological Survey at Honolulu and was headed by Dr. F. P. Shepard of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, California ... The following report is based primarily on the data of the Berkeley party. However, most of the information on the islands other than Oahu was obtained from the data by Dr. Shepard. None of the Berkeley party witnessed the tsunami, but Dr. Shepard personally observed all of the major waves that struck Oahu." Report (HE-116-216) written by John D. Isaacs, Research Engineer. Includes maps, charts (annotated to index the photographs), news clippings, and correspondence. Contents: Section 1. Ahua Point to Maunalua Bay; Section 2. Maunalua Bay to Waimanalo Bay; Section 3. Waimanalo Bay to Kaneohe Bay; Section 4. Kaoio Point to Punaluu; Section 5. Punaluu, Kahuku to Waimea Bay; Section 6. Waimea Bay to Mokuleia; Section 7. Mokuleia, Kaena to Kepuhi Point; Section 8. Kepuhi to Browns Camp; Section 9. Browns Camp to Pearl Harbor; Section 10. Miscellaneous photographs.

Dates

  • Creation: April 1, 1946

Creator

Languages

From the Collection:

The collection is primarily in English, with some documents in Portuguese and Spanish.

Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

370 photographs

Repository Details

Part of the Water Resources Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
University of California
Rivera Library
P.O. Box 5900
Riverside CA 92517-5900 United States