Vehicles partially or fully submerged by the elevated waters were 

 for the most part a total loss owing to the corrosive effect of salt 

 water on the motors and wiring. In addition, oil slick from the water 

 was deposited heavily on many vehicles (Tudor, I96H). 



At the southwest end of the Nyman Peninsula the road bed was partly 

 eroded from under its asphalt cover-layer (Figure 122). The road between 

 the Naval Station and Cape Chiniak was damaged in several places. (Figures 

 123 to 125 present views of the scouring effects of the tsunami on roads 

 and bridges in the low-lying deltaic region at the southwest end of Womens 

 ,Bay (see Figure 88). 



In addition to the damage already described, the seismic sea waves 

 caused other miscellaneous damage. The high water (l) washed vehicles 

 Inland or into Womens Bay, (2) washed all types of debris onto the beach 

 areas of the Naval Station, (3) destroyed the small footbridge crossing 

 Buskin River, (U) in several localities washed ice across the highway 

 and against buildings, and (5) destroyed several small sheds. This type 

 of damage occurred throughout the low-lying inundated areas of the station. 

 The cost of the general clean-up of the station and other miscellaneous 

 damage is not included in Table E-3 (Appendix E) (Kachadoorian and 

 Plafker, 196?). 



k. Tsunami Damage at Other Coastal Communities on Kodiak and 

 Neighboring Islands 



The wave sequences at places other than Kodiak City and the 

 U. S. Naval Station, Kodiak, are not well known. It would seem likely 

 that the seismic sea waves affecting the nimerous bays and inlets of the 

 Kodiak Island region were basically similar to those at Kodiak City and 

 Womens Bay. The pecioliarities of bays, however, would manifest themselves 

 in giving prominence to local resonances . 



Some of the runup effects along the coast of the Kodiak Island group 

 have already been referred to briefly in Section III-2 and Figure ko , but 

 it is impossible in a work of this kind to give detailed coverage to all 

 the recorded effects that have been documented by such investigators as 

 Berg, et al,(l96U); Brown (196^+); Denner (196U); Grant z , et al (196U); 

 Plafker and Mayo (1965); Plafker and Kachadoorian (1966); Kachadoorian 

 and Plafker (196T). We shall merely discuss some of the more important 

 situations that have come to our notice particularly where damage was 

 involved. 



At Port William on Shyak Island (Figure l) the tide receded U5 min- 

 utes after the earthquake and was followed by a wave. The highest runup 

 was estimated by Berg, et al (196U) to be I6 feet above MLLW or about 6 

 feet above the high tide at midnight; slight damage occurred. 



At Afognak (village) in Marmot Bay, Afognak Island (Figure 126) 

 there was an immediate recession of water after the earthquake followed 

 by a wave crest within 15 minutes. Four additional waves followed; the 

 fourth and highest destroyed part of the village (Berg, et al (I96U). 



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