43. The harbor was designed for a capacity of 32 boats; yet it supports 

 a 110-boat fishing fleet, and as many as 140 boats have been moored in the 

 harbor at one time. A study conducted by the Corps during 1980 to 1984 found 

 that plans to expand the basin to relieve the overcrowding were not economi- 

 cally Justifiable. A chronology of events related to the development and 

 repair of the harbor structures is given in Table 12. 



Nome Harbor. Alaska 



44. Nome is located on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula in 

 northwest Alaska, 535 air miles northwest of Anchorage and 520 air miles west 

 of Fairbanks. The mouth of the Snake River is protected by a 400-ft rubble- 

 mound west jetty and a 240-ft rubble-mound east Jetty. 



45. The shallow entrance channel and small basin require that barges be 

 anchored offshore and cargo transferred via lighters. The harbor is typically 

 iced over from mid-November to May, and the ice may extend 3,000 to 6,000 ft 

 into the sound with 20- to 30-ft high pressure ridges at the seaward margin of 

 the ice sheet. Waves are typically short, steep, and less than 3 ft high. 

 The significant wave height used in the design of the shore structures was 



12 ft. A chronology of events related to the development and repair of the 

 harbor structures is given in Table 13. 

 Pelican Harbor, Alaska 



46. Pelican is located on Lisianski Inlet off the north shore of 

 Chichagof Island in southeastern Alaska, about 100 miles west of Juneau. The 

 project includes a 5.74-acre small-boat basin protected by a 1,000-ft rubble- 

 mound breakwater. The project was adopted in 1954 and completed in 1958. A 

 chronology of events related to the development and repair of the harbor 

 structures is given in Table 14. 



Port Lions Harbor, Alaska 



47. Port Lions is located on the northern end of Kodiak Island, 



19 miles west of the City of Kodiak. The city was founded in 1965 when the 

 government relocated residents of the town of Afognak, which had been 

 destroyed in the 1964 earthquake. The project includes a small-boat basin 

 protected by two breakwaters. 



48. The study was authorized in 1965 and the project approved for 

 construction by the Office of the Chief of Engineers in 1977. The project 

 included an undredged 12-acre mooring basin protected by a 650-ft and a 500-ft 

 breakwater. At the request of local interests, an alternate plan was adopted, 



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