Diamond Head Lighthouse

Diamond Head Lighthouse
Diamond Head Lighthouse
Map
Location3399 Diamond Head Rd.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Coordinates21°15′20.7″N 157°48′34.5″W / 21.255750°N 157.809583°W / 21.255750; -157.809583
Tower
Constructed1898 (first)
Constructionconcrete tower
Height57 feet (17 m)
Shapesquare pyramidal tower with circular balcony and lantern
Markingswhite tower, red lantern dome
OperatorUnited States Coast Guard
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1917 (current)
Focal height147 feet (45 m)
LensBarbier et Bénard 3rd order Fresnel lens
Rangewhite: 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)
red: 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)
CharacteristicOc (2) WR 10s.
U.S. Coast Guard Diamond Head Lighthouse
Location3399 Diamond Head Rd., Honolulu, Hawaii
Coordinates21°15′25″N 157°48′34″W / 21.25694°N 157.80944°W / 21.25694; -157.80944
Built1917
NRHP reference No.80001282[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 31, 1980

Diamond Head Lighthouse is a United States Coast Guard facility located on Diamond Head in Honolulu, on the island of Oʻahu in the State of Hawaiʻi.

The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

The Diamond Head Lighthouse was featured on a United States postage stamp in June 2007.[2]

In a 2014 interview, 94-year-old veteran Melvin Bell described serving as the radio operator at the Diamond Head station during the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, and the steps he took to warn civilian vessels of the attack.[3]

The lighthouse is featured in the music video for Katy Perry's song Electric, which is a collaboration between Perry and Pokémon.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Yap, Brittany P. (June 22, 2007). "Isle lighthouse graces postage stamp". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
  3. ^ C. Douglas Kroll (2014-03-25). "Interview of ETCM Melvin Kealoha Bell, USCG (Retired)" (PDF). US Coast Guard. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  4. ^ Hosken, Patrick. "How Katy Perry, Pikachu, And Her Doppelgänger Went 'Electric' In Hawaii". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
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