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Published: May 13th, 2008 12:16 AM
Last Modified: May 13th, 2008 12:55 AM
ATTU STATION
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POPULATION: 20 (2006)
LOCATION: On the northeast coast of Attu Island, in the Near Islands group, on the far western end of the Aleutian chain.
DESCRIPTION: A U.S. Coast Guard outpost with a key military history. All Coast Guard personnel live in group quarters; no families live on the island.
HISTORY: The Aleutian Islands were historically occupied by the Unangas. Attu was called St. Theodore by Capt. A.I. Chirikov in 1742. The first landing on the island appears to have been in 1745. The Aleut name was early transcribed by the Russians as "Ostrov Attu," spelled "Atakou" by Capt. James Cook in 1785. Attu was listed in the 1880 census with 107 people, 101 in 1890, 29 in 1930 and 44 in 1940. Attu and Kiska islands were occupied by Japanese forces in June 1942 during World War II. Attu was virtually destroyed in 1943 when the U.S. Army mounted a successful offensive against the island from Adak.
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