|Minor light of Oahu - Pyramid Rock, HI| Description: Kane'ohe
Bay on the windward or eastern side of O'ahu is the largest
sheltered body of water in the Hawaiian Islands. The 4.6-mile-
wide mouth of the bay extends from Pyramid Rock on the Mokapu
Peninsula at the southeastern side to Kualoa Point on the
northwest side. Before exposure to the Western world in 1778,
the Kane'ohe area was the most populated area on O'ahu. Part of
the Mokapu Peninsula was first set aside for military purposes
in 1918, when President Woodrow Wilson reserved 322 acres for
the U.S. Army. The U.S. Navy purchased the western side of the
peninsula in 1939, and construction soon began on Naval Air
Station Kaneohe. Dredging of the bay started in 1939, and in
1941 Pyramid Rock Light was established atop the natural feature
on the northwestern point of the Mokapu Peninsula. NAS, Kaneohe
Bay was attacked by two waves of Japanese Imperial Navy aircraft
on December 7, 1941, just minutes before the assault began at
Pearl Harbor. Eighteen U.S.