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Adak

 

An island in the central Andreanof Islands of the Aleutian chain. During World War II, it was developed into an air base to attack Japanese-occupied Kiska.

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Adak (YFB-28)—a projected ferryboat authorized on 3 March 1942—was apparently never laid down, and her construction was cancelled on 14 November 1944.