Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 99001231 Added to NRHP 18 October 1999 | Built 1940 (1940) Opened 1940 | |
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Nearest city Lauli'i, American Samoa Architectural style Mark 8 Model 2 naval rifles | ||
The Breakers Point Naval Guns are a historic World War II-era defensive fortification on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa. It consists of two six-inch Mark 8 Model 2 naval guns, mounted on circular concrete platforms about 200 feet above sea level at the end of Papatele Ridge, which flanks the east side of Pago Pago Harbor. The guns, manufactured in 1907, were emplaced in 1941 amid fears of a Japanese invasion of the island, and were left in situ (albeit disabled) after invasion fears subsided. They were brought to the site by an innovative railway system that used locally-crafted rails fashioned out of ifil wood when steel rails were not available. The guns are located on private family-owned land, but may be hiked to with permission.
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.