Masefau Defensive Fortifications

United States historic place


Masefau Defensive Fortifications
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

14°15′15″S 170°37′52″W / 14.25417°S 170.63111°W / -14.25417; -170.63111
Area	Lucile
Built	1940 (1940)
Built by	US Navy
NRHP reference No.	12000919^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 14, 2012

The Masefau Defensive Fortifications consist of a pair of concrete pillboxes on the shores of Masefau Bay on the island of Tutuila in the United States territory of American Samoa. These octagonal structures differ from others found in western Tutuila in that they have no separate interior space for the storage of ammunition. The structures were exposed by a typhoon in 2009.^[2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Tapuitea, the official government newsletter of American Samoa, November 20, 2012 (PDF page 7)" (PDF). Government of American Samoa. Retrieved 2015-06-13.

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