Satala, American Samoa

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Coordinates: 14°16′16″S 170°41′32″W / 14.27111°S 170.69222°W / -14.27111; -170.69222
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Satala
Village
Country 
UTC−11 (Samoa Time Zone)
ZIP code
96799
Area code+1 684

Satala is one of

U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and the government-owned Ronald Reagan Marina Railway Shipyard.[2]

It is also the location of the

2009 tsunami, sea-water entered the building and eventually submerged it and all its equipment in saltwater. The power capacity was lost as a consequence of the damages.[4]

Satala was the location of BFK, Inc. and where they constructed the Kneubuhl Warehouse near the docks, in order to offload cargo as the sole agent for

StarKist Tuna. It serves American-style pizzas with Samoan pork, taro, tuna, as well as standard ingredients.[6][7]

As of the

1950.[8]

History

The new Marina Railway at Satala, built to service ships up to 800 tons and aimed at servicing the fast-growing Oriental fishing fleets, opened in 1968.[9]

As the Satala Power Plant was destroyed by the

2009 tsunami, a new power plant was built and dedicated in May 2017. The new plant is quieter and located on higher ground than the previous plant. The multimillion-dollar project had a total cost of $56 million and three funding sources: $36.5 million from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), $17.5 million from insurance proceeds, and $2.5 million from the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA).[10]

Ronald Reagan Shipyard underwent four months of repairs in 2018, funded with $1 million from federal Capital Improvement Project monies. The repairs came after “30-plus years of the slipway being neglected”, according to American Samoa Shipyard Service Authority CEO Moefa’auo Bill Emmsley. The improvements were designed to alleviate bigger vessels from having to travel afar for required repairs.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cruise Travel Vol. 2, No. 1 (July 1980). Lakeside Publishing Co. Page 60. ISSN 0199-5111.
  2. ^ "Shipyard Authority proposes budget of $2.03 Million for FY2014". 15 August 2013.
  3. ^ http://www.epa.as.gov/sites/default/files/documents/brownfields/aspa_satala_power_plantoct.11.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ISBN 9781437942835
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  5. ^ https://benandlena.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/satala-intro-0516.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ISBN 9781786572189
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  7. ISBN 9781786572172
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  8. ^ https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2010/cph-t/t-8tables/table1b.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  9. ISBN 9781573062992
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  10. ^ "New Satala power plant dedicated". 26 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Four-month repair work underway at the Satala Shipyard". 7 December 2018.

14°16′16″S 170°41′32″W / 14.27111°S 170.69222°W / -14.27111; -170.69222

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