F/V CHARLES W (Schooner)

a.k.a. Annie J. Larsen; PET-00529

Middle Harbor, W Float, Slip 299, Petersburg, AK
Local significance of the structure:
Maritime History; Commerce

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.

During World War II, the Japanese invaded and occupied two islands in Alaska's Aleutian chain, Attu and Kiska. This was the only foreign occupation of American soil during the war.