Coast Guard Buoy Tender Kukui-- Part 2: Pearl Harbor's "Ni'ihau Incident"

From the December 7, 2014, Coast Guard Compass, Official Blog of the U.S. Coast Guard  "Pearl Harbor: 5 things you didn't know about the Coast Guard that day."

3.  CG Cutter Kukui "Battle of Ni'ihau Island (sometimes called the Niihau Incident)"

The Kikui was called upon to transport army combat personnel here after reports that a Japanese pilot, Shigenori Nishikaichi, had crashed his Zero fighter on the small island off Oahu.  reports had him taking control of it.

Locals eventually overcame and killed him.  The Kukui arrived afterwards on December 14.

--GreGen