Description
Attu is located on NW shore of Chichagof Harbor, on NE coast of Attu I., Aleutian Islands.
History
Aleut village listed in the 1880 census with 107 people; 101 in 1890; 2 1930; and 44 in 1940. The 1944 Aleutian Coast Pilot relates that this village was mostly destroyed in 1943 in connection with U. S. military operations against the Japanese. The U.S. military forces referred to the village as "Chichagof" at that time.