The dredgings from these lanes became fill for the ever expanding airport facilities. At the same time, the lagoon continued to be used as a kind of dumping ground for unwanted and unusable vessels, and there are references to the lagoon regarding the lawless nature of the lifestyle there. Keehi Lagoon represents an historically active maritime area, changed over the passage of time into an almost completely artificial land and sea scape. Current charts of the lagoon reveal six known shipwrecks. Records from past divers allude to steamship wrecks and implements from whalers in the nearshore waters outside Kalihi channel.
State agencies report the removal of World War II era vessels from the lagoon.
Needless to say, there hasn't been much effort in the historic preservation of these sites. Archival work, as well as visual diving surveys carried out from seagoing kayaks, have begun. This is only a preliminary sketch of an ongoing project, but the questions which can be posed concerning Keehi Lagoon are universal in nature, often applying equally as well to any highly modernized busy port. Keehi Lagoon Keel and bulkhead assembly of a Japanese built Hawaiian fishing sampan. Fishing Hut Re-use of timbers at unoccupied fishing hut.