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Whittier was built primarily as a military port for Anchorage in World War II that was protected in a narrow fjord, and would be very difficult for the Japanese to bomb and even hard for them to find with the usually rainy and foggy weather. It is now a fishing port and also a terminus for cruise ships going to Anchorage after the Inside Passage. From Anchorage, it provides a gateway to Prince William Sound. The majority of residents in Whittier live in one building.