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Built. 1941. In use. 1941–1999. Fate. decommissioned. The Oakland Army Base, also known as the Oakland Army Terminal, is a decommissioned United States Army base in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. The base was located at the Port of Oakland on Maritime Street just south of the eastern entrance to the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge.
Naval Air Station Alameda ( NAS Alameda) was a United States Navy Naval Air Station in Alameda, California, on San Francisco Bay. [1] NAS Alameda had two runways: 13–31 measuring 8,000 ft × 200 ft (2,438 m × 61 m) and 07-25 measuring 7,200 ft × 200 ft (2,195 m × 61 m). Two helicopter pads and a control tower were also part of the facilities.
The SS Jeremiah O'Brien, a World War II era Liberty ship, at Fort Mason.. The San Francisco Port of Embarkation, a new command, was created on 6 May 1932 under Brigadier General Charles S. Lincoln with headquarters at Fort Mason assuming command over the Army Transport Service, the San Francisco General Quartermaster Depot at Fort Mason and the Overseas Replacement and Discharge Service at ...
Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Oakland. Fort Baker. Fort Barry. Fort Cronkhite. Fort Funston. Fort Mason. Fort Miley Military Reservation. Fort Point National Historic Site. Fort Ross, California.
Naval Hospital Oakland. Naval Hospital Oakland, also known as Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, was a U.S. naval hospital located in Oakland, California that opened during World War II (1942) and closed in 1996 [1] as part of the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure program. [2] The 167-acre (68 ha) site is bordered on three sides by Mountain Boulevard ...
Built. 1943. In use. 1943 – present. Parks Reserve Forces Training Area ( PRFTA ), commonly known as Camp Parks, is a United States Army base located in Dublin, California, that is currently an active military and training center for U.S. Army Reserve personnel to be used in case of war or natural disaster.
San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport. / 37.72139°N 122.22083°W / 37.72139; -122.22083. San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport ( IATA: OAK, ICAO: KOAK, FAA LID: OAK) is an international airport in Oakland, California. The airport is located 7 miles (11 km) south of Downtown Oakland and 12 miles (19 km) east of San ...
Beale AFB was established in 1942 as Camp Beale and is named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822–1893), a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and a Brigadier General in the California Militia, who was an explorer and frontiersman in California. Camp Beale became a United States Air Force installation on 1 April 1951 and was renamed Beale Air Force Base.