Headquarters, Southern District, 9th Service Command


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Headquarters, Southern District, 9th Service Command
(Los Angeles Central Motor Pool)

A leased headquarters complex located at 590 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California. The site was also the location of the 9th Service Command's Los Angeles Central Motor Pool. Very little else is known about this installation.

Extract, War Department Inventory of Owned, Sponsored and Leased Facilities, 1945

Training Area

Capacity:
- Enlisted:
  - Permanent:
  - Mobilization:
  - Theater of Operations: 50
  - Hutments:
  - Tents:
  - Total: 50
- Officers: 3
- Station Hospital:
Acreage
- Owned:
- Leases: 4 acres (one lease)
- Total: 4 acres
Storage:
- Covered:
- Open: 60,000 sq ft
Cost to Government Since 1 July 1940:
- Annual lease payments: $7,200.00
- Land:
- Construction: $48,500.00
- Total (less annual leases): $48,500.00
Remarks:

Reference	Date	Units
Army Station List	1 June 1943	Army Service Forces: 1917th Service Command Unit (Headquarters, Southern Security District, 9th Service Command)
Army Station List	7 April 1945	Army Service Forces: 1909th Service Command Unit (Headquarters, Southern District, 9th Service Command)
Army Station List	7 May 1946	Army Service Forces: 1909th Service Command Unit (Headquarters, Southern District, 9th Service Command) Headquarters Detachment Central Motor Pool

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