Historic California Posts, Camps,
Stations and Airfields
Los Angeles Medical Depot
A 1925 image of the
Mack Truck plant that became the Los Angeles Medical Depot in
1942 (University of Southern California Digital Library)
Located in the former Mack Truck plant
at 2001 South Alameda Street, the Los Angeles Medical Depot was
established on 1 June 1942 with a recored capacity of 225,000
square feet. Operated as the distribution depot for Southern
California and California-Arizona Maneuver Area and as the filler
depot for Los Angeles Port of Embarkation. The depot operated
under the control of the 9th Service Command, Army Service Forces.
After the war the site became a lumber and building materials
yard. Today the complex still stands and is a commercial retail
space.
A Google Earth image
of the former Los Angeles Medical Depot.
Extract, War
Department Inventory of Owned, Sponsored and Leased Facilities,
31 December 1945
Capacity:
Enlisted:
Officers:
Station Hospital:
Acreage
Owned:
Leases: 6
acres (two leases)
Total:
6 acres
Storage:
Ammunition Igloos and Magazines:
Covered:
Heated: 235,000
sq ft
Unheated:
Total: 235.000
sq ft
Sheds:
Open:
Surfaced:
Unsurfaced: 7,000
sq ft
Total: 7,000
sq ft
Total Depot Storage Capacity: 242,000 sq ft
Cost to Government Since 1 July 1940:
Annual Lease Payment(s): $65,281.00
Land Purchase:
Construction: $187,292.00
Total (Less Lease Payments): $187,292.00
Remarks: Former
Mack Truck plant.
A street level view
of the former Los Angeles Medical Depot.
Extracts
from the Army of the United States Station Lists
Army Station
List
1 June 1943
Army Service Forces:
Los Angeles Medical Depot
Army Station
List
7 May 1945
Army Service Forces:
7902nd Service Command Unit
(Service Group, Los Angeles Medical Depot)
9908th Surgon General's Office
Technical Service Unit: (Los Angeles Medical Depot)
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