Historic California Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields
Lathrop Engineer Depot
(War Aid Depot, Lathrop; Lathrop Army Service Forces Depot)
Historical Data Card - Post, Camp, Station or Air Field
Extract,
War Department Inventory of Owned, Sponsored and Leased Facilities
, 31 December 1945
Capacity:
Enlisted:
992
Officers:
Station Hospital:
Acreage
Owned:
720 acres
Leases:
Total:
720 acres
Storage:
Ammunition Igloos and Magazines:
Covered:
Heated:
Unheated:
555,000 sq ft
Total:
555,000 sq ft
Sheds:
514,000 sq ft
Open:
Surfaced:
4,082,000 sq ft
Unsurfaced:
4,335,304 sq ft
Total:
8,417,304 sq ft
Total Depot Storage Capacity:
9,486,304 sq ft
Cost to Government Since 1 July 1940:
Annual Lease Payment(s):
Land Purchase:
$128,580.00
Construction:
$2,866,582.00
Total (Less Lease Payments):
$2,995,162.00
Remarks:
Land data includes
Lathrop Transportation Corps Depot
.
Extracts from the Army of the United States Station Lists
Source
Date
Unit
Army Station List
1 June 1943
Army Service Forces
442nd Engineer Depot Company
497th Engineer Heavy Shop Company
Army Station List
1 June 1943
Army Service Forces:
100th Italian Engineer Base Depot Company
102nd Italian Engineer Base Depot Company
7901st Service Command Unit (Lathrop Engineer Depot)
Detachment 7, 9808th Corps of Engineers Technical Service Unit
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