Long Beach Army Air Forces Intransit Depot No. 8 (United Nations Depot No. 3)


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Long Beach Army Air Forces Intransit Depot No. 8
(United Nations Depot No. 3)

An eight acre Army Air Forces logistical facility located at 700 Henry Ford Avenue in Long Beach. The 1 June 1943 Army of the United States Station List indicated that United Nations Depot No. 3 under the control of the Army Air Forces was co-located with the Army Air Forces Intransit Depot. The 7 April 1945 Army of the United States Station List indicated that the depot was operated by the 4705th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Intransit Depot). The depot used warehouse builings 1101, 1201 and 1202 at Los Angeles Army Air Forces Specialized Depot (also know as Maywood Army Air Forces Specialized Depot).

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

Capacity:
- Enlisted:
  - Permanent:
  - Mobilization (Quartermaster Corps 700-Series or Corps of Engineers 800-Series):
  - Theater of Operations:
  - Hutments:
  - Tents:
  - Total:
- Officers:
- Station Hospital:
Acreage
- Owned:
- Leases: 8 acres (1 lease)
- Total:
Storage:
- Ammunition Igloos and Magazines:
- Covered:
  - Heated:
  - Unheated: 347,852 sq ft
  - Total: 347,852 sq ft
- Sheds:46,400 sq ft
- Open:
  - Surfaced: 266,901 sq ft
  - Unsurfaced:
  - Total: 266,901 sq ft
- Total Depot Storage Capacity: 660,753 sq ft
Cost to Government Since 1 July 1940:
- Annual Lease Payment(s): $173,726.00
- Land Purchase:
- Construction: $171,360.00
- Total (Less Lease Payments): $171,360.00
Remarks: