Oakland Army Air Forces Intransit Depot No. 3


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Oakland Army Air Forces Intransit Depot No. 3

A 201 acre Army Air Forces logistical facility located at 32nd and Cypress Streets in Oakland, Alameda County. The 7 April 1945 Army of the United States Station List indicated that the depot was operated by the 4704th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Intransit 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: 296
- Officers: 16
- Station Hospital:
Acreage
- Owned: 89 acres
- Leases: 102 acres (13 leases)
- Total: 201 acres
Storage:
- Ammunition Igloos and Magazines:
- Covered:
  - Heated: 112,175 sq ft
  - Unheated: 1,361,842 sq ft
  - Total: 1,474,017 sq ft
- Sheds:
- Open:
  - Surfaced: 1,074,850 sq ft
  - Unsurfaced: 417,342 sq ft
  - Total: 1,492,192 sq ft
- Total Depot Storage Capacity: 2,966,209 sq ft
Cost to Government Since 1 July 1940:
- Annual Lease Payment(s): $117,103.00
- Land Purchase: $656,900.00
- Construction: $9,493,337.00
- Total (Less Lease Payments): $10,150,237.00
Remarks: Includes 284,382 sq ft of concrete wharf.