Oakland Army Air Forces Specialized Storage Depot


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Oakland Army Air Forces Specialized Storage Depot

History

A two acre Army Air Forces logistical facility located at 10910 East 14th Street in Oakland, Alameda County. The depot was operated by the 800th Army Air Forces Specialized Storage Depot, which was later redesignated 4800th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Specialized Storage Depot). The depot was closed after the end of World War II and this activity does not appear in the 7 May 1946 edition of The Army of the United States Station List. No other information is currenly available.

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:
- Total:
Storage:
- Ammunition Igloos and Magazines:
- Covered:
  - Heated: 221,517 sq ft
  - Unheated:
  - Total:
- Sheds:
- Open:
  - Surfaced: 76,500 sq ft
  - Unsurfaced: 110,440 sq ft
  - Total: 186,940 sq ft
- Total Depot Storage Capacity: 408,457 sq ft
Cost to Government Since 1 July 1940:
- Annual Lease Payment(s): $59,724
- Land Purchase:
- Construction: $15,680
- Total (Less Lease Payments): $15,680
Remarks: