Ontario Army Air Forces Specialized Storage Depot


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Ontario Army Air Forces Specialized Storage Depot

History

A 16-acre Army Air Forces logistical facility located at the corner of Campus and Main Streets in the City of Ontario, 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: 16 acres (2 leases)
- Total: 16 acres
Storage:
- Ammunition Igloos and Magazines:
- Covered:
  - Heated:
  - Unheated: 128,470 sq ft
  - Total: 128,470 sq ft
- Sheds: 2175 sq ft
- Open:
  - Surfaced: 11,000 sq ft
  - Unsurfaced: 332,000 sq ft
  - Total: 343,000 sq ft
- Total Depot Storage Capacity: 473,845 sq ft
Cost to Government Since 1 July 1940:
- Annual Lease Payment(s): $13,200
- Land Purchase:
- Construction: $56,600
- Total (Less Lease Payments): $56,600
Remarks: