Historic California Posts, Camps,
Stations and Airfields
San Francisco Aquatic Park Anti-Aircraft
Tactical Position
At sometime during World War II, the Western
Defense Command's 4th Anti-Aircraft Command established an antiaircraft
site at San Francisco's Aquadic Park. The 11-acre site housed
33 enlisted soldiers in Theater of Operations type of barracks
and and addition ten in hutments. The site also housed 43 officers.
In 1944, this site became headquarters for the 4th Anti-Aircraft
Command (Which had been transferred to the 4th Air Force) from
it former facility at 155 Sansome Street. Additional information,
such as armament and other units assigned to this site, is not
currently available.
Sources: War Department
Inventory of Owned, Sponsored and Leased Facilities, December
1945; Army of the United States Station List, 7 May 1945
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