San Francisco Medical Depot


Historic Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields
San Francisco Medical Depot


The former San Francisco Medical Depot, now the University of California, San Francisco's Mission Center.


San Francisco Medical Depot was originally established at 1855 Folsom Street in San Francisco. It later moved across the bay to the Oakland Army Base. Today , the former San Francisco Medical Depot is the University of California at San Francisco's Mission Center.

Historical Data Card - Post Camp Station and Air Field; US Army Center of Military History

Extract, War Department Inventory of Owned, Sponsored and Leased Facilities, 31 December 1945

Capacity:
- Enlisted:
- Officers:
- Station Hospital:
Acreage
- Owned:
- Leased: 1 acre (4 leases)
- Total: 1 acre
Storage:
- Ammunition Igloos and Magazines:
- Covered:
  - Heated: 514,497 sq ft
  - Unheated:
  - Total: 514,497 sq ft
- Sheds:
- Open:
  - Surfaced: 8,134 sq ft
  - Unsurfaced:
  - Total: 8,134 sq ft
- Total Depot Storage Capacity: 522,631 sq ft
Cost to Government Since 1 July 1940:
- Annual Lease Payment(s): $220,829.00
- Land Purchase:
- Construction: $17,583.00
- Total (Less Lease Payments): $17,583.00
Remarks:

Historic Images of San Francisco Medical Depot
National Institues of Health Historical Collection


Motor Pool, San Francisco Medical Depot


Packing and marking crew


Medical instruments being waterproofed in preparation for overseas shipment.


Supplies arriving in bulk at San Francisco Medical Depot.


Medcal materiel awaiting shipment.


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