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Pages in category "Military facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1996, Treasure Island and the Presidio of San Francisco Army Post were decommissioned and opened to public control, under stipulations. Treasure Island is now part of District 6 of the City and County of San Francisco, though it is still owned by the Navy. In 1993, the naval station was selected for closure, and Navy operations ended there ...
As part of a military reduction program under the Base Realignment and Closure process from 1988, Congress voted to end the Presidio's status as an active military installation of the U.S. Army. [7] On October 1, 1994, it was transferred to the National Park Service , ending 219 years of military use and beginning its next phase of mixed ...
Pillar Point Air Force Station, formerly Pillar Point Military Reservation, is a United States Armed Forces facility on 48 acres overlooking Pillar Point Harbor, California. Pillar Point is 15 miles south of the City of San Francisco in San Mateo County .
Pages in category "Military in the San Francisco Bay Area" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Hangar One is one of the world's largest freestanding structures, covering 8 acres (32,000 m 2; 3.2 ha) at Moffett Field near Mountain View, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. The massive hangar has long been one of the most recognizable landmarks of California's Silicon Valley .
The Oakland Army Base, also known as the Oakland Army Terminal, is a decommissioned United States Army base in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. The base was located at the Port of Oakland on Maritime Street just south of the eastern entrance to the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. [1] Construction of the base commenced in 1941 as a ...
A Congressional hearing on Pacific Coast Naval Bases was held in San Francisco in 1920 at San Francisco City Hall, wherein city representatives, Mayor Rolph, City Engineer O'Shaughnessy and others testified on behalf of permanently siting the Navy at Hunters Point.