Harbor Defenses of San Francisco

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Harbor Defenses of San Francisco were a network of coastal fortifications and artillery installations designed to protect the San Francisco Bay and its vital military and commercial assets from naval attack.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army harbor defense command
coastal defense system
armament 12-inch coast defense guns
16-inch coast defense guns
6-inch coast defense guns
anti-aircraft guns
disappearing guns
mortars
rifled muzzle-loading cannon (early period)
searchlights
submarine mines
country United States
era Endicott Period
Taft Period
World War I
World War II
interwar period
garrison Coast Artillery Corps regiments
National Guard coast artillery units
linked to: Army National Guard

regular United States Army units
hasPart Battery Boutelle
Battery Chamberlin
Battery Crosby
Battery Davis
Battery Dynamite
Battery Godfrey
Battery Howe
Battery Ledyard
Battery Mendell
linked to: Battery Spencer

Battery Townsley
Battery Wallace
Fort Baker
Fort Baker Mine Depot
linked to: Fort Baker

Fort Barry
Fort Cronkhite
Fort Funston
Fort McDowell
Fort Miley
Fort Point
Fort Winfield Scott
anti-aircraft batteries
coast artillery batteries
fire control stations
harbor mine casemates
searchlight stations
submarine mine fields
heritageStatus many former batteries incorporated into Golden Gate National Recreation Area
locatedIn California
San Francisco Bay
West Coast of the United States
notableSite Golden Gate
operator United States Army
partOf United States coastal defense system
primaryFunction defense of San Francisco Bay against naval attack
protection of commercial shipping in San Francisco Bay
protection of military installations around San Francisco Bay
status deactivated
strategicImportance protection of Pacific coast naval and commercial hub at San Francisco
successor Nike missile defenses around San Francisco Bay
usedBy United States Army Air Defense Artillery
United States Army Coast Artillery Corps

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Fort Cronkhite partOf Harbor Defenses of San Francisco
Fort Point (San Francisco) partOf Harbor defenses of San Francisco
linked to: Harbor Defenses of San Francisco
Endicott Period coast defenses locatedIn San Francisco Bay defenses
linked to: Harbor Defenses of San Francisco
Battery Spencer partOf Harbor Defenses of San Francisco
Battery Kirby partOf Harbor Defenses of San Francisco
Battery Townsley partOf harbor defenses of San Francisco Bay
linked to: Harbor Defenses of San Francisco
Endicott Board report of 1886 implementedIn Harbor Defenses of San Francisco
U.S. Army forces in California hasPart U.S. Army harbor defense of San Francisco
linked to: Harbor Defenses of San Francisco