Second HDSF page: More detail on the forts and reference links

Milagra Ridge Military Reservation / Pacifica / Golden Gate National Recreation Area / KK
#130 /2 /16″/ CBC / NB
#244 / 2/ 6″/ SBC /1948-1950 / armed post war, guns from Ft. Columbia

FORT FUNSTON / Lake Merced /1917-1975 / Golden Gate National Recreation Area/KK
Davis /2/16″/ CBC /1939-1948/ prototype
Howe /4/12″/ M /1919-1945/ guns from Ft. W. Scott, destroyed
Bruff  /2/ 5″/ P /1919-1919/ guns from Ft. W. Scott, destroyed
unnamed /4 /155 mm/ PM /1930s/ destroyed by erosion
unnamed /4 /155 mm/ PM /1942/ buried

FORT MILEY /Lands End /1900-1948 /VA Hospital, Golden Gate NRA /KK
Livingston /8/12″/ M/1900-1943
Springer /8/12″/ M/1900-1943
Chester /2/12″/ DC/1898-1943/2 guns replaced 1920s
&/1/12″/ BC/ 1898-1943
Lobos /2/ 6″/ NP /1943-1945/ Navy guns
#243 /2/ 6″/ SBC/1948-1949/
Call /2/ 5″/ P /1915-1921/ guns from Ft. McDowell, destroyed
AMTB Lands End /2/90 mm/ F /1943-1948

FORT WINFIELD SCOTT / Presidio/ (1852) 1885-1995/ Golden Gate NRA / MD, MC /KKKKK
Dynamite /3/15″/Pn/1894-1904/converted to HECP, WWII
Lancaster /3/12″/DC/1899-1918/partially buried for bridge
Godfrey /3/12″/BC/1895-1943
Saffold /2/12″/BC/1898-1943
Howe /8/12″/M/1895-1920/1 empl. remains, others buried
Wagner /8/12″/M/1895-1920/buried
Stotsenburg /8/12″/M/1900-1943/4 guns removed 1918 to Ft. Funston
McKinnon /8/12″/M/1900-1943/
Cranston /2/10″/DC/1898-1943/built on
Miller /3/10″/DC/1898-1920
East /2/ 8″/BC/1897-1915/converted Rodman rifles
Slaughter /3/ 8″/DC/1899-1917/partially buried
Crosby /2/ 6″/DC/1902-1943
Chamberlin /4/ 6″/DC/1904-1918/1-6″ DC installed by NPS 1976 SE, battery being restored
Chamberlin /2/ 6″/Ped./1920-1949/in modified DC emplacement
Boutelle /3/ 5″/BP/1898-1918
Sherwood /2/ 5″/P/1900-1917/guns to Ft. Funston
Baldwin /2/ 3″/MP/1901-1920/partially buried
Blaney /4/ 3″/ MP/1907-1920
Point /2/ 3″/ P/1944-1945 / guns from Yates, Ft. Baker
Gate /2/ 3″/ P/1942-1945/ guns from Gravelly Beach, Ft. Baker
AMTB Baker [Beach]/2/90 mm/ F /1943-1946/ buried?

FORT MASON / Black Point /1852-1975 / Golden Gate NRA/ MD, MC /KKKKK
Spanish War /2/ 8″/ BC/ 1898-1910/ converted Rodman rifles
Burnham /1/ 8″/ DC/ 1900-1909/ gun & carr to Ft. Columbia, built on

Alcatraz Island /1852-WW II / Golden Gate National Rec. Area / MD _
unnamed /2/ 8″/ Rod/ 1900-1906/ converted Rodman rifles

FORT McDOWELL / Angel Island /1852-(1928)1947 / state park / MC / KKKKK
Knox Point /2/ 8″/ Rod /1898-1900/ converted Rodman rifles
Drew /1/ 8″/BC/1898-1915
Wallace /1/ 8″/DC/1901-1915
Ledyard /2/ 5″/P/1901-1915/guns to Miley
AMTB / 2/90 mm/ F / NB?

FORT BAKER / Lime Point / 1867-1998/ Golden Gate NRA / MD/ KKKKK
Spencer /3/12″/ BC/1893-1943/ 1 gun removed 1918
Kirby /2/12″/ DC/1900-1941/ 1 gun replaced 1933
Cavello /3/ 8″/ Rod/1900-1910/ converted Rodman rifles
Duncan / 2/ 8″/ BC/1898-1917
Wagner /2/ 5″/ BP/1901-1917
Yates /6/ 3″/ P/1904-1943/4 guns removed 1941
Gravelly Beach /2/ 3″/ P/1942-1943/ guns from Yates, buried
AMTB Gravelly Bch. /2/90 mm/ F/1943-1946/ partially buried

FORT BARRY / Point Bonita / 1905-1975 / Golden Gate NRA / MC / KKKKK
#129/2/16″/ CBC/1943 NC /guns were at emplacement
Alexander /8/12″/ M/1901-1943
Mendell /2/12″/ DC/1901-1943
Wallace /2/12″/ BCLR/1919-1948/casemated WWII
Guthrie /2/ 6″/ P/1905-1946
Smith /2/ 6″/ P/1905-1946
Rathbone /2/ 6″/ P/1905-1946
McIndoe /2/ 6″/ P/1905-1946
O’Rorke /4/ 3″/ P /1905-1945

FORT CRONKHITE /Tennessee Point /1937-1975 Golden Gate NRA /KKKKK
Townsley / 2/16″/ CBC /1940-1948
unnamed / 2/ 3″/ P/1940s / training battery

Other locations
unnamed / 2 / 155 mm / PM/ Drake’s Bay
(also Half Moon Bay and Moro Bay???)

San Francisco, CA: 1921 Maps PDF (1.1 MB) 25 pages $1.50/1944 Maps (473K) 5 pages $0.25

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