Fort Funston-190' (San Francisco South) (37.7125000, -122.4991667)
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See NPS for who Funston was.
From Wikipedia It was named in honor of Frederick N. Funston (1865–1917), a Major General in the United States Army with strong connections to San Francisco, and included several artillery batteries. ... The last remnants of a sand dune ecosystem that once covered the western half of San Francisco grow along the top of the headlands, with trailheads forming part of the California Coastal Trail that runs through San Francisco County.
About Battery Davis: In 1936–1939 Battery Davis was built at Fort Funston, housing two 16-inch Mark 2 Navy guns.[3] These 143-ton guns were moved on railroad cars in 1937 from Mare Island Naval Shipyard to Southern Pacific's Ocean View StationThis was the prototype US 16-inch battery for casemating against air attack, which was adopted for almost all US 16-inch batteries built during the war and retrofitted to most pre-war batteries of this type. It was also the prototype for the Army's M2 carriage; previous ex-Navy 16-inch guns had used a modified M1919 carriage designed for the 16-inch gun M1919. Battery Davis was named for Major General Richmond P. Davis, a Coast Artillery officer who served in France in World War I, retired in 1929 and died in 1937. From Wikipedia
Nike Missiles: Fort Funston later became a Nike missile launch site, hosting sites SF-59L (now the parking lot) and SF-61 from 1956 to 1963.From Wikipedia
From GNIS: Established 1898. Also known as Laguna Merced Military Reservation
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- December 17, 2024 - On the way to San Francisco for a three day weekend, we walked around Fort Funston.
- NPS
- Wikipedia
- Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
- Fog City Secrets website
- iNaturalist
- YouTube drone view
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