Harbor Defenses of San Francisco

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United States Army harbor defense command coastal defense system

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Harbor Defenses of San Francisco canonical	1
Harbor defenses of San Francisco	1
San Francisco Bay defenses	1

Statements (61)

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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	Endicott Period NERFINISHED ⓘ Taft Period NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
garrison	Coast Artillery Corps regiments NERFINISHED ⓘ National Guard coast artillery units NERFINISHED ⓘ regular United States Army units ⓘ
hasPart	Battery Boutelle NERFINISHED ⓘ Battery Chamberlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Battery Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ Battery Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Battery Dynamite NERFINISHED ⓘ Battery Godfrey NERFINISHED ⓘ Battery Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ Battery Ledyard NERFINISHED ⓘ Battery Mendell NERFINISHED ⓘ Battery Townsley NERFINISHED ⓘ Battery Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Baker Mine Depot NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Barry NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Cronkhite NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Funston NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort McDowell NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Miley NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Point NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Winfield Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ 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, United States ⓘ surface form: California San Francisco Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ West Coast of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSite	Golden Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	United States Army ⓘ
partOf	United States coastal defense system NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army Coast Artillery Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Cronkhite → partOf → Harbor Defenses of San Francisco ⓘ

Fort Point (San Francisco) → partOf → Harbor Defenses of San Francisco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harbor defenses of San Francisco

Endicott Period coast defenses → locatedIn → Harbor Defenses of San Francisco ⓘ

this entity surface form: San Francisco Bay defenses