SF-91 Angel Island,
CA. This site was opened
in 1955. The IFC (radar) area was located at the top of Mount Livermore,
the highest point on the island. All that is left of the IFC is one building,
some concrete radar pads, a redwood water tank and some cables sticking
out of the ground. The administration area was located at Ft McDowell which
was an Army base opened before W.W.I. The Fort was pretty much abandoned
when the Nike people moved in. The base hospital became battery HQ. The
men moved into the abandoned officers homes. This site was closed in 1961.
It was a Regular Army site manned originally by Battery D of the 9th Anti
Aircraft Guided Missile Battalion which was replaced in 1958 by Battery
D, 2nd Missile Battalion, 51 Artillery. The unit was equipped with the
Nike Ajax Missile only.
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Missile
Magazine
Launch
Area
Air Exhaust
for Magazine
IFC Radar
Pad
Only
IFC Building Still Standing. What a View of S.F. Bay
Launch
Area
Missile
Magazine
Air Exhaust
for Magazine
IFC Radar
Pad
Only
IFC Building Still Standing. What a View of S.F. Bay
