Fort Cronkhite

Fort Cronkhite
Fort Cronkhite in the Marin Headlands in Sausalito, CA. 2012
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Location	Sausalito, California, United States
Coordinates	37°49′56″N 122°32′07″W / 37.83222°N 122.53528°W / 37.83222; -122.53528
Operated by	National Park Service
Website	Official website
Fort Cronkhite
Sausalito, California, US
Fort Cronkhite soon after completion, 1941.
Type	Military defense; military post
Site information
Owner	United States Army
Controlled by	6th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
Open to the public	Yes
Site history
Built	1930
Fate	Decommission 1974

Fort Cronkhite is one of the components of California's Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Today part of the National Park Service, Fort Cronkhite is a former US Army post that served as part of the coastal artillery defenses of the San Francisco Bay Area during World War II. The soldiers at Cronkhite manned gun batteries, radar sites, and other fortifications on the high ridges overlooking the fort.^[1]