Fort Cronkhite | |
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Fort Cronkhite in the Marin Headlands in Sausalito, CA. 2012 | |
Location | Sausalito, California, United States |
Coordinates | 37°49′56″N 122°32′07″W / 37.83222°N 122.53528°W |
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]
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