Biennial report of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners for .. . includes the $15,000,000 Naval Air Base, work upon whichis now well advanced on the East Bay site. The Navy Department is also pressing for the establishment of a $12,000,-000 supply base at some suitable location in the San Francisco Bay area. The Board of State Harbor Commissionershas offered a site at India Basin on the San Francisco water front. When these projects of Pacific naval defense are completed, the United States Navy will have a total investmentof $50,000,000 in San Francisco Bay, giving year round employment to
Biennial report of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners for .. . includes the $15,000,000 Naval Air Base, work upon whichis now well advanced on the East Bay site. The Navy Department is also pressing for the establishment of a $12,000,-000 supply base at some suitable location in the San Francisco Bay area. The Board of State Harbor Commissionershas offered a site at India Basin on the San Francisco water front. When these projects of Pacific naval defense are completed, the United States Navy will have a total investmentof $50,000,000 in San Francisco Bay, giving year round employment to more than 8,000 persons. This, of course,includes the activities of Mare Island. From time to time, in accordance with directed movements in Pacific coastal waters, massive battleships of theUnited States fleet parade their might in through the Golden Gate and come up to anchorage just east, and withinthe slanting shadows of the great Bay Bridge. There, at their moorings close to the San Francisco shoreline, the hugefighting ships shimmer in the golden A SECTION OF SAN FRANCISCOS WATERFRONT, THE BAY BRIDGE AND U. VIEWED FROM TELEGRAPH HILL BATTLEFLEET Few harbors in the world equal or even approach San Francisco in variety and vastness of its natural resourcesand for the accommodation of naval and commercial fleets. The entire United States fleet of battleships could findsafe anchorage in this vast deep water harbor at one time, and there would still be plenty of room for commercialships to operate. San Franciscos harbor is in a unique position on the Pacific Coast of the United States, in that it is the onlylandlocked harbor with deep water approaches throughout hundreds of miles of coastline. Here nature has provided ahaven for virtually an unlimited number of modern ships of any size or draft. From the founding of the city to the present time, naval vessels found San Francisco to be an invaluable base foroutfitting and a delightful port of visit for pleasure
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