Fort Point

Fort Point, known historically as the Castillo de San Joaquín is a masonry seacoast fortification located on the southern side of the Golden Gate at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. It is also the geographic name of the promontory upon which the fort and the southern approach of the Golden Gate Bridge were constructed.

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1848 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
FOPO; Fort Point National Historical Site
Fort Point Light, San Francisco, National Historic Site, National Park Service, fort, 

• Facebook channel^@
• California Office of Historic Preservation Historical Resources page^@
• National Register of Historic Places listed place page^@
• National Register of Historic Places page^@
• Tripadvisor page^@
• Starforts page^@
• FortWiki page^@
• FortWiki page^@
• Historic Structures Report, Fort Point, Historic Data Section page^@
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  Battle of Yerba Buena ⓘ
  1846 battle

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  Battery Chamberlin ⓘ
  building in California, United States

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  Battery Yates ⓘ
  

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  Devil’s Bunker ⓘ
  

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  Fort Mason ⓘ
  fort in San Francisco, California, USA  

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  Fort Miley Military Reservation ⓘ
  place in California listed on National Register of historic Places

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  Fort Winfield Scott ⓘ
  populated place in San Francisco County, California, United States

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  Fort Point ⓘ
  fort in California  

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  Fort McDowell ⓘ
  fort in California

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  Fort Barry ⓘ
  former United States Army installation located in California

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  Fort Cronkhite ⓘ
  park in Sausalito, California

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  SF-88 ⓘ
  Air defense missile site in California, US

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  USS Hornet ⓘ
  1943 Essex-class aircraft carrier

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  USS Pampanito ⓘ
  1943 Balao-class submarine

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  WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall ⓘ
  museum commemorating those who fought in the Pacific Theater of WWII.

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  Red Oak Victory ⓘ
  1944 Boulder Victory-class cargo ship

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  USS Hornet Museum ⓘ
  military museum in Alameda, California

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Fort Point National Historic Site and Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco September 2012 005

Detail of the fortress wall of Fort Point, San Francisco, California, USA (2022)

Golden Gate Bridge (in the fog), San Francisco, California, USA (2022)

Golden Gate Bridge (in the fog), San Francisco, California, USA (2022)

Detail of the fortress wall of Fort Point, San Francisco, California, USA (2022)

Detail of the fortress wall of Fort Point, San Francisco, California, USA (2022)

Golden Gate Bridge (in the fog), San Francisco, California, USA (2022)

Detail of the fortress wall of Fort Point, San Francisco, California, USA (2022)

Golden Gate Bridge (in the fog), San Francisco, California, USA (2022)

• Historic Structures Report, Fort Point, Historic Data Section - US National Park Service report on Fort Point in San Francisco, English, 1973, online

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
timelineTypessite,event
timelineArrayArray
event	armed conflict	1846	Battle of Yerba Buena	United States, battle	Wikidata
link	channel		Facebook channel@		Wikidata
link	page		California Office of Historic Preservation Historical Resources page@		Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places listed place page@		Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places page@		Wikidata
link	page		Tripadvisor page@		Wikidata
link	page		Starforts page@		Wikidata
link	page		FortWiki page@		Wikidata
link	page		FortWiki page@		Wikidata
link	page		Historic Structures Report, Fort Point, Historic Data Section page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		Hughes Mining Barge	submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SS Ohioan	cargo ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USAT General Frank M. Coxe	ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USCGC Fir	lighthouse tender, buoy tender	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Benevolence	hospital ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Boston	ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Potomac	preserved watercraft, ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Quapaw	tug, Abnaki-class tug	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Stewart	patrol boats of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Clemson-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1950	Relief	preserved watercraft, lightvessel	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1870	Hunters Point Naval Shipyard	shipyard, shipbuilding	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1849	Union Iron Works	shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1907	Western Pipe and Steel Company	shipbuilding, business, manufacturer	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company		General Engineering & Dry Dock Company	shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company	1905	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation	shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company	1906	Moore Dry Dock Company	shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company	1942	Marinship	shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Battery Chamberlin	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Battery Yates	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		Devil’s Bunker	place, bunker	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Mason	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Miley Military Reservation	United States Army Coast Artillery Corps, fort, park	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Winfield Scott	human settlement, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1848	Fort Point	National Park Service, fort, National Historic Site	Wikidata
site	fort	1863	Fort McDowell	artillery fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1908	Fort Barry	fort, United States Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1930	Fort Cronkhite	fort, National Park Service, park	Wikidata
site	museum		SF-88	military museum, missile launch site	Wikidata
site	museum		USS Hornet	preserved watercraft, museum ship, aircraft carrier, United States Navy	Wikidata
site	museum		USS Pampanito	preserved watercraft, attack submarine, military museum, United States Navy	Wikidata
site	museum		WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1944	Red Oak Victory	preserved watercraft, military museum, cargo ship, Boulder Victory-class cargo ship	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	USS Hornet Museum	military museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Fort Point National Historic Site and Golden Gate Bridge		Commons
commons	image		Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco September 2012 005		Commons
commons	image		Detail of the fortress wall of Fort Point, San Francisco, California, USA (2022)		Commons
commons	image		Golden Gate Bridge (in the fog), San Francisco, California, USA (2022)		Commons
commons	image		Golden Gate Bridge (in the fog), San Francisco, California, USA (2022)		Commons
commons	image		Detail of the fortress wall of Fort Point, San Francisco, California, USA (2022)		Commons
commons	image		Detail of the fortress wall of Fort Point, San Francisco, California, USA (2022)		Commons
commons	image		Golden Gate Bridge (in the fog), San Francisco, California, USA (2022)		Commons
commons	image		Detail of the fortress wall of Fort Point, San Francisco, California, USA (2022)		Commons
commons	image		Golden Gate Bridge (in the fog), San Francisco, California, USA (2022)		Commons