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	500 Varas Square – Government Reserve; (Fort MacArthur); (Battery Osgood-Farley)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 515
	Battery Farley, with the Korean Bell of Friendship in the background
Nearest city	San Pedro, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	33°42′43″N 118°17′46″W / 33.71194°N 118.29611°W
Built	1914
Architect	US Army, Quartermaster General
Architectural style	Bungalow/Craftsman, Mission/Spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.	86000326
LAHCM No.	515
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 12, 1986
Designated LAHCM	January 22, 1991

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Fort MacArthur is a former United States Army installation in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California (now the port community of Los Angeles). A small section remains in military use by the United States Air Force as a housing and administrative annex of Los Angeles Air Force Base. The fort is named after Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur. His son, Douglas MacArthur, would later command American forces in the Pacific during World War II.

History

In 1888, President Grover Cleveland designated an area overlooking San Pedro Bay as an unnamed military reservation intended to improve the defenses of the expanding Los Angeles harbor area. Additional land was purchased in 1897 and 1910, and Fort MacArthur was formally created on October 31, 1914. The fort was a training center during World War I, and the first large gun batteries for harbor defense were installed in 1917. The effectiveness of these fixed gun emplacements was debated for many years, and test firings were extremely unpopular with nearby residents, the concussion shattering windows in buildings and houses for miles around.

In World War II, Fort MacArthur had a Harbor Entrance Command Post and a Harbor Defense Command Post for US seacoast defense of shipbuilding factories (e.g., CalShip, Todd Pacific), "giant aircraft factories"^[2] (Douglas, Hughes, Martin, Northrop), the Huntington Beach Oil Field, and the San Pedro Bay harbor (Port of Los Angeles & Port of Long Beach) which made the Los Angeles metropolitan area a target for attack.

By the end of World War II the large guns were already being removed, with the last decommissioned in 1948. Battery Osgood-Farley is probably the best preserved example of a United States coastal defense gun emplacement, and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. A second site, Battery John Barlow and Saxton, was added to the Register in 1982.

Air defense

During the early years of the Cold War, Fort MacArthur became a key part of the West Coast's anti-aircraft defenses, becoming the home base of the 47th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade. A Nike surface-to-air missile battery was activated at the fort in 1954, remaining in service until the early 1970s.

The Fort MacArthur Direction Center (DC) was the U.S. Army Air Defense Command Post (AADCP) for the Project Nike batteries of the Los Angeles Defense Area. It was located at Fort MacArthur from 1960.

Purpose

The Direction Center provided radar coverage for integrating the area's Integrated Fire Control (IFC) sites (16 sites for MIM-14 Nike-Hercules missiles until 1968).^[3]^[4] The DC had High Frequency Crosstell communication with the 1959–1966 Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Master Direction Center at Norton Air Force Base (DC-17) for coordinating Army intercepts of targets penetrating through the larger USAF Los Angeles Air Defense Sector defended by fighter aircraft.

History

During the Korean War, the fort's L-43 Lashup Radar Network site provided radar surveillance for the area from 1950 to 1952.^[5] The 669th Radar Squadron was assigned to the fort on January 1, 1951.^[6] On February 16, 1960, Lt Col James L McCallister was the Missile Director for the defense area.^[7]

The Fort MacArthur Direction Center (DC) began in 1960 with an AN/FSG-1 computer that was the last of 10 installed and which replaced an Interim Battery Data Link (IBDL). The Army dedicated the DC's Missile Master bunker with an Antiaircraft Operations Center ("Blue Room") on December 14, 1960, prior to the USAF/FAA ARSR-1C radar opening in 1961 at San Pedro Hill Air Force Station.^[8] ^[9]^[5] Fort MacArthur's 47th Artillery Brigade operated the DC,^[10] and the vacuum tube AN/FSG-1 was replaced on January 31, 1967, with a solid-state Hughes AN/TSQ-51 Air Defense Command and Coordination System.^[11]

On November 15, 1968, the 19th Artillery Group (Air Defense) replaced the 47th Artillery Brigade in command of the DC and its batteries.^[12] The 19th Group deactivated July 1, 1974, after Project Concise ended Nike operations.^[13] The tennis courts next to the bunker remain at the former site of the AADCP's building 554,^[14] and the Missile Master nuclear bunker (building 550) was razed c. 1985.^[15]

Rundown of the fort

In 1975 Fort MacArthur became a sub-post of Fort Ord, and the Army transferred ownership of the fort's Upper and Lower Reservations to the City of Los Angeles two years later. The Lower Reservation was cleared off and dredged and is now the city's Cabrillo Marina.

Fort MacArthur's remaining Middle Reservation was transferred to the United States Air Force in 1982 for use by Los Angeles Air Force Base for administration and housing.^[16]

Angels Gate Park

The Upper Reservation is now a city park: San Pedro's Angels Gate Park, home of the Korean Bell of Friendship.

Hostelling International USA (part of Hostelling International) maintained a 57-bed youth hostel in the refurbished military barracks of the reservation.^[17]

Museum

The Fort MacArthur Military Museum, located at the site of Battery Osgood-Farley, displays exhibits on the history of Fort MacArthur, its role in defending the Los Angeles area, Indo-Pacific Theater military campaigns, and the role of Los Angeles as a military port.

Appearances in popular culture

The Battle of Los Angeles and Fort MacArthur Museum are featured in California's Gold episode 6005 with Huell Howser.^[18]

It can be been seen in such television series as The A-Team and 24, and in films including Dragnet, Midway and Tora! Tora! Tora!.

In 1989, Madonna filmed some portions of her "Like a Prayer" video there.^{[citation needed]}

It is referenced in the 2001 movie Swordfish.

NCIS: Origins is filmed on a 1990s era recreated set of Camp Pendleton, built at Fort MacArthur.^[19]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA, District 35) -- the Almanac of American Politics". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
^ "Army Installing First of 19 Midget Missile Master Systems" (PDF). Army Research and Development Newsmagazine. Washington D.C. October 1961. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
^ "Bear Divide and 'the good ol' days'". Archived from the original on 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
^ ^a ^b Winkler, David F; Webster, Julie L (June 1997). Searching the Skies: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program (Report). U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
^ compiled by Johnson, Mildred W. (31 December 1980) [February 1973: Cornett, Lloyd H. Jr]. A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946–1980 (PDF). Peterson Air Force Base: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
^ "Tucson Daily Citizen Archives". 1960-02-16. p. 26.
^ "New Missiles Based Near 18 Important US Targets". The Daily Telegraph. Nashua, New Hampshire. December 16, 1960. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
^ Leonard, Barry (2011). History of Strategic and Ballistic Missile Defense: Volume II: 1956–1972 (Google Books). DIANE. p. 314. ISBN 9781437921311. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
^ "The Fort MacArthur Museum Association: Air Defense Units in LA".
^ "'Missile Mentor' to Coordinate L.A. Weapons Unveiled". Los Angeles Times (archives). February 1, 1967. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
^ Berhow, Mark A; Gustafson, David (2011) [1st published 2002]. Fort MacArthur (PDF) (Report) (electronic ed.). Fort MacArthur Military Press. p. 55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
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^ Lower Reservation of Fort MacArthur (Map). available at Fort MacArthur Museum Archives: military publisher tbd. 1972. map published in Berhow/Gustafson 2002, p. 55.
^ Page, Tom; Morgan, Mark. "Nike 'Missile Master' / 'Missile Mentor' at Fort MacArthur (Site LA-45DC)". Radomes.org. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
^ "The History of Fort MacArthur". Fort MacArthur Museum. 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
^ "HI Los Angeles Youth Hostel South Bay – Los Angeles Cheap Hostels California". Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
^ "L.A. Air Raid – California's Gold (6005) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University".
^ Singh, Sartaj (October 14, 2024). "Where is NCIS Origins Filmed?". The Cinemaholic. Retrieved October 24, 2024.

External links

Ftmac.org: 47th Artillery Brigade
Radomes.org: AADCP building 554 + AADCP building 550
Official Fort MacArthur Military Museum website
California State Military Museum website: Fort MacArthur history
Los Angeles Air Force Base Military Directory
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort MacArthur Military Museum
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. CA-2206, "Fort MacArthur, Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, CA", 53 photos, 4 measured drawings, 21 data pages, 5 photo caption pages
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. CA-21, "Fort MacArthur, Raw Salt Storage and Processing Buildings", 7 photos, 4 measured drawings, 10 data pages, 1 photo caption page
HAER No. CA-185, "White's Point Reservation, Base End Stations", 1 photo, 49 data pages, 1 photo caption page

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[2] "Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA, District 35) -- the Almanac of American Politics". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2018-06-03.

[ARD-3] "Army Installing First of 19 Midget Missile Master Systems" (PDF). Army Research and Development Newsmagazine. Washington D.C. October 1961. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2011-09-27.

[4] "Bear Divide and 'the good ol' days'". Archived from the original on 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2018-06-03.

[Winkler-5] Winkler, David F; Webster, Julie L (June 1997). Searching the Skies: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program (Report). U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-26.

[Johnson-6] y Johnson, Mildred W. (31 December 1980) [February 1973: Cornett, Lloyd H. Jr]. A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946–1980 (PDF). Peterson Air Force Base: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2012-03-26.

[7] "Tucson Daily Citizen Archives". 1960-02-16. p. 26.

[Telegraph-8] "New Missiles Based Near 18 Important US Targets". The Daily Telegraph. Nashua, New Hampshire. December 16, 1960. Retrieved 2012-05-29.

[Leonard-9] Leonard, Barry (2011). History of Strategic and Ballistic Missile Defense: Volume II: 1956–1972 (Google Books). DIANE. p. 314. ISBN 9781437921311. Retrieved 2011-09-29.

[10] "The Fort MacArthur Museum Association: Air Defense Units in LA".

[11] "'Missile Mentor' to Coordinate L.A. Weapons Unveiled". Los Angeles Times (archives). February 1, 1967. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved 2011-09-30.

[Berhow-12] Berhow, Mark A; Gustafson, David (2011) [1st published 2002]. Fort MacArthur (PDF) (Report) (electronic ed.). Fort MacArthur Military Press. p. 55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-03-27.

[13] [1]^: 30

[map-14] Lower Reservation of Fort MacArthur (Map). available at Fort MacArthur Museum Archives: military publisher tbd. 1972. map published in Berhow/Gustafson 2002, p. 55.

[15] Page, Tom; Morgan, Mark. "Nike 'Missile Master' / 'Missile Mentor' at Fort MacArthur (Site LA-45DC)". Radomes.org. Retrieved 2011-09-13.

[16] "The History of Fort MacArthur". Fort MacArthur Museum. 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2009-08-10.

[17] "HI Los Angeles Youth Hostel South Bay – Los Angeles Cheap Hostels California". Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2010-05-20.

[18] "L.A. Air Raid – California's Gold (6005) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University".

[19] Singh, Sartaj (October 14, 2024). "Where is NCIS Origins Filmed?". The Cinemaholic. Retrieved October 24, 2024.

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 ==History==
+[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12860, San Diego, Küstenverteidigungsgeschütz.jpg|left|thumb|Battery Farley in action]]
 In 1888, President [[Grover Cleveland]] designated an area overlooking [[San Pedro Bay (California)|San Pedro Bay]] as an unnamed military reservation intended to [[Board of Fortifications#Endicott Board|improve]] the [[Seacoast defense in the United States|defenses]] of the expanding Los Angeles harbor area. Additional land was purchased in 1897 and 1910, and Fort MacArthur was formally created on October 31, 1914. The fort was a training center during [[World War I]], and the first large gun [[Artillery battery|batteries]] for harbor defense were installed in 1917. The effectiveness of these fixed gun emplacements was debated for many years, and test firings were extremely unpopular with nearby residents, the concussion shattering windows in buildings and houses for miles around.
+[[File:Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - California - Men from Fort McArthur marching on South Spring Street, Los Angeles, California - NARA - 26422969.jpg|thumb|Men from Fort MacArthur marching on [[Spring Street (Los Angeles)|South Spring Street]], c. 1917]]
-In [[World War II]], Fort MacArthur had a Harbor Entrance Command Post and a Harbor Defense Command Post for [[Seacoast defense in the United States|US seacoast defense]] of shipbuilding factories (e.g., [[California Shipbuilding Corporation|CalShip]], [[Vigor Shipyards|Todd Pacific]]), "giant aircraft factories"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/memberdistrict/517 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019191408/http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/memberdistrict/517 |archive-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ([[Douglas Aircraft Company|Douglas]], [[Hughes Airport (California)|Hughes]], [[Glenn L. Martin Company|Martin]], [[Northrop Corporation|Northrop]]), the [[Huntington Beach Oil Field]], and the [[San Pedro Bay (California)|San Pedro Bay]] harbor ([[Port of Los Angeles]] & [[Port of Long Beach]]) which made the [[Los Angeles metropolitan area]] a [[Battle of Los Angeles|target for attack]].
+In [[World War II]], Fort MacArthur had a Harbor Entrance Command Post and a Harbor Defense Command Post for [[Seacoast defense in the United States|US seacoast defense]] of shipbuilding factories (e.g., [[California Shipbuilding Corporation|CalShip]], [[Vigor Shipyards|Todd Pacific]]), "giant aircraft factories"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/memberdistrict/517 |title=Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA, District 35) -- the Almanac of American Politics |access-date=2018-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019191408/http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/memberdistrict/517 |archive-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ([[Douglas Aircraft Company|Douglas]], [[Hughes Airport (California)|Hughes]], [[Glenn L. Martin Company|Martin]], [[Northrop Corporation|Northrop]]), the [[Huntington Beach Oil Field]], and the [[San Pedro Bay (California)|San Pedro Bay]] harbor ([[Port of Los Angeles]] & [[Port of Long Beach]]) which made the [[Los Angeles metropolitan area]] a [[Battle of Los Angeles|target for attack]].
 By the end of World War II the large guns were already being removed, with the last decommissioned in 1948. '''Battery Osgood-Farley''' is probably the best preserved example of a United States [[Coastal artillery|coastal defense gun emplacement]], and it was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1976. A second site, '''Battery John Barlow and Saxton''', was added to the Register in 1982.
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 ===Purpose===
-The Direction Center provided radar coverage for integrating the area's Integrated Fire Control (IFC) sites ([[List of Nike missile locations|16 sites]] for [[MIM-14 Nike-Hercules]] missiles until 1968).<ref name=ARD>{{Cite news |date=October 1961 |title=Army Installing First of 19 Midget Missile Master Systems |url=http://asc.army.mil/docs/pubs/alt/archives/1961/Oct_1961.pdf |newspaper=Army Research and Development Newsmagazine |location=Washington D.C. |access-date=2011-09-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406065500/http://asc.army.mil/docs/pubs/alt/archives/1961/Oct_1961.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-06 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.the-signal.com/archives/10205/ |title = Bear Divide and 'the good ol' days'}}</ref>  The DC had High Frequency Crosstell communication with the 1959–1966 [[Semi-Automatic Ground Environment]] (SAGE) Master Direction Center at [[Norton Air Force Base]] (DC-17) for coordinating Army intercepts of targets penetrating through the larger USAF [[Los Angeles Air Defense Sector]] defended by fighter aircraft.
+The Direction Center provided radar coverage for integrating the area's Integrated Fire Control (IFC) sites ([[List of Nike missile locations|16 sites]] for [[MIM-14 Nike-Hercules]] missiles until 1968).<ref name=ARD>{{Cite news |date=October 1961 |title=Army Installing First of 19 Midget Missile Master Systems |url=http://asc.army.mil/docs/pubs/alt/archives/1961/Oct_1961.pdf |newspaper=Army Research and Development Newsmagazine |location=Washington D.C. |access-date=2011-09-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406065500/http://asc.army.mil/docs/pubs/alt/archives/1961/Oct_1961.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-06 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.the-signal.com/archives/10205/ | title=Bear Divide and 'the good ol' days' | access-date=2018-06-03 | archive-date=2012-05-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528113932/http://www.the-signal.com/archives/10205/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>  The DC had High Frequency Crosstell communication with the 1959–1966 [[Semi-Automatic Ground Environment]] (SAGE) Master Direction Center at [[Norton Air Force Base]] (DC-17) for coordinating Army intercepts of targets penetrating through the larger USAF [[Los Angeles Air Defense Sector]] defended by fighter aircraft.
 ===History===
-During the [[Korean War]], the fort's L-43 [[Lashup Radar Network]] site provided radar surveillance for the area from 1950 to 1952.<ref name=Winkler>{{Cite report |last1=Winkler |first1=David F |last2=Webster |first2=Julie L |date=June 1997 |title=Searching the Skies: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program |url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA331231 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201202922/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA331231 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 1, 2012 |publisher=U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories |access-date=2012-03-26 }}</ref> The [[669th Radar Squadron]] was assigned to the fort on January 1, 1951.<ref name=Johnson>compiled by {{Cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Mildred W. |date=31 December 1980 |orig-year=February 1973: Cornett, Lloyd H. Jr |title=A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946–1980 |url=http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf |publisher=Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center |location=[[Peterson Air Force Base]] |page=33 |access-date=2012-03-26 }}</ref>  On February 16, 1960, Lt Col James L McCallister was the Missile Director for the defense area.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://newspaperarchive.com/tucson-daily-citizen/1960-02-16/page-26 |title = Tucson Daily Citizen Archives| page= 26|date = 1960-02-16}}</ref>
+During the [[Korean War]], the fort's L-43 [[Lashup Radar Network]] site provided radar surveillance for the area from 1950 to 1952.<ref name=Winkler>{{Cite report |last1=Winkler |first1=David F |last2=Webster |first2=Julie L |date=June 1997 |title=Searching the Skies: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program |url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA331231 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201202922/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA331231 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 1, 2012 |publisher=U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories |access-date=2012-03-26 }}</ref> The [[669th Radar Squadron]] was assigned to the fort on January 1, 1951.<ref name=Johnson>compiled by {{Cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Mildred W. |date=31 December 1980 |orig-year=February 1973: Cornett, Lloyd H. Jr |title=A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946–1980 |url=http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf |publisher=Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center |location=[[Peterson Air Force Base]] |page=33 |access-date=2012-03-26 |archive-date=2016-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213173347/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>  On February 16, 1960, Lt Col James L McCallister was the Missile Director for the defense area.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://newspaperarchive.com/tucson-daily-citizen/1960-02-16/page-26 |title = Tucson Daily Citizen Archives| page= 26|date = 1960-02-16}}</ref>
-The '''Fort MacArthur Direction Center''' began in 1960 with an [[Martin AN/FSG-1 Antiaircraft Defense System|AN/FSG-1 computer]] that was the last of 10 installed and which replaced an [[Martin AN/FSG-1 Antiaircraft Defense System#Operations|Interim Battery Data Link (IBDL)]].  The Army dedicated the DC's [[Missile Master]] bunker with an Antiaircraft Operations Center ("Blue Room") on December 14, 1960, prior to the USAF/FAA [[ARSR-1]]C radar opening in 1961 at [[San Pedro Hill Air Force Station]].<ref name=Telegraph>{{Cite news |date=December 16, 1960 |title=New Missiles Based Near 18 Important US Targets |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Xa0rAAAAIBAJ&pg=7195,4737966&dq=missile-master+macarthur&hl=en |location=[[Nashua, New Hampshire]] |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=2012-05-29 }}</ref>
+The '''Fort MacArthur Direction Center''' (DC) began in 1960 with an [[Martin AN/FSG-1 Antiaircraft Defense System|AN/FSG-1 computer]] that was the last of 10 installed and which replaced an [[Martin AN/FSG-1 Antiaircraft Defense System#Operations|Interim Battery Data Link (IBDL)]].  The Army dedicated the DC's [[Missile Master]] bunker with an Antiaircraft Operations Center ("Blue Room") on December 14, 1960, prior to the USAF/FAA [[ARSR-1]]C radar opening in 1961 at [[San Pedro Hill Air Force Station]].<ref name=Telegraph>{{Cite news |date=December 16, 1960 |title=New Missiles Based Near 18 Important US Targets |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Xa0rAAAAIBAJ&pg=7195,4737966&dq=missile-master+macarthur&hl=en |location=[[Nashua, New Hampshire]] |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=2012-05-29 }}</ref>
-<ref name=Leonard>{{Cite book |last=Leonard |first=Barry |year=2011 |title=History of Strategic and Ballistic Missile Defense: Volume II: 1956–1972 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HoxycYhoKZkC&pg=PA320 |format=Google Books |page=314 |access-date=2011-09-29 |isbn=9781437921311 }}</ref><ref name=Winkler/>  Fort MacArthur's 47th Artillery Brigade operated the DC,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ftmac.org/Lanike2.htm |title = The Fort MacArthur Museum Association: Air Defense Units in LA}}</ref> and the vacuum tube AN/FSG-1 was replaced on January 31, 1967, with a solid-state [[Hughes AN/TSQ-51 Air Defense Command and Coordination System]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 1, 1967 |title='Missile Mentor' to Coordinate L.A. Weapons Unveiled |url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/510002762.html?dids=510002762:510002762&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+01%2C+1967&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc='Missile+Mentor'+to+Coordinate+L.A.+Weapons+Unveiled&pqatl=google |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] (archives) |access-date=2011-09-30}}</ref>
+<ref name=Leonard>{{Cite book |last=Leonard |first=Barry |year=2011 |title=History of Strategic and Ballistic Missile Defense: Volume II: 1956–1972 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HoxycYhoKZkC&pg=PA320 |format=Google Books |page=314 |publisher=DIANE |access-date=2011-09-29 |isbn=9781437921311 }}</ref><ref name=Winkler/>  Fort MacArthur's 47th Artillery Brigade operated the DC,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ftmac.org/Lanike2.htm |title = The Fort MacArthur Museum Association: Air Defense Units in LA}}</ref> and the vacuum tube AN/FSG-1 was replaced on January 31, 1967, with a solid-state [[Hughes AN/TSQ-51 Air Defense Command and Coordination System]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 1, 1967 |title='Missile Mentor' to Coordinate L.A. Weapons Unveiled |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/510002762.html?dids=510002762:510002762&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+01%2C+1967&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=%27Missile+Mentor%27+to+Coordinate+L.A.+Weapons+Unveiled&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131220114/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/510002762.html?dids=510002762:510002762&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+01,+1967&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc='Missile+Mentor'+to+Coordinate+L.A.+Weapons+Unveiled&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] (archives) |access-date=2011-09-30 }}</ref>
-On November 15, 1968, the 19th Artillery Group (Air Defense) replaced the 47th Artillery Brigade in command of the DC and its batteries.<ref name=Berhow>{{Cite report |last1=Berhow |first1=Mark A |last2=Gustafson |first2=David |year=2011 |edition=electronic |orig-year=1st published 2002 |title=Fort MacArthur |url=http://www.cdsg.org/HDpac/FtMacBook11.pdf |publisher=Fort MacArthur Military Press |page=55 |access-date=2012-03-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415022709/http://www.cdsg.org/HDpac/FtMacBook11.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-15 }}</ref>  The 19th Group deactivated July 1, 1974, after [[Project Concise]] ended Nike operations.<ref>[http://www.ftmac.org/downloads/SHPOrevision/FtMacArthurFinalCommission.pdf]{{Rp|30}}</ref> The tennis courts next to the bunker remain at the former site of the AADCP's building 554,<ref name=map>{{Cite map |publisher=military publisher [[tbd]] |year=1972 |title=Lower Reservation of Fort MacArthur |location=available at [[Fort MacArthur Museum]] Archives}}  map published in Berhow/Gustafson 2002, p. 55.</ref> and the Missile Master nuclear bunker (building 550) was razed {{circa|lk=no|1985}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Page |first1=Tom |last2=Morgan |first2=Mark |title=Nike 'Missile Master' / 'Missile Mentor' at Fort MacArthur (Site LA-45DC) |url=http://www.radomes.org/museum/documents/FortMacArthurSanPedroCAnike.html |publisher=Radomes.org |access-date=2011-09-13 }}</ref>
+On November 15, 1968, the 19th Artillery Group (Air Defense) replaced the 47th Artillery Brigade in command of the DC and its batteries.<ref name=Berhow>{{Cite report |last1=Berhow |first1=Mark A |last2=Gustafson |first2=David |year=2011 |edition=electronic |orig-year=1st published 2002 |title=Fort MacArthur |url=http://www.cdsg.org/HDpac/FtMacBook11.pdf |publisher=Fort MacArthur Military Press |page=55 |access-date=2012-03-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415022709/http://www.cdsg.org/HDpac/FtMacBook11.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-15 }}</ref>  The 19th Group deactivated July 1, 1974, after [[Project Concise]] ended Nike operations.<ref>[http://www.ftmac.org/downloads/SHPOrevision/FtMacArthurFinalCommission.pdf]{{Rp|30}}</ref> The tennis courts next to the bunker remain at the former site of the AADCP's building 554,<ref name=map>{{Cite map |publisher=military publisher [[To be determined|tbd]] |year=1972 |title=Lower Reservation of Fort MacArthur |location=available at [[Fort MacArthur Museum]] Archives}}  map published in Berhow/Gustafson 2002, p. 55.</ref> and the Missile Master nuclear bunker (building 550) was razed {{circa|lk=no|1985}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Page |first1=Tom |last2=Morgan |first2=Mark |title=Nike 'Missile Master' / 'Missile Mentor' at Fort MacArthur (Site LA-45DC) |url=http://www.radomes.org/museum/documents/FortMacArthurSanPedroCAnike.html |publisher=Radomes.org |access-date=2011-09-13 }}</ref>
 ==Rundown of the fort==
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 Fort MacArthur's remaining Middle Reservation was transferred to the [[United States Air Force]] in 1982 for use by [[Los Angeles Air Force Base]] for administration and housing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ftmac.org/Fmhist.htm |title=The History of Fort MacArthur |publisher=Fort MacArthur Museum |date=2008-10-17 |access-date=2009-08-10}}</ref>
-In 1989, [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] filmed some portions of her "[[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer]]" video there.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}
 ==Angels Gate Park==
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 A gun battery emplacement, just west of Battery 241 (beneath the [[Korean Bell of Friendship]], seen in upper left), at Fort MacArthur military base in [[San Pedro, Los Angeles|San Pedro, CA]].
 ]]
-Hostelling International USA (part of [[Hostelling International]]) maintained a 57-bed [[Hostel|youth hostel]] in the refurbished military barracks of the reservation.<ref>[http://www.hiusa.org/hostels/usa_hostels/california/san_pedro/60080 HI Los Angeles Youth Hostel South Bay – Los Angeles Cheap Hostels California]{{dl|date=August 2021}}</ref>
+Hostelling International USA (part of [[Hostelling International]]) maintained a 57-bed [[Hostel|youth hostel]] in the refurbished military barracks of the reservation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hiusa.org/hostels/usa_hostels/california/san_pedro/60080 |title=HI Los Angeles Youth Hostel South Bay – Los Angeles Cheap Hostels California |access-date=2010-05-20 |archive-date=2011-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020145344/http://www.hiusa.org/hostels/usa_hostels/california/san_pedro/60080 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 ==Museum==
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 ==Appearances in popular culture==
-The [[Battle of Los Angeles]] and Fort MacArthur Museum are featured in ''[[California's Gold]]'' Episode 6005 with [[Huell Howser]].<ref>{{cite web |title=L.A. Air Raid – California’s Gold (6005) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University |url=https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2004/05/01/la-air-raid-californias-gold-6005-2/}}</ref>
+The [[Battle of Los Angeles]] and Fort MacArthur Museum are featured in ''[[California's Gold]]'' episode 6005 with [[Huell Howser]].<ref>{{cite web |title=L.A. Air Raid – California's Gold (6005) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University |url=https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2004/05/01/la-air-raid-californias-gold-6005-2/}}</ref>
-The artillery emplacements in Angels Gate Park have been seen in the television series ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'' and in films including ''[[Dragnet (1987 film)|Dragnet]]'', ''[[Midway (1976 film)|Midway]]'' and ''[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]''.
+It can be been seen in such television series as ''[[The A-Team]]'' and ''[[24 (TV series)|24]],'' and in films including ''[[Dragnet (1987 film)|Dragnet]]'', ''[[Midway (1976 film)|Midway]]'' and ''[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]''.
+In 1989, [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] filmed some portions of her "[[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer]]" video there.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}
+It is referenced in the 2001 movie [[Swordfish_(film)|Swordfish]].
+[[NCIS: Origins]] is filmed on a 1990s era recreated set of Camp Pendleton, built at Fort MacArthur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecinemaholic.com/ncis-origins-where-filmed/|title=Where is NCIS Origins Filmed?|website=The Cinemaholic|first=Sartaj|last=Singh|date=October 14, 2024|access-date=October 24, 2024}}</ref>
 ==See also==
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 * [[14-inch M1920 railway gun]]
 * [[List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles]]
-* [[Casa De San Pedro]] a California Historic Landmark on the Fort
+* [[Casa de San Pedro]], a California Historic Landmark on the Fort
 * [[List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Harbor area]]
-{{Portal bar|Greater Los Angeles|War|United States|Politics}}
+{{Portal bar|Greater Los Angeles|United States|Politics}}
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-* [http://www.ftmac.org/Lanike2.htm Ftmac.org: 47th Artillery Brigade]
-* [http://www.radomes.org/museum/documents/FortMacArthurSanPedroCAnike.html Radomes.org: AADCP building 554] + [http://www.radomes.org/museum/documents/FortMacArthurSanPedroCAnike.html AADCP building 550]
 {{Commons category|Fort MacArthur}}
-* [http://www.ftmac.org Official '''Fort MacArthur Military Museum''' website]
+*[http://www.ftmac.org/Lanike2.htm Ftmac.org: 47th Artillery Brigade]
+*[http://www.radomes.org/museum/documents/FortMacArthurSanPedroCAnike.html Radomes.org: AADCP building 554] + [http://www.radomes.org/museum/documents/FortMacArthurSanPedroCAnike.html AADCP building 550]
-* [http://www.militarymuseum.org/FtMacArthur.html California State Military Museum website: Fort MacArthur history]
+*[http://www.ftmac.org Official '''Fort MacArthur Military Museum''' website]
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090310032551/http://www.mylaafbguide.com/ Los Angeles Air Force Base Military Directory]
+*[http://www.militarymuseum.org/FtMacArthur.html California State Military Museum website: Fort MacArthur history]
-* {{gnis|1733508|Fort MacArthur Military Museum}}
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090310032551/http://www.mylaafbguide.com/ Los Angeles Air Force Base Military Directory]
+*{{gnis|1733508|Fort MacArthur Military Museum}}
+*{{HABS |survey=CA-2206 |id=ca1383 |title=Fort MacArthur, Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, CA |photos=53 |dwgs=4 |data=21 |cap=5}}
+*{{HAER |survey=CA-21 |id=ca1359 |title=Fort MacArthur, Raw Salt Storage and Processing Buildings |photos=7 |dwgs=4 |data=10 |cap=1}}
+*{{HAER |survey=CA-185 |id=ca3030 |title=White's Point Reservation, Base End Stations |photos=1 |data=49 |cap=1 |link=no}}
 {{San Pedro, Los Angeles}}
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 [[Category:Palos Verdes Peninsula]]
 [[Category:San Pedro, Los Angeles]]
-[[Category:Closed installations of the United States Army]]
+[[Category:Former installations of the United States Army]]
 [[Category:Formerly Used Defense Sites in California]]
-[[Category:Military facilities in Greater Los Angeles]]
+[[Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in California]]
+[[Category:Historic American Engineering Record in California]]
+[[Category:Military installations in Los Angeles County, California]]
 [[Category:Military installations closed in 1982]]
 [[Category:Historic districts in Los Angeles]]
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 [[Category:Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in California]]
 [[Category:Military installations established in 1916]]
+[[Category:Military history of Los Angeles]]

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