Sierra Army Depot
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Sierra Army Depot | |
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Herlong, California | |
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Type | Military Depot |
Site history | |
Built | 1942 |
Garrison information | |
Current commander |
LTC Christopher E. Dexter |
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IATA: AHC – ICAO: KAHC | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
Operator | US Army | ||||||||||||||
Location | Sierra Army Depot, CA | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 4,007 ft / 1,220 m | ||||||||||||||
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Website | Sierra Army Depot | ||||||||||||||
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Sierra Army Depot (SIAD) is a United States Army post and ammunition storage facility located near the unincorporated community of Herlong, California. It was built in 1942 as one of several ammunition storage facilities located far enough inland to be safe from Japanese attack.[citation needed] The site also met the requirement that the depot be in a dry and isolated area.
Mission
Core customers include the Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, the United States Army Medical Materiel Agency, the Soldier Biological Chemical Command, the U.S. Army Field Support Command, and the Operations Support Command. During the 1970s and 1980s, SIAD was also used for the storage of unarmed nuclear weapons. These weapons and their storage and maintenance areas were protected by the 980th Military Police Company as a part of DARCOM.[clarification needed]
External links
- Lassen County History and Culture: Sierra Army Depot Historic American Engineering Record
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. CA-25, "Sierra Army Depot, Herlong, Lassen, CA"
- Sierra Army Depot
- The California State Military Museum – Sierra Army Depot
- The Military Standard – Sierra Army Depot
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles with unsourced statements from October 2013
- Wikipedia articles needing clarification from October 2013
- United States Army arsenals
- Buildings and structures in Lassen County, California
- Military facilities in California
- United States Army arsenals during World War II
- Historic American Engineering Record in California