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| Sites: |
| Name | Acres | Located | Description |
| Cambria Communication Fac Annx | Cambria | ||
| Cambria Air Force Station | 5.16 | Cambria | |
| (cafs) Family Housing | Cambria |
| Army Recreation Camp | 45.00 | Grover City | No evidence of DOD occupation was present at the site. In addition, no evidence of hazardous or toxic waste, ordnance, or explosive waste was seen at the property. |
| Amphibious Training Base | 250.00 | Morro Bay | The Amphibious Training Base (ATB) was established initially as the Morro Bay Section Base for Navy Patrol Force vessels. The base occupied 250 acres of leased or fee purchased land acquired as follows: On 25 August 1941 a suit in Condemnation proceedings was filed on 108 parcels composing 120 acres. On 29 October 1942 a suit in Condemnation was filed on approximately 130 acres. While the suit was pending, the Navy leased the 130 acres from the State of California. This property was acquired by the State for non-payment of taxes, and the land was subject to whatever rights the previous sixteen owners may have had under tax redemption privileges. The Navy Department occupied an adjacent 96.23 acre parcel of non-owned and non-leased land and constructed improvements thereon. In September 1944, the ATB acquired a parcel of land located approximately three miles from the base. This land presently is Morro Bay State Park. As of July 1943, the majority of the patrol vessels attached to the Morro Bay Section Base were actually operated from the nearby harbor at Avila, at which a yacht club building and a storehouse had been under lease. The total acreage of this site over the years is unknown. |
| Morro Bay-san Simeon Maneuver Area | Morro Bay-san Simeon | This site encompasses an area determined to have been utilized by either the Army or the Navy as a flight maneuver area during World War H. The area, delineated as the Morro Bay - San Simeon Maneuver Area by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is depicted on historical maps of the coastal area between Morro Bay, California and San Simeon, California. Documents pertaining to the acquisition of. this area were not located. An undated historical map depicts a training Right area known as a "Loft Mission Track leading from the coastal town of Cayucos, California into Fort Hunter Liggett Military eservation. A 1941 era map which delineates both Army and Navy activity areas, indicated that there was a "danger zone" which ran from Morro Bay to San Simeon. The danger zone overlaps the area of the Loft Mission Track. The Navy established an Amphibious Training Base in Morro Bay during World War 11 and performed practice maneuvers in that area. It cannot be clearly determined if the activities of the Navy at the Amphibious Training Center were connected in any manner with the areas delineated on the historical maps. Documentation relating to the disposal of the area containing the loft mission track and the danger zone was not located. The area between Morro Bay and San Simeon consists of several coastal state parks and small towns, with farms and open gazing areas on either side of Highway 1. |
| Paso Robles Municipal Airport | 966.88 | Paso Robles | |
| Sherwood Field | 181.00 | Paso Robles | The 181-acre lease from the City of Paso Robles to the War Department was terminated on an unknown date, but presumably prior to or coinciding with the end of World War II in 1945. Disposal records were neither specific nor complete. The site is currently occupied by an industrial park, a residential area, and a city park. Beneficial use of DOD improvements include: current utilization of the former mess hall as part of a Shriners meeting hall; current utilization of the original steel hangar as a business form production warehouse; current utilization of some of the former tarmac areas, runways, and taxiways for vehicle parking and city streets; and prior use of two aviation fuel underground storage tanks. |
| San Luis Obispo Airport | 218.00 | San Luis Obispo | Use of 218 acres of the San Luis Obispo County Airport by the U.S. Army Air Corps and the California National Guard was initiated in November 1938. Acquisition records were neither specific nor complete. On 4 January 1943 the Navy leased 208 acres of the San Luis Obispo County Airport from the County of San Luis Obispo. With the exception of an unspecified 10 acres, the portion of the airport used by the Army appears to be identical to that portion used subsequently by the Navy. The Army Air Corps and the National Guard used the airport as an aerial observation training center, associated with Camp Merriam. Improvements constructed by the Army Air Corps and National Guard consisted of three runways, hangars, mechanic shops, mess halls, barracks, and a photography studio. The airport was used simultaneously as a commercial airport. The Navy used the airport as an air training center, in support of Amphibious Forces in the Pacific Fleet during World War II. Navy improvements consisted primarily of construction of wooden, prefabricated buildings and surficial improvements to the runways and taxiways. |
| Camp San Luis Obispo | 14959.16 | San Luis Obispo | |
| Baywood Park Training Area | 9145.00 | San Luis Obispo |
| San Miguel Rec Site | San Miguel | ||
| San Miguel War Housing Project | 30.28 | San Miguel | DOD is not known to have acquired nor to have had any controlling interest in the San Miguel War Housing Project (H Calif. 276) in San Miguel, CA. The land underlying the housing project was acquired by the United States of America through a Declaration of Taking on March 4, 1943. DOD is not known to have used or constructed improvements on the site. The site was used by the U.S. Public Housing Administration (PHA) for temporary housing. |
| (cafs)hearst Ranch Airfield | San Simeon |
| Soda Lake Air-t-ground Gun Rge | 9600.00 | Soda Lake |