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DECEMBER 16, 1907: The Great White Fleet entered the San Francisco Bay during its global tour to be serviced at the Hunters Point shipyard.

DECEMBER 16, 1907: The Great White Fleet entered the San Francisco Bay during its global tour to be serviced at the Hunters Point shipyard.

Hunters Point was named after the Hunters family: three brothers who built homes and operated a dairy farm on the land in the 1850s. Because…

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DECEMBER 9, 1941: Two days after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that 34 Japanese warships were just off the California coast and headed towards the City.

DECEMBER 9, 1941: Two days after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that 34 Japanese warships were just off the California coast and headed towards the City.

At the start of World War II[1], the San Francisco Bay Area was the most valuable military asset on the West Coast. After Japan’s attack…

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