• East view from Crissy Field overlook with old Coast Guard station on left and city on right

    Presidio of San Francisco

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Battery Chamberlin

Docent leading loading demonstration of the gun

Docent leading loading demonstration
of the "disappearing gun."

Built near Baker Beach in 1904, Battery Chamberlin was constructed to accommodate the lighter, stronger, more powerful coastal defense artillery developed in the late nineteenth century.

Today, Battery Chamberlin holds the last 6-inch "disappearing gun" of its type on the west coast. On the first full weekend of each month, you can take part in demonstrations of the gun and visit a small seacoast defense museum at the battery.

Demonstrations are typically held between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on the first Saturday and Sunday of each month.

Click here to learn more about the history of Battery Chamberlin.

 

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Did You Know?

U.S. Army major rank insignia

In 1915, a tragic fire at the Presidio  claimed the lives of General Pershing’s wife and his three daughters.  Pershing's son, Francis Warren, survived the blaze and chose to enlist in the army as a private during World War II.  By the end of the war he had achieved the rank of major.