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charters in 1995. Today, the vessel is berthed at the Franklin Deleanor
Roosevelt Pier (FDR Pier), Jack London Square, Oakland California.

• The Hoga - The Hoga, an ocean-going tugboat, played a dramatic role in the
attack on Pearl Harbor. Photographs showed her pushing the burning
battleship USS Nevada onto the beach, keeping the main channel clear, and
then pouring water onto the burning ship. The Hoga also did its best to fight
the fires on the USS Arizona as the doomed ship sank at its moorings. In
addition she rescued wounded sailors from the waters of Pearl Harbor. After
WW II, the Hoga became a fire fighting boat for the Oakland Fire
Department. As of December 1994, the vessel is berthed at Treasure Island's
Pier 1. The Hoga is the last remaining ship from the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Attempts are underway by a group in Honolulu to purchase the Hoga and
return the vessel to the site of its greatest glory.

Like these ships, Treasure Island itself awaits the future with a mixture of hope and concern.
The closure of the Naval Station at Treasure Island was announced in 1993 and will occur in
September 1997. For the first time in one hundred thirty years, the military will not be the
dominant force on the sister islands of Verba Buena Island and Treasure Island. The lighthouse
and Coast Guard will remain on the south side of Y erba Buena Island. Who will claim the rest
of the island and how they will use it is still a matter of conjecture. In the meantime, the Navy at
both Yerba Buena Island and Treasure Island will gradually close the schools and buildings that
have served the people of the United States so well for so long.

2.4 Buildings of Treasure Island, 1937-1994

The buildings of Treasure Island can easily be divided into two categories, those existing and
those demolished. Maps used to research the history of Treasure Island buildings were: 193 8,
1940, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1961, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1992 and 1994.
All map quad references are to the current maps. The review of maps for the determination of
when a building appeared or disappeared provided the basis for the dating and categorizing
buildings. For a few buildings determination was based on photographs. Thus, a building that is
described as "Year Demolished: NLT 1948" would have been on the 1945 map but was gone on
the 1948 map. Table acrynoms are defined as: ''NIA"= ''Not Applicable", "NLT" = ''No Later
Than", and "~" = Approximately. The ·exception to the acrynoms are those that are of
commands, such as ''NTTC", where the initials are considered the normal way of identifying and
referring to them. When abbreviations are used, reference material has presented the
information in this fashion and/or the exact meaning of the abbreviation could not be determined.
Building "uses" indicated in "Bold" text indicate possible environmental concerns based upon
the building use.

2.4.1 Building Index

A numerically sequenced index listing all Treasure Island buildings constructed from 193 7
through 1994 is provided as Table 3. This index also provides direction for locating additional
building data in Table 4 (Existing Buildings) and Table 5 (Demolished Buildings). Information
relative to the Exposition Buildings demolished prior to 1942 is provided in Table 6.

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