In 1954, the same year that the Ayala Cove area of Angel Island was sectioned off for the California State Park Commission, a Nike missile base was built on Angel Island. The main reason for this base was to protect the San Francisco Bay Area from foreign threats that never came. Eight years later, in 1962, the base was shut down and the missiles were remove from the island. After the base was decommissioned, the rest of the island, except a Coast Guard base, was given for the state park.
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