Naval Air Station Alameda

NAS Alameda had two s and a Control Tower were also part of the facilities.

From 1949 to 1953 , the Navy based the Lockheed Constitution —the largest airplane ever listed on the Navy inventory—at NAS Alameda. The two prototypes regularly flew between nearby NAS Moffett Field and Pearl Harbor , Hawaii .

The Alameda Terminal of the First Transcontinental Railroad ( California Historical Landmark #440) is located on its grounds at the Naval Air Station Mall, as is the departure point of the '' China Clipper '' (CHL #968).

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The MythBusters have occasionally conducted some of their more destructive experiments in the grounds of the station, due to the extensive safety zone it affords them. Also, a small granite cannonball shot from their "Tree Cannon" experiment was never found and is possibly still somewhere on the grounds, if it didn't land in the bay.

A two-mile Highway loop was constructed on the base for the filming of a lengthy car chase sequence for the movie '' The Matrix Reloaded ''.

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