1/28/2000
Landmark information
- Location:
End of Rosecrans St, where the landmark plaques are in a half-circle, US Navy Sub Base, Point Loma - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
1/28/2000 - Date Most Recently Visited:
1/28/2000 - GPS Coordinates:
N 32 41.017, W 117 14.208
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Fort Guijarros Site
An outpost of Spain's far flung empire at its greatest extent, this fort was completed before 1600 from plans drawn by Alberto De Cordoba in 1795. Its major action came under Corporal Jose Velasquez on March 22, 1803 in the "Battle of San Diego Bay" with the American brig Lelia Byrd, which was smuggling sea otter pelts.