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= Mukilteo Tank Farm = The Mukilteo Tank Farm, also known as the Mukilteo Defense Fuel Support Point, was an Air Force fuel reserve and transfer facility located in Mukilteo, Washington. It was built in 1951 to supply fuel to a fighter squadron located at Paine Field during the Korean War. It is currently being dismantled to make room for a new ferry terminal.

History
When the Korean war started in 1950, the U.S. reactivated military operations at Paine Field. To ensure the fighter squadron had sufficient access to fuel, the Federal government constructed the Tank Farm in 1951. The site was operated by the McChord Air Force Base from 1953 to 1973. After 1973 it was operated by the Defense Energy Support Center, which was a subsidy of the Defense Logistics Agency. A fuel testing laboratory was opened on the site in 1955. NOAA opened the National Marine Fisheries Service headquarters (NMFS) on the site which is still active to this day. Fuel operations ceased in 1989 and the tanks were removed in 1999. The fuel dock was removed in 2015. As of 2017, the NMFS, fuel lab, pump house, fuel dryer shed, and tank dikes remain on the site. The site is open to the public.

Technical Details
The site housed 10 steel fuel storage tanks measuring 110 feet across and 60 feet tall. Each tank could hold approximately 4.2 Million gallons of fuel. The tanks were surrounded by a 10 foot concrete dike. The fuel handled at the site was JP-4. The fuel pier measured 101 feet wide and 1360 feet long. It was constructed out of wood and had a cement surface. The pier had two connection points, one at the end for small barges, and one in the middle for large tankers. The site pumps were used to deliver fuel to a barge or tanker, and the vessel pumps were used to deliver fuel to the tank farm. The site also contained two truck loading stations that could deliver 550 GPM.