The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion of the ship SS E. A. Bryan on July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago...

Port Chicago can refer to: Port Chicago, California, former town in the United States Port Chicago disaster, deadly explosion that occurred at the Port...

ceased to exist. The July 17, 1944, Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion that occurred at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine. Munitions detonated...

prisoners of war, civilian employees, and local people. In the similar Port Chicago disaster (above), about half the weight of bombs was high explosive. If the...

functioned as a World War II armament storage depot, supplying ships at Port Chicago. During World War II it also had a Naval Outlying Field at the southern...

The Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial is a memorial dedicated in 1994 recognizing the dead of the Port Chicago disaster, and the critical...

17, 1944: Port Chicago Disaster. A munitions explosion that killed 320 people occurred at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California...

functioned as a World War II armament storage depot, supplying ships at Port Chicago. The CNWS supported war efforts during the Vietnam War and through the...

Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015. "Port Chicago Disaster". Usmm.org. Archived from the original on November 18, 2012. Retrieved...

when gasoline vapors ignited. The incident – together with the Port Chicago disaster two months later – led to major changes in weapons-handling practices...

2015, 100 years after the disaster, a memorial to the dead was dedicated at Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago. The disaster was incorporated into the...

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in the United States armed forces. Port Chicago mutiny on August 9, 1944, three weeks after the Port Chicago disaster. 258 out of the 320 African-American...

Harbor, two months before Port Chicago Port Chicago disaster, a deadly munitions explosion that occurred in 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California...

Mutiny is a 1999 television drama film based on the story of the Port Chicago disaster during World War II where 50 African-American sailors were accused...

programs to African Americans. For instance, in 1944, following the Port Chicago disaster, the U.S. Navy asked Congress to authorize payments of $5,000 to...

Similarly, the ABMC Records do not cover inter-war deaths such as the Port Chicago disaster in which 320 died. As of June 2018 total of US World War II casualties...

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holds of a Liberty ship and a Victory ship from Port Chicago disaster. Holds of U.S. Army Engineer Port Repair ship The cargo hold of USS Rankin (AKA-103)...

honors Port Chicago disaster survivor Joseph R. Small Jr., a member of The Port Chicago 50 who provided the narrative for the first chapter of The Port Chicago...

disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters...

Support for the campaign was bolstered by wartime events such as the Port Chicago disaster and the Agana race riot, which underscored the disparities Black...

explosions occurred 6 seconds apart in what became known as the Port Chicago disaster. The detonation of 4,600 tons of munitions being loaded onto the...

Mutiny (1999) – war drama television film based on the story of the Port Chicago disaster during World War II where 50 African-American sailors were accused...

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October 22, 2013. Port Chicago disaster Miller has petitioned to clear the names of the sailors of the World War II Port Chicago disaster in which more than...

Robert; Vogel, Peter (June–July 1996). "America's Dark Secret: The Port Chicago Disaster". Nexus Magazine. Vol. 3, no. 4. Archived from the original on 7...

The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey, U.S. The LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff...

bombs. The largest World War II accident in California was the Port Chicago disaster. The Liberty ship SS E. A. Bryan exploded on July 17, 1944, while...

craft were sunk or damaged beyond repair. West Loch disaster USS Serpens (AK-97) Port Chicago disaster List of accidents and incidents involving transport...