[DOC] [TLE] Port Chicago disaster - Wikipedia [PAR] The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion that occurred on 
July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, 
United States. Munitions detonated while being loaded onto a cargo vessel 
bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations, killing 320 sailors ... None of the new 
recruits had been instructed in ammunition loading. [DOC] [TLE] The Great WWII Port Chicago Disaster - A Nuclear Blast? - Rense [PAR] In 1944, the Port Chicago disaster killed hundreds of Americans in a single blast. 
... naval base on the Sacramento River were suddenly engulfed in a gigantic 
explosion. ... Some 320 American naval personnel were killed instantly. .... A ship 
had come into Mare Island to be loaded with ammunition, and the Second, Fourth
... [DOC] [TLE] Port Chicago disaster - Jul 17, 1944 - HISTORY.com [PAR] An ammunition ship explodes while being loaded in Port Chicago, California, 
killing 332 people on this day in 1944. The United States' World War II military... [DOC] [TLE] Port Chicago Disaster Stuns the Nation, 70 Years Ago - History in ... [PAR] Jul 17, 2014 ... On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion ripped through the Navy ammunition 
depot at Port Chicago, California. In an instant, 320 sailors were... [DOC] [TLE] Port Chicago Disaster - American Merchant Marine at War [PAR] Pier at Port Chicago before the explosion. ... At Port Chicago at the time of the 
disaster there were 1,400 black enlisted men, ... boxcars, the SS E.A. Bryan, and 
320 people (202 black enlisted men) on the pier were gone. ... In 1944 the Navy 
announced that blacks at ammunition depots would be limited to 30% of the total. [DOC] [TLE] Commemorating the Port Chicago Naval Magazine Disaster of 1944 ... [PAR] May 5, 2015 ... Port Chicago Naval Magazine Disaster, July 17, 1944, the largest homeland ... 
were instantly killed when two ships being loaded with ammunition exploded. ... 
Some 320 men, most of them African American sailors, were instantly ... Access 
from the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers to Suisun Bay via the... [DOC] [TLE] Military Ocean Terminal, Concord (Port Chicago Naval Magazine ... [PAR] Mar 29, 2016 ... (Port Chicago Naval Magazine; Naval Ammunition Depot, Port ... In 1942, the 
Navy built an annex to this magazine, located across the Sacramento River from 
Mare Island. .... On 17 July 1944, an explosion destroyed the pier. ... A total of 320 
military personnel were killed and 390 military and civilian... [DOC] [TLE] The Case for the Port Chicago 50 | San Diego Reader [PAR] Sep 4, 1997 ... #On the evening of July 17, 1944, at Port Chicago naval ammunition depot (now 
Concord Naval Weapons Station, located on the Sacramento River, 30 miles ... "
the largest explosion ever created by mankind to that point" - killed 320 naval ... 
The proposed resolution called on the United States Navy and... [DOC] [TLE] Naval Weapons Station (NAVWPNSTA), Concord, California [PAR] May 7, 2011 ... The Naval Magazine, Port Chicago was established in 1942 at ... Railroad yard at 
Roseville, Calif., about 18 miles east of Sacramento. .... On 17 July 1944, an 
explosion destroyed the pier. ... On 18 January 1946, the US Naval Magazine, 
Port Chicago, became the US Naval Ammunition Depot, Concord. [DOC] [TLE] The Horrific Port Chicago Explosion [PAR] Oct 10, 2015 ... The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly explosion that took place ... Naval 
Magazine in Port Chicago, California, in the United States. ... for the war in the 
Pacific exploded, killing 320 sailors and civilians, ... of the Sacramento and San 
Joaquin Rivers, connected to the Pacific Ocean via San Francisco Bay. [DOC] [TLE] Worst home-front disaster of WWII gets recognition - USATODAY.com [PAR] Dec 27, 2009 ... A huge explosion July 17, 1944, splintered the pier and blew ships out of the 
water. ... The explosion killed 320 sailors -- 202 of them were African Americans 
... bank of the Sacramento River on a military base

Question: A 1944 explosion killed 320 at the Port Chicago Ammo Depot on the Sacramento River in this state
Answer: California