Port Chicago Naval Magazine site

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The Port Chicago Naval Magazine site is a historic former U.S. Navy munitions loading facility in California, best known as the location of the deadly 1944 Port Chicago disaster and subsequent mutiny trial that influenced civil rights reforms in the military.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former U.S. Navy munitions facility ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
military installation ⓘ
accessRestriction located within an active military base ⓘ
associatedWith African American sailors ⓘ
NAACP Legal Defense Fund ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
civil rights in the U.S. armed forces ⓘ
racial segregation in the U.S. Navy ⓘ
commemorates African American sailors court-martialed after the disaster ⓘ
sailors and civilians killed in the Port Chicago disaster ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateOfSignificantEvent 1944-07-17 ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
hasMemorial Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial ⓘ
hasTypeOfStructure magazine storage facilities ⓘ
piers for ammunition loading ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Memorial of the United States ⓘ
influenced President Harry S. Truman’s 1948 order to desegregate the U.S. armed forces ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Contra Costa County, California ⓘ
linked to: Contra Costa County

San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
locatedNear Port Chicago, California ⓘ
Suisun Bay ⓘ
locatedOn shore of Suisun Bay ⓘ
managingOrganization National Park Service ⓘ
memorialDayObservance annual July commemoration of the disaster ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
notableFor deadly 1944 munitions explosion ⓘ
influencing desegregation of the U.S. military ⓘ
largest stateside disaster of World War II for the U.S. Navy ⓘ
numberOfDeathsInEvent 320 ⓘ
numberOfInjuredInEvent 390 ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
partOf John Muir National Historic Site ⓘ
Mare Island Naval Shipyard logistics system ⓘ
protectedAs national memorial ⓘ
relatedEvent court-martial of the Port Chicago 50 ⓘ
significantEvent Port Chicago disaster ⓘ
Port Chicago mutiny trial ⓘ
theme labor conditions in wartime ⓘ
military history ⓘ
racial justice ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse World War II era ⓘ
usedFor ammunition loading ⓘ
naval ordnance handling ⓘ

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Suisun Bay → hasPortFacility → Port Chicago Naval Magazine site ⓘ
Suisun Bay → hasMilitaryHistory → Port Chicago disaster ⓘ
linked to: Port Chicago Naval Magazine site
Port Chicago Naval Magazine site → locatedNear → Port Chicago, California ⓘ
linked to: Port Chicago Naval Magazine site
Port Chicago Naval Magazine site → significantEvent → Port Chicago disaster ⓘ
linked to: Port Chicago Naval Magazine site
Port Chicago Naval Magazine site → hasMemorial → Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial ⓘ
linked to: Port Chicago Naval Magazine site
Port Chicago mutiny trial → follows → Port Chicago disaster ⓘ
linked to: Port Chicago Naval Magazine site
Port Chicago mutiny trial → hasCause → Port Chicago disaster ⓘ
linked to: Port Chicago Naval Magazine site
Port Chicago mutiny trial → defendant → Port Chicago 50 ⓘ
linked to: Port Chicago Naval Magazine site
Port Chicago mutiny trial → topic → Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial ⓘ
linked to: Port Chicago Naval Magazine site
Port Chicago mutiny trial → afterAWorkBy → Port Chicago disaster investigation ⓘ
linked to: Port Chicago Naval Magazine site