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Undated aerial photo of the shipyard with downtown Long Beach in the background. The Long Beach NSY industrial area encompassed 119 acres (48 ha) of the total 214 acres (87 ha) owned. [1] [2] There were 120 permanent, 39 semi-permanent, and 6 temporary buildings, for a total of 165 buildings. [2]
The initial contamination at the former Long Beach shipyard, where vessels used to dock for repair and maintenance, occurred from the 1940s to the 1960s, when workers were disposing of toxic waste ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
The list of maritime disasters is a link page for maritime disasters by century. For a unified list of peacetime disasters by death toll, see List of accidents and disasters by death toll § Peacetime Maritime.
New photos show the damage to a US Navy aircraft carrier sustained in a collision with a merchant ship last week. The warship USS Harry S. Truman docked at a US naval facility in Souda Bay, Greece ...
Initial estimates put the death toll at 800. However, further examination after the vessel was raised led to a revised estimate of 1,050–1,100. Many drowned whilst locked below deck, while 28 survivors were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard and the Maltese Navy .
Mormon settlers executed between 120 and 140 men, women, and children from the Baker-Fancher party wagon train after accepting their surrender from a five-day siege and offering them safe passage through Utah Territory. 120 1933 Long Beach earthquake: Earthquake Long Beach, California: $50,000,000 (1933) 120 2005 Hurricane Rita: Tropical ...
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said late on Thursday he expected the death toll to grow. ... Private forecaster AccuWeather estimated the damage and economic loss at $135 billion to $150 ...