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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, California, United States. Munitions being loaded onto a cargo vessel bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations detonated, killing 320 sailors and civilians and injuring at least 390 others.
Fifty men stood their ground and became known as the Port Chicago 50. They were charged and convicted of mutiny in a mass summary court-martial and sentenced to hard labor.
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro on Wednesday fully exonerated 258 Black sailors who were charged with mutiny and refusing orders after they were being forced to return to do dangerous work ...
The Port Chicago 50: Unlisted† Held at FCI Terminal Island from November 1944 to January 1946. 50 African-American sailors convicted of mutiny for refusing to load ammunition onto US Navy ships under unsafe conditions after the Port Chicago disaster, an explosion that killed 320 people, including 202 black sailors. [14] Flora Purim: 2775
On the evening of July 17, a massive explosion instantly killed 320 sailors, merchant seamen and civilians working at the pier. The blast was felt 30 miles away. A subsequent refusal by 258 black sailors to load any more ammunition was the beginning of the Navy's largest-ever mutiny trial in which 50 men were found guilty.
In October 2012, he received the Paul R. Dean award from Georgetown Law School, where he teaches trial practice as an adjunct professor. [34] In November 2011, he was honored by the American Jewish Committee Westchester County, New York Chapter with the Learned Hand Award for achievement and ethics as a lawyer and dedication to human rights. [ 35 ]
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, California, United States. Munitions being loaded onto a cargo vessel bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations detonated, killing 320 sailors and civilians and injuring at least 390 others.
The Port Chicago Committee is working toward expanding the current memorial to encompass 250 acres (1.0 km 2) of the former Port Chicago waterfront.The memorial site could include some of the railroad revetments and old boxcars from the 1940s period, as well as the existing memorial chapel, with stained-glass windows depicting the World War II operations.