Port Chicago Disaster: Ammunition Ships Explode, 320 Killed, July 17, 1944
Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
Date: July 17, 1944
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