Port Chicago Disaster

Here's one I never heard about...I came across this article a few moments ago-

"In 1944, the Port Chicago disaster killed hundreds of Americans in a single blast. Was it an accident, or was it America's first atomic weapons test?

On the night of 17th July 1944, two transport vessels loading ammunition at the Port Chicago (California) naval base on the Sacramento River were suddenly engulfed in a gigantic explosion. The incredible blast wrecked the naval base and heavily damaged the small town of Port Chicago, located 1.5 miles away. Some 320 American naval personnel were killed instantly. The two ships and the large loading pier were totally annihilated. Several hundred people were injured, and millions of dollars in property damage was caused by the huge blast. Windows were shattered in towns 20 miles away, and the glare of the explosion could be seen in San Francisco, some 35 miles away. It was the worst home-front disaster of World War II. Officially, the world's first atomic test explosion occurred on 16th July 1945 at Alamogordo, New Mexico; but the Port Chicago blast may well have been the world's first atomic detonation, whether accidental or not. "

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Hey Yo exdog,
This may add to your discussion and conclusions....pretty informative.
Hope this will add to your topic.

"Did we blow up Port Chicago with a nuke?"
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seekerof

Originally posted by Seekerof
Hey Yo exdog,
This may add to your discussion and conclusions....pretty informative.
Hope this will add to your topic.

"Did we blow up Port Chicago with a nuke?"
Link:
www.abovetopsecret.com...


regards
seekerof

hey Thanks!!! I'm new here...can you tell

1917 Halifax Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

At 9:04:35 Mont-Blanc exploded with a force stronger than any manmade explosion before it.

The steel hull burst sky-high, falling in a blizzard of red-hot, twisted projectiles on Dartmouth and Halifax.

Some pieces were tiny; others were huge. Part of the anchor hit the ground more than 4 kilometers away on the far side of Northwest Arm. A gun barrel landed in Dartmouth more than 5 kilometers from the harbour.

After the Blast
The explosion sent a white cloud billowing 20,000 feet above the city.

For almost two square kilometers around Pier 6, nothing was left standing. The blast obliterated most of Richmond: homes, apartments and business, even the towering sugar refinery.

On the Dartmouth side, Tuft's Cove took the brunt of the blast. The small Mi'kmaq settlement of Turtle Grove was obliterated.

More than 1500 people were killed outright; hundreds more would die in the hours and days to come. Nine thousand people, many of whom might have been safe if they hadn't come to watch the fire, were injured by the blast, falling buildings and flying shards of glass.

And it wasn't over yet.

Within minutes the dazed survivors were awash in water. The blast provoked a tsunami [?] that washed up as high as 18 meters above the harbour's high-water mark on the Halifax side.

People blown off their feet by the explosion now hung on for their lives as water rushed over the shoreline, through the dockyard and beyond Campbell Road (now Barrington Street).

It was Captan Nemo who nuked Halifax, and the Black Panthers who nuked Port Chicago.

Good info

I think that it was the first atomic test....
and there were probably a lot more situations like this

Originally posted by omega1
Good info

I think that it was the first atomic test....

Which one? Port Chicago or Halifax?

Hey do a search before you post. There has been a thread on Port Chicago here for the last year. Stop wasting space by duplicating threads.

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Originally posted by mad scientist
Hey do a search before you post. There has been a thread on Port Chicago here for the last year. Stop wasting space by duplicating threads.

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wow thanks for your contribution to this thread, you are so wise and omnipotent...must be hard having such a huge brain considering it's up your....