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Port Chicago disaster

1944 explosion in California, United States
Event Disaster Q1420226
Port Chicago disaster
Mare Island Navy Yard · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
disaster, explosion, maritime disaster[3][4]
Inception
October 28, 1992[6]
Country
United States[2]
Location
Port Chicago[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 38.057°, -122.030°[8]
Facet of
American Theater, military history of African Americans[9][10]
Area
2023.0[11]
Coordinates
🗺️ 38.057°, -122.030°
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject African diaspora[12]
Point in time
July 17, 1944[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Port Chicago explosion en Port Chicago disaster en The Port Chicago disaster ar كارثة ميناء شيكاغو de Port-Chicago-Katastrophe es Desastre de Port Chicago fi Port Chicagon onnettomuus fr catastrophe de Port Chicago ja ポートシカゴの惨事 ko 포트 시카고 참사 pl Katastrofa w Port Chicago ro Dezastrul din Port Chicago ru Взрыв в Порт-Чикаго zh 芝加哥港災難
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh88004834
BlackPast.org ID
aaw/vignette_aahw/port-chicago-mutiny-0
Freebase ID
/m/038spr
J9U entity ID
987007548726205171
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10675136
Yale LUX ID
place/817f5811-8c71-4599-9ede-ecaa58633816

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
disaster, explosion
Country 1
United States
Facet of 1
American Theater
← Commemorates 1
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
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Summary

Port Chicago disaster is a disaster[1].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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