Port Chicago

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Port Chicago can refer to:

• Port Chicago, California, a town in the United States.
• The Port Chicago disaster, a deadly explosion that occurred at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California on 17 July 1944, killing 320 people.
• The Port Chicago Mutiny, a consequence of the Port Chicago disaster, when sailors, a month later, refused to work unless guaranteed safety improvements.
• Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, at the site of the disaster.

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