It was the worst stateside disaster in World War II, according to the Navy. The White sailors were granted leave after the explosion, but Black sailors were ordered back to work loading ammunition ...

The disaster at Port Chicago has been called by Navy historians the single worst home-front disaster during World War II. After the explosions, White supervising officers were given hardship leave.

“And there’s the fact that it’s still considered the greatest peacetime naval disaster,” she said. “Seven ships were totally lost. That’s never happened since.” “One hundred years ...

The Deputy Director of the Armament Industry Department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Ri Hyong-son ...

Over 100 years ago, the U.S. Navy had its worst peace-time disaster, just south of the San Luis Obispo County line. Seven destroyers were wrecked and 23 sailors lost their lives when a squadron on ...

the Russian nuclear submarine that sank in the Berents sea three months ago. All 118 crew members were killed in Russia's worst naval disaster ever.

Fiji has become the first Pacific Island country to receive advanced surveillance drones from the Government of France.

8, 1923. It was the worst peace-time Navy disaster with the death of 23 seamen and the loss of the destroyers. History Center of San Luis Obispo County Over 100 years ago, the U.S. Navy had its ...