The massive explosion of ammunition at the U.S. Navy installation at Port Chicago in Contra Costa County on July 17, 1944, killed 320 men, critically injured hundreds more, destroyed two ships and forever altered the lives of 50 black sailors traumatized by the deadly blast.
The 50 sailors, who refused to return to work loading ammunition on ships in unsafe conditions at the segregated naval facility, were the subject of what remains the largest mass mutiny trial in the history of the Navy, held over several weeks on Treasure Island.
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