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The largest World War II accident in California was the Port Chicago disaster. The Liberty ship SS E. A. Bryan exploded on July 17, 1944, while being loaded with ammunition. About 4,600 tons (4,173 tonnes) of explosives had been loaded in the ship's holds at the time.
The national memorial is located at the Military Ocean Terminal Concord (formerly the Concord Naval Weapons Station) near Concord, California, in the United States. The 1944 Port Chicago disaster occurred at the naval magazine and resulted in the largest domestic loss of life during World War II. A total of 320 sailors and civilians were ...
West Coast Memorial Inscription Statue of Columbia. The West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II is a monument dedicated to missing soldiers, sailors, marines, coast guardsmen, and airmen of World War II. It is a curved wall of California granite set in a grove of Monterey pine and cypress and overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
UTC time: 1933-03-11 01:54:00: ISC event: 905457: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: March 10, 1933 (): Local time: 5:54 P.M. PST [1]: Magnitude: 6.4 M w [2]: Depth: 10 km (6.2 mi) [2] Epicenter: 3]: Fault: Newport-Inglewood Fault [4]: Type: Strike-slip [5]: Areas affected: South Coast (California) United States: Total damage: $40 million [1]: Max. intensity: MMI VIII (Severe) [1]: Peak acceleration ...
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The Bombardment of Ellwood during World War II was a naval attack by a Japanese submarine against United States coastal targets near Santa Barbara, California in February 1942. Though the damage was minimal, the event was key in triggering the West Coast invasion scare and influenced the decision to intern Japanese-Americans .
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
The Great Flood of 1862 was the largest flood in the recorded history of California, Oregon, and Nevada, inundating the western United States and portions of British Columbia and Mexico. It was preceded by weeks of continuous rains and snows that began in Oregon in November 1861 and continued into January 1862.