Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial

Learned a lot about the largest non-nuclear explosion of WW2

Very interesting and historically significant. We went the day of the annual remembrance to see the special ceremony.

Missing the Manhattan Project connection

I finally made it to the site after spending years studying the documented link between the Port Chicago explosion and the Manhattan Project. The visit was very emotional for me and for other guests. ...

Well worth the effort to visit

This is a challenging park to visit due to its presence o a military base. We were able to visit as part of a tour group--about 28 of us with our group departing from John Muir NHS. The weather was be...

Worth the extra trouble to get there

It's a darn shame that Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial is one of the five least-visited units in the entire 419-unit National Park System, officially logging fewer than 700 visitors in ...

Valuable history lesson is disguise

In 1980 I was stationed at Concord Naval Weapons Station. I knew of the explosion at Port Chicago in 1942 as it was part if our training & why my unit existed. In 1997 the Port Chicago National Monume...