Port Chicago Naval Magazine site
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The Port Chicago Naval Magazine site is a historic former U.S. Navy munitions loading facility in California, best known as the location of the deadly 1944 Port Chicago disaster and subsequent mutiny trial that influenced civil rights reforms in the military.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port Chicago disaster | 2 |
| Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial | 1 |
| Port Chicago Naval Magazine site canonical | 1 |
| Port Chicago, California | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1036081 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Port Chicago Naval Magazine site Context triple: [Suisun Bay, hasPortFacility, Port Chicago Naval Magazine site]
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Puget Sound Navy Yard
Puget Sound Navy Yard, now known as Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, is a major U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility located in Bremerton, Washington.
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Treasure Island Naval Station (former)
Treasure Island Naval Station (former) was a decommissioned U.S. Navy base located on San Francisco Bay’s man-made Treasure Island, historically used for training, administration, and support operations.
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Naval Base Point Loma
Naval Base Point Loma is a major U.S. Navy installation in San Diego, California, that serves as a key hub for submarine operations and other maritime military activities.
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island Naval Shipyard was a major U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility in Vallejo, California, notable as one of the first permanent naval shipyards on the West Coast.
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E.
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is a major U.S. Navy industrial facility in Hawaii that provides maintenance, repair, and modernization services for naval vessels and submarines.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Port Chicago Naval Magazine site Target entity description: The Port Chicago Naval Magazine site is a historic former U.S. Navy munitions loading facility in California, best known as the location of the deadly 1944 Port Chicago disaster and subsequent mutiny trial that influenced civil rights reforms in the military.
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A.
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Puget Sound Navy Yard, now known as Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, is a major U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility located in Bremerton, Washington.
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B.
Treasure Island Naval Station (former)
Treasure Island Naval Station (former) was a decommissioned U.S. Navy base located on San Francisco Bay’s man-made Treasure Island, historically used for training, administration, and support operations.
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C.
Naval Base Point Loma
Naval Base Point Loma is a major U.S. Navy installation in San Diego, California, that serves as a key hub for submarine operations and other maritime military activities.
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island Naval Shipyard was a major U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility in Vallejo, California, notable as one of the first permanent naval shipyards on the West Coast.
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E.
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is a major U.S. Navy industrial facility in Hawaii that provides maintenance, repair, and modernization services for naval vessels and submarines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former U.S. Navy munitions facility
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historic site ⓘ military installation ⓘ |
| accessRestriction | located within an active military base ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
African American sailors
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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ
surface form:
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ civil rights in the U.S. armed forces ⓘ racial segregation in the U.S. Navy ⓘ |
| commemorates |
African American sailors court-martialed after the disaster
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sailors and civilians killed in the Port Chicago disaster ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateOfSignificantEvent | 1944-07-17 ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| hasMemorial |
Port Chicago Naval Magazine site
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
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| hasTypeOfStructure |
magazine storage facilities
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piers for ammunition loading ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
U.S. National Memorial
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surface form:
National Memorial of the United States
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| influenced | President Harry S. Truman’s 1948 order to desegregate the U.S. armed forces ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Contra Costa County ⓘ
surface form:
Contra Costa County, California
San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Port Chicago Naval Magazine site
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Port Chicago, California
Suisun Bay ⓘ |
| locatedOn | shore of Suisun Bay ⓘ |
| managingOrganization | National Park Service ⓘ |
| memorialDayObservance | annual July commemoration of the disaster ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
deadly 1944 munitions explosion
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influencing desegregation of the U.S. military ⓘ largest stateside disaster of World War II for the U.S. Navy ⓘ |
| numberOfDeathsInEvent | 320 ⓘ |
| numberOfInjuredInEvent | 390 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
John Muir National Historic Site
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard logistics system ⓘ |
| protectedAs | national memorial ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Port Chicago mutiny trial
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surface form:
court-martial of the Port Chicago 50
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| significantEvent |
Port Chicago Naval Magazine site
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Port Chicago disaster
Port Chicago mutiny trial ⓘ |
| theme |
labor conditions in wartime
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military history ⓘ racial justice ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfUse | World War II era ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ammunition loading
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naval ordnance handling ⓘ |
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Subject: Port Chicago Naval Magazine site Description of subject: The Port Chicago Naval Magazine site is a historic former U.S. Navy munitions loading facility in California, best known as the location of the deadly 1944 Port Chicago disaster and subsequent mutiny trial that influenced civil rights reforms in the military.
Referenced by (5)
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