Port Chicago, California

Port Chicago
Port Chicago in 1951
Port Chicago in 1951
Port Chicago is located in California
Port Chicago
Port Chicago
Location in California
Port Chicago is located in the United States
Port Chicago
Port Chicago
Port Chicago (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°02′46″N 122°01′15″W / 38.04611°N 122.02083°W / 38.04611; -122.02083
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyContra Costa County
Elevation13 ft (4 m)

Port Chicago was a town on the southern banks of Suisun Bay, in Contra Costa County, California. It was located 6.5 miles (10 km) east-northeast of Martinez,[2] at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m). It is best known as the site of a devastating explosion at its Naval Munitions Depot during World War II.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Port Chicago, California
  2. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 684. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.