“Or that it formed a crater on the seabed far larger than that of the ordnance”
The problem with that is that Port Chicago is way up the Sacramento River from SF Bay. Riverbed, not seabed.
“Or that the cruiser Indianapolis shipped out of Port Chicago”
Really? They got the Indianapolis way up the river to Port Chicago, turned it around, and got it downstream again? Now that’s some seamanship.
When I mentioned seabed, I was using common speech about the floor under the waterway.
“Or that the cruiser Indianapolis shipped out of Port Chicago”
Really? They got the Indianapolis way up the river to Port Chicago, turned it around, and got it downstream again? Now that’s some seamanship.
Yes they did. Port Chicago is now named Concord Naval Weapons Station. It was built during WWII as a larger alternative than Mare Island nearby in SF Bay. There is a huge mothball fleet of very large naval ships nearby in Suisun Bay just beyond the former Port Chicago. How do you suppose they go there? Same way as the Indianapolis, they navigated there from SF Bay.