U.S. Navy searches for descendants of exonerated Port Chicago defendants
U.S. Secretary of the Navy told CBS News Bay Area that the military is seeking to identify the descendants of the 256 exonerated Port Chicago 50 defendants.
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U.S. Secretary of the Navy told CBS News Bay Area that the military is seeking to identify the descendants of the 256 exonerated Port Chicago 50 defendants.
A look back at what led to the Port Chicago disaster of July 17, 1944 when 320 sailors and civilians died in a munitions explosion on Suisun Bay and how a group of Black sailors was unjustly punished in the wake of the devastating blast. Devin Fehely anchors a special report produced by Molly McCrea. (8-18-24)
The U.S. Navy exonerated 256 Black sailors who refused to return to work at the Port Chicago naval weapons station after a deadly explosion in 1944 killed hundreds. Ryan Yamamoto reports. (7-19-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said the 50 sailors' court martial contained "significant legal errors that rendered them fundamentally unfair."
The U.S. Navy on Wednesday formally exonerated 256 Black sailors who were punished during World War II after a massive explosion killed hundreds of service members at the former Port Chicago naval weapons station near San Francisco. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro reads a declaration on the 80th anniversary of the disaster.
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A group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied at the San Francisco waterfront where the USNS Harvey Milk was docked Friday, with some protestors chaining themselves to the gangway of the ship.
The US Naval ship named after the late civil rights icon Harvey Milk arrived in San Francisco Bay Thursday afternoon, making its historic first visit to the Port of San Francisco.
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Kelsi Thorud reports on the USNS Harvey Milk making San Francisco its first ever port visit on the vessel's maiden voyage.
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A safety boat was on-scene due to the nature of the training and helped quickly get the crew to shore. All six were being medically evaluated.
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A photo taken by witness Diane Dircks showed the plane in water just offshore, a sight reminiscent of the 2009 "Miracle on the Hudson."
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When Navy Petty Officer Matthew Willman first heard he'd be going to San Francisco for Fleet Week, he imagined nights on the town and drinking like, well, a sailor.
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The Justice Department announced the separate charges Thursday, saying each sailor provided photos and videos to a Chinese intelligence officer.
One expert said implosion would have happened in a "thousandth of a second" — so fast that passengers didn't have "time to realize what happened."
The Titan submersible went missing Sunday while on a journey to see the wreckage of the Titanic. On Thursday, a U.S. Navy official said the Navy detected "an acoustic anomaly consistent with an implosion" shortly after the sub, named Titan, lost contact with the surface Sunday. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi reports from Boston.
China's vessel overtook the U.S. ship and then veered across its bow at a distance of 150 yards in an "unsafe manner," according to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
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