INTO THE DELTA
August 19th 2012 The wind was up and the tide was flooding as we left Benicia. We would get a good push up the river. We passed under the Benicia and Antioch bridges. Along our route, we cruised by the security area of the Concord Naval Weapons Station. This is where the Port Chicago munitions explosion occurred in 1944. It was the most deadly homeland disaster to occur during WWII. The explosion instantly killed
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