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Explosion at the Yorktown Navy Mine Depot: 1943

Name: Explosion at the Yorktown Navy Mine Depot: 1943
Uploaded: 2026-08-24T12:00:02Z
Duration: 1031 s
Channel: The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
Description: In 1943 the Yorktown, Virginia, Naval Mine Depot manufactured explosive ordnance and loaded it onto ships in the York River bound for the battlefields of WWII. On November 16th, a massive explosion rocked the Depot, leaving enormous craters and shattering glass for miles around. Check out our ...