The Apocalyptic Disaster Unleashed by a WWII Ship (1947)
On the morning of April 16, 1947, a cataclysmic event like America had never seen before or since shook the people of Texas City to their core.
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A series of unstoppable firestorms and explosions ravaged the port town leaving only chaos and destruction in their wake. The chilling photographs of the aftermath appear to depict a nuclear bomb going off in the heart of 1940s America.
But however massive the destruction was, it was not caused by an enemy attack or as the result of domestic terrorism; instead, it all began as a small fire aboard the SS Grandcamp ship, which was docked at the port.
The small fire quickly caused a chain reaction that turned into one of the most catastrophic disasters in US history…