• Port Chicago Naval Magazine. Design: Luther Bailey

    Port Chicago Naval Magazine

    National Memorial California

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  • MOTCO Army Base Closed to NPS Memorial Tours

    Restricted access MOTCO Army base is closed to all visitors planning to see the Port Chicago Naval Magazine NM. Closure dates include: April, May, June and up to the July 20th NPS comemmoration event of the explosion.

Fees & Reservations

How To Visit

Reservations are required and must be made at least two weeks prior to your visit to the Memorial. Government photo ID numbers required for military base access.

All visitors to the Memorial must enter with the National Park Service. The U.S. Army requires even active U.S. Military to make a reservation. Military Ocean Terminal Concord is a controlled access area. All visitors to the site must be U.S. Citizens or permanent residents.

To request a reservation: at least two weeks before your planned visit, call or e-mail us with the following information about each visitor.

  1. Full Name (including middle name. Initials are not acceptable. If no middle name, please indicate that)
  2. Gender
  3. Phone Number
  4. Date of Birth
  5. Government Issued Identification Number (i.e., State Driver's License or Identification Card)


Tours are available Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 1:30 PM (allow 1½ hours). Not all dates and times may be available. No public access Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.

All visitors are shuttled to the Memorial on National Park Service vehicles from the Military Ocean Terminal Concord (Concord Naval Weapons Station) Identification (ID) Office.

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Call today to reserve your seat at (925) 228-8860.

Did You Know?

Port Chicago National Memorial

After the Port Chicago explosion on July 17, 1944, where more than 5000 tons of TNT went off, the deepwater harbor and piers were completely destroyed. Surprisingly, the harbor and pier were back up and running in a month.