The E. A. Bryan was a Liberty class cargo ship used during WWII. The ship was destroyed in the Port Chicago disaster on 17 July 1944, a munitions explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine that killed 320 and injured 390 sailors and civilians, approximately two-thirds of which were enlisted African American sailors.
A thirteen page script, with four photographs, titled "Launching of the S.S. E.A. Bryan" with the attribution "Mrs. Robert C. Hayes, Sponsor".
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Launching of the SS E. A. Bryan, 1944 February 29 (Cage 1827)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Gifted to WSU Libraries by Charles T. Meenach, date unknown.
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