2. INTENT - FAULT - NEGLIGENCE: That the evidence does not show that there was any intent, fault, negligence, or inefficiency of any person or person in the naval services or connected therewith, or any other person, which caused the explosions.

3. GENERAL FACTS CONCERNING NAVAL MAGAZINE: That the general facts concerning the Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, up to the time of ht explosion were as follows:

a. HISTORY:
(1) The US Naval Magazine, Port Chicago was formally established by an order of the Secretary of the Navy dated 27 June 1942, and was commissioned on 30 November 1942. It was designed for a particular function and in general layout conformed to latest accepted standards for this type of establishment.

(2) The facilities of Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, had been expanded until the saturation point had been reached. Because of a physical lack of space, Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, could not be further expanded. There were no other munitions handling facilities available.

(3) Construction of the Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, was authorized in June, 1942, and the Public Works Officer, Twelfth Naval District, was designated as officer in charge of construction. The location of Port Chicago was recommended by a board appointed by the Commandant, Twelfth Naval District, for that purpose. The site selected was well chosen. Port Chicago was remote from industrial activities, in a sparsely settled area, had deep tide water along the northern boundary, and was served by two transcontinental railways. There was room for further expansion.

(4) Originally the principle facilities contemplated were: a ship-loading pier; a barge loading pier; barricaded railway spurs for the storage of explosives; a railway system connected to the trunk line railroads; an administration building; and, a marine barracks. After construction was started a decision was made to do the work of loading with enlisted men, as an adequate force of commercial stevedores could not be guaranteed. The buildings provided were the minimum required for housing and feeding the men. The lack of officer messing facilities, recreation building for enlisted personnel, laundry, etc., coupled with the remoteness of the station and the lack of adequate personal transportation facilities made the problem of morale a most difficult one.

(5) The constantly increasing need for transshipping of ammunition required repeated revisions of the estimated handling requirements. There is even now a program for increasing the capacity and for adding storage facilities. All increases of capacity required additional officers and men, which, in turn required additional collateral buildings for housing, recreation, messing, etc. Efforts were made by the commanding officer to build up an adequate and effective station. These effort were severely handicapped from time to time by the lack of authorization for this collateral equipment which was vitally needed for the personnel assigned.

(6) The shiploading pier was built especially for handling explosives from railway cars directly into deep water ships. The original design was inadequate and was changed from time to time as a result of experience. The pier in its final state was completed in May, 1944, when two ships could be handled simultaneously. Additional facilities consisting of a marginal pier with two shiploading berths in tandem was nearly completed at the time of the explosion, and a third two-ship pier had been authorized.

(7) Prior to the explosion, the number of ships assigned to load at Port Chicago was not sufficient to fully utilize the facilities available.

b. FUNCTION:

(1) The Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, was designed to receive munitions by rail and load them from the cars directly into seagoing vessels or barges. It was primarily a transfer activity. It was not intended as a storage, supply, manufacturing, inspection, or repair facility. The magazine's responsibility started with the receipt of loaded railway cars and ended when the cargo had been stowed in ships or barges.

c. ORGANIZATION:

(1) The Naval Magazine and the Naval Barracks, Port Chicago, were annexes of the Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island. The commanding officer, Naval Barracks, Port Chicago, was also the officer in charge of the Naval Magazine, Port Chicago. His immediate superior for both these activities was the Commanding Officer, Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island. The internal organization that was in fact in use on 17 July 1944, at the time of the explosion, is shown in the diagram on Page No 1201:


(2) Policies were prescribed by the Commanding Officer, Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, and executed by the Commanding Officer, Naval Barracks, and the Officer in Charge, Naval Magazine, Port Chicago.

d. OFFICER PERSONNEL:

(1) At the beginning of the national emergency, the Commanding Officer, Naval Ammunition Depot, recognized the need for additional trained officers. He made continued efforts to obtain trained officers and officer candidates with suitable background. The constantly expanding activities of the Naval Ammunition depot and the commissioning of and subsequent constantly expanding activities at Port Chicago were hampered until very recently by a lack of trained officers. The most glaring deficiencies were the lack of officers qualified to train and administer the enlisted personnel, and of officers with explosive handling experience. Those officers who started operations at Port Chicago got all their experience at Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island. At the time of the explosion an adequate number of qualified officers were attached.

e. TRAINING OF OFFICERS:

(1) The original group of officers had little stevedoring experience, none with handling enlisted personnel, and none with explosives. They were trained by various means before the commissioning of Port Chicago, such as --
(a) Attending Port Director's school, which dealt primarily with office work in connection with shipping.

(b) Duty under instruction, observing the activities of the production division at Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, for familiarization with details of ammunition.

(c) Working with experienced officers and ordnancemen at Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, in actual shiploading.

(d) Visits to commercial shiploading points in the San Francisco Bay area and elsewhere.

(e) A course of instruction at Great Lakes in negro psychology.

(2) After undergoing phases of the above (it was not the same for all officers), they were sent to Port Chicago and started shiploading operations. There, all the officers had to further perfect themselves by actual experience.

(3) Later, as new officers became available, they were assigned as assistant division officers under instruction, and learned by practical experience. These officers were being trained to take charge of the new divisions formed as a result of expansion.

(4) A comprehensive source of instruction for all officers was conceived in recent months and was rounding into shape, but had not been put into effect at the time of the explosion.

f. ENLISTED PERSONNEL:

(1) The men comprising the ordnance battalions were supplied from other organizations and from the various training stations. The men received from the training stations were those remaining after the top 25 to 40 percent had been selected for other assignments. From time to time, Port Chicago was required to transfer drafts of men with clear records, thus further reducing the general level of those remaining.

(2) There was a continuing expansion of the work load and a necessity for training and absorbing additional green men. There is and has been a serious lack of petty officer material. The policy of taking out the best men at the training stations operated to deprive Port Chicago of the normal source of petty officer materials. The general classification test averaged 31.y, which placed the men comprising these ordnance battalions at Port Chicago in the lowest twelfth of the Navy.

(3) The handling of the enlisted personnel stationed at Port Chicago presented many problems. These enlisted personnel were unreliable, emotional, lacked capacity to understand or remember orders or instructions, were particularly susceptible to mass psychology and moods, lacked mechanical aptitude, were suspicious of strange officers, disliked receiving orders of any kind, particularly from white officers or petty officers, and were inclined to look for and make an issue of discrimination. For the most part, they were quite young and of limited education.

g. TRAINING OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL:

(1) Because of the level of intelligence and education of the enlisted personnel, it was impracticable to train them by any method other than by actual demonstration. Many of the men were incapable of reading and understanding the most simple directions. Division officers were responsible for the actual training of the men and they carried out their duties by personally instructing and demonstrating with the material being handled, the proper methods of procedure. The division officers attempted to impress on the men the need for care and safety, and the highly dangerous nature of material being handled.

(2) A training winch had been in operation since March, 1944. The winch men were trained on the training winch for one week and then given further training on the ships until their division officers pronounced them qualified.

(3) Lectures were given to one division each day on safety precautions and other phases of their work. There was in the course of preparation a regularly prescribed curriculum for the instruction of all men.

(4) Efforts were made by the officers to bring home to the men the necessity for care in the handling of explosives.

(5) The original divisions before being sent to Port Chicago had been instructed along with their officers by working with experienced ordnancemen at Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, in actual ship-loading operations. A nucleus for any new division was drawn from these divisions. New drafts made up the vacancies in the old divisions left by withdrawing this nucleus, and also made up the remainder of the new division. Thus, new men were worked in with the older men.

h. CIVIL SERVICE PERSONNEL:

(1) Because of the isolation of Port Chicago, the lack of adequate housing and the keen competition for civil service and civilian workers of all categories in this area, it was not possible to secure an adequate number of competent civil service employees.

(2) Prior to starting operations at Port Chicago, the experienced civil service ordnancemen had assisted in the training of the officers and enlisted personnel of the ordnance battalions at Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, California. This assistance was continued for a short time at Port Chicago when operations started there, until the services of these ordnancemen could no longer be spared and they were returned to the Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island. Additional trained, competent civil service personnel in the ratings required were not available.

i. POLICIES OR DOCTRINES IN EFFECT:

(1) The basic policy of the Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, required that the ships be loaded on schedule, using the safest means that could be devised.

(2) A tremendous problem was involved in handling safely the large quantities of ammunition and explosives. This problem was magnified by the character of enlisted personnel and the caliber of officer supervision available. The commanding officer, Naval Ammunition Depot, kept the Bureau of Ordnance and other bureaus advised of his difficulties and made repeated requests and recommendations concerning both officer and enlisted personnel and the necessary increases in facilities.

(3) He and his subordinates studied the various handling methods and gear in use by similar activities. They conducted experiments toward improving these methods and the gear used. From these studies and experiments a standard method of handling each item was evolved. In arriving at these standard methods, safety was given primary consideration. This program of study and experimentation was a continuing process.

(4) The Commanding Officer, Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, required that ships be loaded expeditiously on a three-shift basis to meet the schedules of required ammunition shipments.

(5) The ordnance battalions were administered and trained in the same manner as are all other enlisted men in the Navy. There was no discrimination or any unusual treatment of these men.

(6) An order was in effect prohibiting the unnecessary accumulation of high explosives on the pier.

(7) Under special conditions the Commanding Officer, Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, would permit vessels to take fuel while at the Port Chicago pier.

j. SECURITY:

(1) Security from unauthorized intrusion was provided by a marine sentry system. Security on the waterfront was provided at night by the Coast Guard patrol boats. Internal security was supplied by roving patrols within the station and by the placing of cars containing explosives under guard.

(2) Security from fires was provided by a fire watch in the barracks and a fire engine stationed in the barracks area, and a fire engine manned by the marines and stationed near the marine barracks in the explosive area, self-powered pumpers on the barge loading pier and on the shiploading pier and a Coast Guard fire barge secured at the end of the shiploading wharf.

(3) A system of passes, the escorting of visitors, and the inspection of packages was in force.

(4) There were no means provided at Port Chicago for defense against enemy attack.

(5) Smoking was prohibited, except in certain specified places.

(6) Automobiles and trucks were not permitted on the pier beyond the pier office.

(7) A manual fire alarm system was installed throughout the station.

4. OTHER ACTIVITIES: The other activities had duties pertaining to operations at Port Chicago as follows:

a. SERVICE FORCE SUBORDINATE COMMAND:
(1) Ammunition and explosive requirements emanated from the local office of the Service Force Subordinate Command which arranged with the Bureau of Ordnance for the arrival at Port Chicago of the desired cargo at a specified time. Close liaison was kept with the Port Director's office, which arranged for the necessary ships at the specified time.

b. PORT DIRECTOR:

(1) On request from the Service Force, the Port Director arranged for ships to be at Port Chicago in condition to receive cargo at specified times. This included inspection of ships for adequacy of gear, cleanliness, and general readiness for loading; however, some ships did arrive at Port Chicago not ready for loading.

(2) In collaboration with Port Chicago and Service Force, the Port Director drew up a loading plan for each ship and, as agents for the operators of the ships, submitted it to the Captain of the Port for loading permit.

(3) During loading, a representative of the Port Director observed details of stowage so that ships would leave Port Chicago in proper condition for further loading or for sea. In cases where deviations from the approved loading plan were necessary, he arranged for a waiver.

c. CAPTAIN OF THE PORT:

(1) The Captain of the Port issued permits for loading. His authority in the form of a waiver was required for deviations from the loading plan.

(2) The Captain of the Port inspected ships for fire and security hazards, poor equipment, foreign substance, personnel check, and as far as possible, the condition of winches, booms, and handling gear, and other factors in connection with general readiness for loading; however, some ships did arrive at Port Chicago not ready for loading.

(3) During loading, unless declined in writing by the commanding officer of a naval activity, the Captain of the Port provided a loading detail whose responsibility started when cargo was under the boom. This detail was a law-enforcement detail with veto power--could stop loading until any unsafe practices were corrected, or improper stowage rectified. This detail was responsible only to the Captain of the Port. The Commanding Officer, Naval Ammunition Depot, had declined such detail in writing and not detail was present at Port Chicago on 17 July 1944.

d. BUREAU OF ORDNANCE:

(1) The Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, and the Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, were Bureau of Ordnance stations. Funds for them were allocated and their work was controlled by that bureau. The handling, processing, issue, and shipment of explosives was done in accordance with directives issued by that bureau. The policies and methods authorized by the Bureau of Ordnance were carried out at the Naval Magazine, Port Chicago.

5. OPERATION DETAILS: That the details of operations at Port Chicago were as follows:

a. RECEIPT AND STORAGE OF AMMUNITION:
(1) Ammunition and explosives were received at the Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, by rail in carload lots. These had been shipped in accordance with directives of the Bureau of Ordnance from various storage depots and filling plants. Normally, shipments were scheduled to arrive for loading in a particular ship. There were very limited facilities at Port Chicago for unloading explosive material and placing it in storage. This required a very nice adjustment of schedules. If the ships were late, more cars than could be handled in barricades would accumulate at Port Chicago. If rail delivers were delayed, the shiploading would be delayed.

b. DETAILS OF MOVING AMMUNITION TO PIER:

(1) After the loading plan had been approved, the magazine planning officer issued a work sheet for each loading. This work sheet was used by the magazine transportation officer to work out a sequence of delivery of cars to the pier. The cars would actually be sent to the pier on the orders of the loading officer. Normally, these cars reached the pier sealed just as they had been received on the station. Occasionally some were opened just before proceeding to the pier and some of the dunnage and bracing removed.

(2) The pier had three tracks, and at each edge a loading platform 18 feet wide of the height of the car floor. Cars were spotted opposite the holds into which they material was to be loaded. The center track was used for switching. Occasionally when one car was empty, in order to prevent disrupting the loading of all the hatches, cars were spotted opposite a hatch on the center track and material handled through the empty car adjacent to a hatch. The physical limitations of the pier prevented any unnecessary concentration of explosives on the pier. When loading two ships simultaneously, there was considerable crowding and congestion on the pier.

(3) Shifting of cars, that, is, taking the empty cars away and brining in full cars, resulted in a loss of loading time and insofar as possible was done during meal hours.

c. DETAILS OF LOADING INTO VESSELS:

(1) The material was taken out of the cars, placed under the ship's booms, hoisted on board, and stowed in the holds.

(2) The details of each of these operations depended on the material being loaded. The method used for each item was the result of careful study and consideration and was under the control of the loading officer.

(3) Instructions were in effect on 17 July 1944 that the "Regulations Governing Transportation of Military Explosives on Board Vessels during the Present Emergency",. published by the US Coast Guard (Nav.C.G.), dated 1 October 1943, were to be followed in principle and that those parts relating to the separation of carious classes of explosives and stowage of explosives in merchant vessel must be followed in detail. Violations of some of these regulations occurred. These violations consisted of rolling depth charges, hoisting depth charges in nets, failure to use a mattress or [thrum] mat at times, and the wearing of shoes shod with uncovered nails.

(4) These violation were not haphazard or due to ignorance. Violations occurred either because it was not possible to comply and gel the material loaded or because the method used was considered the safest. The methods used were in accordance with generally accepted naval practice.

(5) The general and primary safety requirement that all explosives must be handled carefully was insisted on.

(6) Pertinent available information required by officers at the Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, in the performance of their duties was disseminated.

(7) Careless and some unsafe acts by individuals have occurred in the past. (The Commanding Officer, Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, recognized this and issued timely memoranda and orders that such practices be corrected.) Unsafe practices and speed at the expense of safety were not permitted by anyone in authority. Efforts were made t determine the safest way, t make that method standard, and to have the work done carefully.

(8) In recent months, items of munitions damaged in handling at Port Chicago and returned to the Naval Ammunition Depot for repairs or disposition decreased materially.

(9) The placement of the material in the vessels was governed by the loading plan. The shoring was carefully and skillfully done.

(10) The Port Director had a representative aboard each ship, but not continuously. He inspected the placement and shoring. There is no evidence of any disagreement that was not reconciled on the spot between the representative of the Port Director and the loading officer.

(11) Many of the loading practices observed by witnesses at the various terminals were not used at Port Chicago, as responsible officers did not consider them suitable.

(12) The pier was well lighted and night loading presented no particular difficulties.

d. DETAILING OF PERSONNEL FOR CURRENT JOB:

(1) The ordnance battalions were divided into loading divisions of about 100 men. These divisions were further subdivided into platoons, five platoons to a division. Each platoon was designed to work one hatch. The platoons were further divided into squads, one squad under a petty officer or leading man on the pier to take the material from the car and put it in the gear being used for hoisting, and the other squad under a petty officer in the hold to receive the material and stow it. each division provided its own checkers, winch men, hatch tenders, and carpenter's mates for dunnage. Unnecessary men were not permitted on the pier. Reliefs took place off the loading pier.

(2) Divisions were detailed as a unit to load a ship for eight hours with one hour off for meals. Divisions worked for three days, had a day barracks' duty, worked another three days and then had liberty from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. of the second day following. Thus, they worked seven hours a day for six out of eight days.

e. DETAILS OF LOADING ORGANIZATION ON THE PIER:

(1) The senior loading officer was in charge of all loading. Neither he nor his senior assistant remained on the pier at all times. They made frequent inspection trips to the pier. One of the junior loading officers was on the pier at all times. All loading officers had been carefully selected and were considered qualified by the Officer in Charge. The division officers and their assistants were required to be with their divisions at all times when the division was engaged in loading operations, and exercised direct supervision over their men. The loading division petty officer had a roving detail and assisted the division officer.

(2) The planning officer, his assistant, the officer in charge, and the dunnage officer made frequent visits to the pier during loading operations.

(3) There was a record maintained and posted of the tonnage loaded by each division. the Commanding Officer, Naval Ammunition Depot, considered 10 tons per hatch per hour as a desirable and attainable loading rate. most division officers considered this too high.

(4) The rate of tonnage attained at Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, by the ordnance battalions in the months prior to the explosion was 8.2 tons per hatch per hour. Commercial stevedores at the Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, averaged 8.7 tons per hatch per hour.

(5) The loading platforms were congested when mechanical equipment was being used or dunnage handled. The pier in general was congested when two ships were loading simultaneously.

6. FACTUAL DETAILS PRIOR TO EXPLOSION: That the pertinent details just prior to the explosion were as follows:

a. HISTORY OF THE QUINAULT VICTORY:
(1) The QUINAULT VICTORY was a new vessel of the Victory type, owned by the War Shipping Administration (U.S. Government) and operated by the United States Lines Company. The officers and crew were competent. No unusual difficulties had been experienced either with personnel or equipment from the time of her delivery by the builders on 11 July 1944 at Portland, Oregon, up to the time of the explosion.

(2) A loading permit had been requested and obtained in the routine manner.

(3) Just prior to the mooring at Port Chicago about 1800, 17 July 1944, a partial load of fuel was taken aboard at the Shell Oil Company's Martinez refinery, and the normal practice would involve sluicing of this oil to other tanks for the ensuing 24 hours. Some of the oil taken aboard was of a type that released light hydrocarbon gas on agitation, heating, or standing. This could have resulted in formation of an explosive mixture in the confined air space above the oil in the tanks.

(4) Prior to being sent to Martinez and Port Chicago, a pre-loading inspection was made by the Port Director's officers and the Captain of the Port's office, and no defects noted.

(5) Some difficulty was experienced in mooring at Port Chicago because of wind and tide. Just prior to the explosion the engine was turning over slowly.

(6) Just after arrival, the Port Chicago personnel had commenced rigging the ship for loading, and all hatches except No. 5 were about ready to load at the time of the explosion. This was the first time this vessel had been rigged for loading. Trouble was experienced with shackles and preventer guys as they were non-standard. Whips on some of the winches were on backwards and had to be corrected.

(7) Loading should have started by midnight. Dunnage and loaded cars were spotted on the pier for this purpose.

(8) On arrival at Port Chicago, both the loading officer and his assistants visited the ship, gave copies of pertinent magazine orders to the master, inspected some of the holds and saw the ship being properly rigged for loading. no. 5 hold was not being rigged as it was not to be loaded that night.

b. HISTORY OF THE E. A. BRYAN:

(1) The E. A. BRYAN was a new vessel of the Liberty type owned by the War Shipping Administration (U.S. Government) and operated by the Oliver J. Olson Company. There were no complaints against the officers or crew. The ship had been put in service in February 1944, had made one trans-Pacific trip, had undergone voyage repairs and had been inspected for readiness for loading by the operators, Port Director, and Captain of the Port prior to being sent to Port Chicago, and no defects noted.

(2) A full load of fuel oil was taken at Standard Oil Company's Richmond plant. This oil had passed Navy inspection and was gas free.

(3) A loading permit had been requested an obtained in the routine manner.

(4) The ship moored at Port Chicago about 0815, 13 July 1944, commenced loading at about 1000, and loaded continuously night and day until the explosion. On arrival, the usual boarding call was made and pertinent magazine orders delivered to the master.

(5) All aspects of loading were routine and normal up to the time of the explosion, with the exception of minor repairs to winches.

(6) At the time of the explosion, the following cargo was in or being loaded into the various holds:

 

Hold No.	Item (In order from bottom of hold)	Quantity	Being Loaded
-----	-------------------------------------------------	-----------------	--------------------
1	5"/38 A.A.C. Projectiles	328 tons	M-7 Incendiary Cluster
	5"/38 Cartridges	320 tons	Wire sling
	M-7 Incendiary Cluster	(About)  46 tons
		694 tons
2	Mk 66 2000# bombs	522 tons	Mk 47 Aerial depth charges
	Mk 65 1000# bombs	247 tons
	Mk 64 500# bombs	334 tons	Wire net
	Mk 47 350# depth bombs	(About)  100 tons
		1167 tons
3	Mk 65 1000# bombs	1049 tons	Tail Vanes
	Tail Vanes (insert) (not included in total)	20 tons	Wire net
		1049 tons
4	Mk 64 500# bombs	475 tons	M-4 Fragmentation clusters
	Mk 54 350# bombs	315 tons	Wire sling
	M-4 100# fragmentation clusters	(About)   50 tons
		840 tons
5	5"/38 A.A.C. Projectiles	166 tons	Boxed 40mm
	3"/50 cartridges	260 tons	Manila net with pie plate.
	40 mm	(About)  430 tons
		856 tons
		==========
		4606 tons

(7) The 4606 tons of cargo contained 1780 tons of high explosives and 199 tons of smokeless powder.

e. CONDITIONS ON THE PIER:

(1) The night was dark (no moon), clear and cool. Wind was force 1 to 2 from the southwest. Tide had been flooding for one hour.

(2) The E. A. BRYAN was moored starboard side to, headed west at the inboard berth.

(3) The QUINAULT VICTORY was moored starboard side to, headed east at the outboard berth.

(4) The fire barge was moored at the outer end of the pier.

(5) There were 16 cars on the pier spotted and loaded as shown on Page No. 1212, Exhibit No. 74:

Exhibit No. 74

A locomotive was on the pier. It was off the pier a few minutes before the explosion.

(6) Explosive cars spotted for the QUINAULT VICTORY contained the following:

Mk 33 1000# bombs	2 cars	106 tons
Mk 65 1000# bombs	2 cars	88 tons
5"/38 A.A.C. projectiles	1 car	59 tons
		253 tons

(7) Explosive cars spotted for the E. A. BRYAN contained the following:

M-7 Incendiary clusters	2 cars, 30 tons each, 1 about empty	30 tons
Mk 47 350# bombs	2 cars, 97 tons, half unloaded	51 tons
M-4 100# Fragmentation clusters	2 cars, 93 tons, half unloaded	43 tons
20 mm.	1 car	50 tons
40 mm.		2 tons
		176 tons

Total on pier -- 429 tons.

(8) The 429 tons of cargo on the pier contained 146 tons of high explosives and 10.75 tons of smokeless powder.

(9) The pier was well lighted, and when the officer-in-charge, loading officer, and assistant loading officer were last on the pier, less than one-half hour before the explosion, operations were proceeding in a normal routine manner. The sergeant of the guard and the sentry patrol found the pier sentry alert and conditions normal about this time.

(10) An unusual noise described as a metallic sound and rending timbers, such as made by a falling boom, was heard coming from the direction of the pier immediately before the first flash.

d. PERSONNEL PRESENT ON SHIPS AND PIER:

(1) Ninety-eight enlisted men of the third division were engaged in loading the E. A. BRYAN, about half of the men in the ship and half on the dock.

(2) One hundred and two enlisted men of the sixth division were rigging the QUINAULT VICTORY for loading.

(3) With these divisions there were present two division officers, two assistant division officers, and two junior officers under instruction. In addition, in a watch status, there were the assistant loading officer and the dock and transportation officer, and on an inspection trip, the assistant planning officer.

(4) A part of the officers and crew of both vessels totaling 67, were on board.

(5) A part of the Armed Guard detail of both vessels, comprising one officer and 29 enlisted men, were on board.

(6) The Coast Guard crew of the fire barge, consisting of 5 enlisted men, were on or near the fire barge.

(7) A marine sentry was on post No. 5.

(8) A train crew of three civil service employees was working on the pier.

a. The evidence of eyewitnesses varied with:
(1) Their position relative to the explosion;
(2) Their past experience and background;
(3) Their ability to describe what they saw.

b. The lights were burning and normal operations were underway until the first explosion occurred.

c. There was an initial major explosion followed by minor explosions and burning for a period of from three to six seconds and culminating in a mass explosion. This final explosion was by far the greater; larger than any which preceded it.

d. The first explosion was accompanied by a very brilliant flash. This brilliance persisted for some time.

(1) This first explosion appeared confined and went up as a column.
(2) It was an ascending, boiling, billowing, mushrooming mass of burning gases.
(3) The outside was darker than the inside.
(4) There were flashes of orange and of various shades of orange and red as well as other colors in this ascending cloud.
(5) There were independent explosions within this cloud.
(6) Its brilliance persisted for some time and until the second explosion.
(7) The color changed from a brilliant white through yellow to a reddish orange as the column went up.
(8) The sound was very load and distinct as compared with the second explosion which was deeper and poorly defined.

e. The second distinct explosion occurred a few seconds after the first explosion.

(1) It was not confined; it spread in all directions from the pier area as a center.

f. The smoke and gases from the explosions reached an altitude above 12,000 feet.

g. The interpretations of the recordings of the seismographs are not conclusive. These records indicate that the explosions occurred between 2218:47 and 2218:54-1/2 Pacific War Time, 17 July 1944.

h. The locations of fragments indicate that the explosives in the E. A. BRYAN exploded as one large bomb.

i. The QUINAULT VICTORY was struck a tremendous blow which forced her clear of the pier, broke her in several sections, and substantially reversed her original heading.

j. The hull of the QUINAULT VICTORY absorbed the major part of the explosions in a northerly direction and shielded Roe Island Light.

k. The major blast effect as indicated by concentration of fragments lay in sectors abaft the port and starboard beams of the E. A. BRYAN.

8. SITUATION AFTER EXPLOSION: That the handling of the situation after the explosion was, as follows:

a. The situation following the explosion was well handled. There was no panic and a minimum of confusion.

b. Immediate steps were taken to care for the injured. First aid was administered promptly and the injured evacuated to hospitals.

c. The uninjured not immediately required for work on the station were evacuated very shortly after the explosion.

d. Prompt aid and assistance were offered by nearby governmental, municipal, and civilian activities and by numerous individuals. This assistance was utilized.

e. Many officers and enlisted men absent from the station at the time of the explosion returned promptly and reported for duty.

f. The security of the station was maintained by the uninterrupted performance of duty by the marine detachment.

9. CHARACTER OF DAMAGES TO INSTALLATIONS:

1. The general character of the damages to installations is, as follows:
(1) Many of the building were of flimsy temporary wartime construction with little cross bracing and were designed with load bearing side walls. This type of construction suffered the most damage.

(2) Long narrow buildings with their long axis parallel to the lines of blast suffered less damage than those with their long axis at right angles to the blast.

(3) Buildings with large glazed areas suffered less structural damage than buildings with blank walls. Where glazed openings were blown in there was great damage to interior partitions and finish but the buildings remained structurally sound.

(4) Earth covered barricades suffered negligible damage.

(5) Underground services suffered no appreciable damage except where connections to buildings were made. Overhead services (pole lines) were damaged by blast and missiles for a considerable distance.

(6) Welded steel piping did not fall. There were no gas mains on the station. There were negligible fires after the explosion.

a. U.S. NAVY and U.S. NAVAL RESERVE

Officers: U.S. Naval Magazine, Port Chicago
(1) CHRISTENBURY, John Body	Lieut.(jg) O-V(S) USNR	252 205
(2) JOHNSON, James Basil	Lieut.(jg) O-V(S) USNR	343 770
(3) MORDOH, Gilbert (n) (Misspelled as MURDOH in exhibit 114)	Ens. O-V(S) USNR	331 454
(4) Wood, Harold A.     U.S. Naval Barracks, Port Chicago	Lieut. D-V(S) USNR	142 379
(5) ANDERSON, Maxie Lee	Lt. (jg) D-V (S) USNR	262 643
(6) SCHINDLER, Roland (n)	Lieut. O-V (S) USNR	155 860
(7) WHITE, Raymond Robert	Lt. (jg) D-V(S) USNR	240 261
Enlisted Personnel:   U.S. Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
(1) BAILEY, Henry William	831 66 55	S2c	V6 SV
(2) BORN, James Henry	618 61 14	CM1c	V6
(3) BOWDEN, "L" "T"	847 52 75	S2c	V6 SV
(4) COFFEE, Eugene (n) Jr.	604 93 40	S1c	V6
(5) COLEY, Enos (n)	834 15 23	S2c	V6 SV
(6) GABRIEL, Gerard (n)	644 76 30	S1c	V6
(7) HAMILTON, "A" "D"	843 70 19	S2c	V6 SV
(8) HARRISON, Phillip Harold	894 99 46	S2c	V6 SV
(9) HILL, Cluster (n)	630 35 04	S1c	V6
(10) HUDSON, Earl Howard	845 88 62	S2c	V6 SV
(11) HUGHES, Glen (n)	843 69 72	S2c	V6 SV
(12) HUGHES, Leroy (n)	849 81 98	S2c	V6 SV
(13) HUNT, Ross Dee	840 04 58	S2c	V6 SV
(14) JACKSON, Levi Randel	614 66 31	S1c	V6
(15) JENNINGS, Willie (n)	605 09 31	S1c	V6
(16) JOHNSON, Clarence (n)	847 66 78	S2c	V6 SV
(17) JOHNSON, Gabe (n)	840 01 99	S1c	USN-I
(18) JOHNSON, Milton Frank	831 93 23	S1c	V6 SV
(19) LAW, Willie (n) Jr.	556 26 12	S1c	V6
(20) LONG, Lemuel McKinley	827 75 74	S2c	V6 SV
(21) MATHEWS, Lawrence (n) Jr.	604 93 86	S1c	V6
(22) MAYFIELD, Charles Alvin	645 06 67	S2c	V6
(23) MCFARLAND, Clarence "K"	605 16 87	CCM(T)	V6
(24) MILLER, Otis Kenneth	557 16 96	S2c	V6
(25) METTLES, Willis (n)	857 96 61	S2c	V6 SV
(26) PERSON, Joe Herman	659 92 33	S2c	V6
(27) SANDERS, Robert (n)	829 22 27	S2c	V6 SV
(28) SIMS, Willie (n)	644 74 91	S2c	V6
(29) SMITH, Isaac Ebenezer	256 61 57	S1c	V6 SC
(30) WALKER, Walter Lee Jr.	604 61 52	S2c	V6
(31) WARREN, William Claude	617 28 66	CM2c(T)	V6
(32) WASHINGTON, James "L"	846 74 36	S2c	V6 SV
(33) WILLIAMS, Mitchell Adelbert	246 06 69	S2c	V6
(34) WOODS, James Edward	836 74 14	S2c	V6 SV

b. U.S. MARINE CORPS RESERVE

(1) BLANKE, Elwin Arnold

Pvt. USMCR

SS Class III (b)

945730

c. U.S. COAST GUARD RESERVE

 

(1) PORTZ, Edward J.	604-857	McMM 3c
(2) SULLIVAN, James C.	604-509	Sea 2c

d. CIVILIAN CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. NAVY

(1) ZANARINI, Fred

Chauffeur U.S. Naval Magazine, Port Chicago

e. U.S. MARITIME SERVICE

(1) HENRIKSEN, Elis	Night Relief Engineer	QUINAULT VICTORY
(2) THOMPSON, Glen E.	Licensed Jr. Engr.	QUINAULT VICTORY
(3) WIDNER, Louis J.	Messman	QUINAULT VICTORY

f. CIVILIANS

(1) BUSTRACK, Lawrence C.	Office Manager	Macco Construction Co.
(2) HALVERSON, Gundar	Timekeeper	Macco Construction Co.
(3) HUNT, Thomas David	Project Engr.	Macco Construction Co.

11. UNIDENTIFIED DEAD AND MISSING That as a result of said explosions, 3 officers and 197 enlisted personnel of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Naval Reserve, 3 enlisted personnel of the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, 2 civil service employees of the U.S. Navy, 64 personnel of the U.S. Maritime Service (members of the crews of the S.S. QUINAULT VICTORY and S.S. E. A. BRYAN) were on the pier or ships being worked at the time of the explosion according to the best information available, have not been seen since, and are missing. Of the above, 28 unidentifiable bodies were recovered and viewed by the court. Their names, rank or rate, serial or service number, or occupation being as follows:

a. U.S. NAVY and U.S. NAVAL RESERVE

V6 SV

Officers -- Naval Barracks
(1) BLACKMAN, Thomas L.	Lieut. D-V (S) USNR	101 466
(2) SHAMER, Vernon Carlyle Armed Guard Officer S.S. E. A. BRYAN	Lieut. D-V (S) USNR	195 133
(3) HARTMAN, Ralph B.	Lieut. D-V (S) USNR	259 326
Enlisted Personnel -- U.S. Naval Barracks
(1) AKINS, James Cleo	830 59 73	S2c	V6 SV
(2) ALLEN, Clarence (n) Jr.	645 05 79	CM3c	V6
(3) ASAHE, Leslie Koffic	854 78 67	S2c	V6 SV
(4) ASH, Isaiah (n) Jr.	641 62 39	S2c	V6
(5) BACON, David (n) Sr.	831 00 07	S1c	V6 SV
(6) BAKER, Leonard (n)	644 92 77	CM3c	V6
(7) BARNES, David (n) Jr.	835 31 09	S2c	V6 SV
(8) BATTLE, Joseph (n)	862 09 27	S2c	V6 SV
(9) BEASOM, Raphel Orval	839 89 55	S2c	V6 SV
(10) BELL, Silas (n)	840 02 24	S2c	V6 SV
(11) BLACKWELL, David Edwin	936 00 63	S2c	V6 SV
(12) BLAYLOCK, Thimon (n)	839 87 08	S2c	V6 SV
(13) BORDERS, Johnnie C.	830 94 68	S1c	V6 SV
(14) BOYCE, Charles Louis	836 00 39	S2c	V6 SV
(15) BREWER, Alvin (n) Jr.	617 22 20	S2c	V6
(16) BRIDGES, James (n)	644 92 79	S2c	V6
(17) BROOKS, Walter Lee Jr.	669 44 68	S1c	V6
(18) BROOME, Johnnie Lee	556 30 16	F1c	V6
(19) BURNETT, Ernest Lee	844 01 10	S1c	V6 SV
(20) CALVIN, Wilbert (n)	604 76 11	S1c	V6
(21) CARLIN, Lawrence Louis	847 60 75	S2c	V6 SV
(22) CARTER, Robert Andrew	863 32 60	S2c	V6 SV
(23) CLARK, Eddie Lewis	939 86 94	S2c	V6 SV
(24) COLEMAN, Bill (n)	645 10 65	F1c	V6
(25) CONNOR, Arthur Alexander	834 28 06	S2c	V6 SV
(26) COOLEY, Frank (n)	856 40 11	S2c	V6 SV
(27) CRAIG, Norman Hamilton	836 69 75	S2c	V6 SV
(28) CROSS, Eddie Lee	831 81 47	S2c	V6 SV
(29) CRIMP, Jessie "V"	834 08 96	S2c	V6 SV
(30) CURTIS, Herman Lee	832 88 40	S1c	V6 SV
(31) DANIEL, Horace (n) Sr.	831 81 56	S2c	V6 SV
(32) DANSBY, Huby (n)	644 86 40	S2c	V6
(33) DAVIS, Floyd McKinley	812 78 61	S2c	V6 SV
(34) DAVIS, Henry Joseph	835 88 82	S2c	V6 SV
(35) DAVIS, Willie (n)	847 66 96	S2c	V6 SV
(36) DEVAUGHN, James Lloyd	831 00 55	S2c	V6 SV
(37) DIXSON, Nathaniel (n)	939 63 91	S2c	V6 SV
(38) DOYLE, Rayfield David	556 06 57	S2c	V6
(39) DUNBAR, Herman	930 89 83	S2c	V6 SV
(40) EBENEZER, A[...]her Lee	840 22 80	S2c	USN-I
(41) EDWARDS, Dunton Ives	712 15 31	F2c	V6
(42) EDWARDS, Herbert Lee	873 18 80	S1c	V6 SV
(43) ERVIN, Junice Calvin	958 59 90	S2c	V6 SV
(44) EUSERY, Luther (n)	831 81 23	S2c	V6 SV
(45) EVANS, Ananias (n) Sr.	944 32 24	S2c	V6 SV
(46) EVANS, Horace	609 75 60	S2c	V6
(47) EVANS, John Henry	895 99 76	S2c	V6 SV
(48) EVANS, William Lee	936 00 52	S2c	V6 SV
(49) FELISERET, John Baptist	712 79 41	S2c	V6
(50) FERGUSON, Robert Lewis	712 78 78	S2c	V6
(51) FIELDS, Clarence Sinclair	552 46 93	CM3c	V6
(52) FINNEY, Jessie (n)	831 81 21	S2c	V6 SV
(53) FOKKNER, Matthew (n) Jr.	645 07 62	S2c	V6
(54) FRANCIS, Joseph Robertson	873 18 47	S1c	V6 SV
(55) FRANKLIN, Ford Sumpter Jr.	285 30 19	S2c	V6
(56) FRAZIER, Artie James	831 81 45	S2c	V6 SV
(57) FROID, Elmer Bartle	375 51 42	CM1c	V6
(58) GAINES, Bennie Lansie	831 49 96	S2c	V6 SV
(59) GANT, Elgar (n)	927 28 20	S2c	V6 SV
(60) GIBSON, John Samuel	758 66 26	S1c (CH)	V6
(61) GILBERT, Jethero (n)	847 63 96	S2c
(62) GLENN, Samuel (n) Jr.	612 75 48	S1c	V6
(63) GOUDBLOCK, Lewis Dennis	822 55 78	S1c	V6 SV
(64) GRAHAM, Harry Lloyd (Misspelled in exhibit 114 and Graman, Harold Lloys)	812 78 26	S2c	V6 SV
(65) GREEN, William Henry	658 77 87	S1c	V6
(66) GRINAGE, Ross Burl	923 86 53	S2c	V6 SV
(67) HAMILTON, Ernest Eugene	923 85 58	S2c	V6 SV
(68) HAMM, [...]aral (n)	658 89 26	S2c	V6
(69) HAMMOND, George Russell	246 07 68	S2c	V6
(70) HANNAN, John Wesley Jr.	855 10 04	S2c	V6 SV
(71) HARDAWAY, Joe Henry	933 17 75	S2c	V6 SV
(72) HARDING, John Lloyd	557 10 40	S2c	V6
(73) HARRIS, "B" "C"	831 71 26	S2c	V6 SV
(74) HARRIS, Roscoe Alexander	246 04 42	S2c	V6 SV
(75) HARVEY, Clifford (n) Jr.	933 17 76	S2c	V6 SV
(76) HAYES, George Washington	835 44 90	S1c	V6 SV
(77) HAYWOOD, "D" "C"	847 53 39	S2c	V6 SV
(78) HECTOR, Douglas Lee	556 02 32	S1c	V6
(79) HIGGINBOTHAM, David Lee	604 70 50	S1c	V6
(80) HIGGS, Bobie Richard	840 04 03	S1c	V6 SV
(81) HILLS, Joseph (n)	847 66 98	S2c	V6 SV
(82) HITE, Charles William	958 60 08	S2c	V6 SV
(83) HOLDEN, Rudolph Valent[...]n	722 10 23	S2c(SO)	V6 SV
(84) HOLLEY, Stanford (n)	817 67 32	S2c	V6 SV
(85) HOLMES, Edred Larue	552 27 15	MoMM3c(T)	V6
(86) HOWARD, Ernest Milton	855 46 89	S2c	V6 SV
(87) HOWARD, Frank James	811 94 77	S2c	V6 SV
(88) HUGHES, Theodore Lawrence	625 93 96	S2c	V6
(89) HUMPHREY, William (n) Jr.	628 58 41	S2c	V6
(90) HUNT, Wave	930 58 05	S2c	V6 SV
(91) HUNTER, Rudolph William	875 33 54	S2c	V6 SV
(92) INGRAM, Leroy	612 61 80	CM3c(T)	V6
(93) JACKSON "D" "G"	840 17 46	S1c	V6 SV
(94) JACKSON, James (n)	833 87 98	S2c	V6 SV
(95) JACKSON, James Edward Mason	603 36 94	CM2c	V6
(96) JACKSON, Paul Eugene	<828 84 15/td>	S2c	V6 SV
(97) JACKSON, Robert Albert Jr.	816 91 46	S2c	V6 SV
(98) JACKSON, Samuel (n) Jr.	724 53 16	CM3c	V6
(99) JAMISON, Daniel Lucas	603 45 16	S1c	V6
(100) JOHNSON, Earl Thomas	936 00 80	S2c	V6 SV
(101) JOHNSON, Harold (n)	809 32 62	S1c	V6 SV
(102) JOHNSON, Henry Lee	843 70 21	S2c	V6 SV
(103) JONES, Daniel Lancaster	603 42 94	S1c	V6
(104) JONES, Ivery Lee	556 15 06	S1c	V6
(105) JOSEPH, Henry (n) Jr.	846 44 65	S1c	V6 SV
(106) KEARNEY, Samuel (n)	833 87 99	S1c	V6
(107) KING, Calvin (n)	862 17 42	S`1c(SC)(B)	V6 SV
(108) KING, Clifton (n)	847 63 61	S2c	V6 SV
(109) LAND, Verne (n)	936 00 96	S2c	V6 SV
(110) LaPORTE, Sidney Joseph Jr.	644 71 13	S1c	V6
(111) LAWSON, Cleo (n)	812 98 92	S2c	V6 SV
(112) LESLIE, Claudius William	936 01 02	S2c	V6 SV
(113) LEWIS, Aaron Augustus	812 11 03	S2c(SO)	V6 SV
(114) LEWIS, "T" "C"	844 04 23	S2c	V6 SV
(115) MAKINS, Beattie John	930 58 98	S2c	V6 SV
(116) LYONS, Robert (n)	625 21 30	S2c	V6
(117) MARTIN, Rossell Edward (mis-copied in exhibit 114 as 873 42 61)	873 42 81	S1c(CM)	V6 SV
(118) MARTIN, Alonmo (n)	285 50 60	S2c(CM)	V6
(119) MASSIE, Daniel (n)	551 85 23	S1c	V6
(120) MCCLAM, Mitchell (n)	930 44 79	S1c	V6 SV
(121) MILTON, Calvin (n)	603 42 87	S1c	V6
(122) MILLER, Ernest Charlee	724 97 07	S1c	V6
(123) MILLER, Ira (n) Jr.	556 11 46	MoMM3c	V6
(124) MOORE, Marshall (n) Sr.	831 62 23	S2c	V6 SV
(125) MOORE, Thomas (n)	634 53 33	CM2c	V6
(126) MOORE, William Paul	815 37 30	S2c	V6 SV
(127) NEAL, Eddie [...]	831 60 79	S2c	V6 SV
(128) NIXON, James Henry	656 81 91	S1c	V6
(129) OTKY, William Houston Sr.	966 78 22	S2c	V6 SV
(130) PACKER, Auguster (n)	831 06 69	S2c	V6 SV
(131) PASCHAL, William Floyd	845 06 30	S1c(SC)	V6 SV
(132) PEETE, Robert Fulton	936 00 97	S2c	V6 SV
(133) PERRY, Lester Lee	831 68 56	S2c	V6 SV
(134) PHILLIPS, Alfred (n)	831 60 78	S2c	V6 SV
(135) PICKETT, Charles (n)	551 99 71	CM3c	V6
(136) PORTER, Houston (n)	847 60 76	S2c	V6 SV
(137) PORTER, McCoy (n)	844 03 25	S2c	V6 SV
(138) POTTS, David William	936 00 91	S2c	V6 SV
(139) POWELL, Samuel Harry	603 36 59	SM3c(T)	V6
(140) PREUITT, Joe Clarence	625 75 52	CM2c	V6
(141) [...]KID, Arthur (n) Jr.	930 56 78	S2c	V6 SV
(142) RHODES,James Elten	724 62 38	CM3c	V6
(143) RICHARDSON, Clyde Franklin	866 65 81	S2c	V6 SV
(144) ROBERTS, James Allen	867 93 81	S2c	V6 SV
(145) ROBERTS, Mango (n)	556 02 24	S1c	V6
(146) ROBINSON, Alphonse (n)	644 74 19	MoMM3c	V6
(147) ROBINSON, Fred (n) Jr.	813 38 88	S2c	V6 SV
(148) ROO[...]S, Eugene James	656 75 97	S1c	V6
(149) SCOTT, Carll Clifton	636 57 17	CM3c	V6
(150) SAUNDERS, Wseley (n)	813 08 40	S2c	V6 SV
(151) SHECKLYSS, Joseph Jackson	854 22 19	S1c	V6 SV
(152) SMITH,	634 46 10	S1c	V6
(153) TAYLOR, Ellis	812 29 44	S1c	V6 SV
(154) TOLSON, Joseph Marcella	712 78 92	S2c	V6
(155) TOWLES, Maxie Daniel	603 97 90	MA2c	V6 SV
(156) VAN DUNK, Mervin Lester	710 91 21	S1c(CM)	V6
(157) WADE,	630 32 53	S1c	V6
(158) WALKER, Charels (n) Jr.	644 90 05	S2c	V6
(159) WALKER, Woddrow Luther	630 28 95	S2c	V6
(160) WASHINGTON, Woodrow (n) Jr.	832 93 27	S2c	V6 SV
(161) WEST, Daniel (n)	570 10 48	CM3c	V6
(162) WHITE, Joseph Bailey	625 01 38	S1c	V6
(163) WHITMORE, Arthur (n)	630 40 69	S2c	V6
(164) WILSON, Maryland Eugene	758 67 50	S2c	V6
(165) WILSON, Oliver (n)	552 27 28	CM3c	V6
(166) WILSON, Samuel David	833 87 34	S2c	V6 SV
(167) WRIGHT, Walter Eugene	822 70 26	S2c	USN-I
(168) WYATT, Charles Edward	935 92 37	S2c	V6 SV
Armed Guard -- SS QUINAULT VICTORY
(169) ALBIN, Jack L.	654 27 30	GM3c	V6
(170) BERGSTROM, Delbert P.	616 01 16	GM2c	V6
(171) BOWMAN, Jack P.	735 52 59	S1c(RM)	V6
(172) HALL, John Gibson	356 60 37	GM3c	USN
(173) HOVLAND, Geroge D.	871 47 77	S1c	V6 SV
(174) MORROW, Andy (n)	849 26 36	S1c	V6 SV
(175) MULRYAN, William H.	305 97 26	GM2c	USN
(176) MYERS, Henry J.	944 07 61	S1c	V6 SV
(177) RIIFF, Woodrow A.	871 47 76	S1c	V6 SV
(178) RISENHOEVER, Jacob D.	882 79 56	S1c	V6 SV
(179) ROBINSON, William R.	849 21 13	S1c	V6 SV
(180) RONDELL, Charles H.	386 98 81	S1c	V6
(181) ROSE, Jay Jr.	629 98 95	S1c	V6
(182) ROSS, Otis Kyle	956 77 20	S1c	V6 SV
(183) SAINT, Woodrow W.	860 22 60	S1c	V6 SV
(184) SANDERS, Arnold T.	874 00 99	S1c	V6 SV
(185) SANO, Harold S.	845 17 35	S1c	V6 SV
Armed Guard -- SS E. A. BRYAN
(186) CAUSKY, Wayland B.	849 02 92	S1c	V6 SV
(187) CEBELLA, Rudy J.	944 28 40	S1c	V6 SV
(188) CHASE, Robert K.	944 13 96	S1c	V6 SV
(189) CHASTAIN, Claude L.	883 72 21	S1c	V6 SV
(190) GEE, John Jefferson	575 24 36	SM3c	V6
(191) HOLLANDSWORTH, Clarence R.	894 52 36	S1c	V6 SV
(192) MUIRHEAD, Kenneth H.	923 15 21	S1c	V6 SV
(193) MULLIGAN, Jesse W.	841 46 42	S1c	V6 SV
(194) QUICK, Lloyd J.	801 12 63	S1c	V6 SV
(195) SETZER, Martin J.	378 55 09	S1c	V6
(196) SINGER, George H.	762 49 06	S1c	V6 SV
(197) SMALL, Listern L.	823 43 31	S1c	V6 SV

b. U.S. COAST GUARD AND U.S. COAST GUARD RESERVE

(1) BRODA, Peter G.	220-033	BM1c	USCG
(2) DE GRICE, William O.	3060-049	MM1c	USCGR
(3) HILKY, Charles H.	604-199	Sea 1c	USCGR

c. U.S. CIVILIAN CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. NAVY

(1) HUNNICUTT, Raymond V.	Brakeman	Naval Magazine, P.C.
(2) MIDDLETON, Harry A.	Engineman	Naval Magazine, P.C.

d. U.S. MARITIME SERVICE

Crew Members of the SS QUINAULT VICTORY
(1) BAILEY, Robert D.	Utility Messman
(2) BARTLETT, Robert E.	Messman
(3) BELL, John D.	Jr. Asst. Purser
(4) BENTLEY, Frederick E.	Able Seaman
(5) CHENEY, Donald H.	Elect. (Jr. Engineer)
(6) CRAWFORD, Hugh E.	Maintenance Man (Deck)
(7) CRIST, Floyd F.	Ordinary Seaman
(8) DINDE, Albert C.	Messman
(9) DURLAND, Wallace M.	Able Seaman
(10) EULRICK, Kenneth J.	Able Seaman
(11) FALCH, Burke E.	Utility Messman
(12) GARRETT, Eugene W.	Watertender & Fireman
(13) HENDRICKSEN, Robert K.	Able Seaman
(14) JUSTESEN, Johannes M.	Steward
(15) KANNBERG, Walter F.	3rd Asst. Eng.
(16) KEIM, Robert E.	2nd Mate
(17) KOENINGJoseph B.ER,	Able Seaman
(18) MALLERY, Karl L.	1st Asst. Engr.
(19) McDANIEL, Lloyd K.	Ordinary Seaman
(20) MOEN, Kenneth M.	Jr. 3rd Mate
(21) MORILL, Robert S.	Oiler
(22) MARINSKY, Isadore E.	Ordinary Seaman
(23) NELSON, Roy L.	Carpenter
(24) PARSONS, David B.	3rd Mate
(25) PEARSON, Mike	Oiler
(26) PINSON, Ellis B.	Jr. 3rd Asst. Engr.
(27) POTTER, Richard V.	Watertender & Fireman
(28) SANDBERG, Virgil R.	2nd Asst. Engineer
(29) SCOTT, Albert R.	Chief Mate
(30) SKANCE, Lester S.	Ordinary Seaman
(31) SULLIVAN, Howard W.	Able Seaman
(32) SULLIVAN, Robert J.	Master
(33) WILLIAMS, John A.	Chief Engineer
Crew Members of the SS E. A. BRYAN
(1) ANDRASCHKO, Elmer A.	2nd Cook
(2) ARSENIAN, Albert A.	O.S. Sub. for A.B.
(3) BENHART, William C.	Oiler
(4) CACIC, Martin M.	O.S.
(5) DAVIS, Ray E.	Wiper Sub. for FM/ST
(6) DENNON, Donald L.	Wiper
(7) DORSEY, Thomas E.	O.S. Sub for A.B.
(8) FALK, Geroge H.	Bos'n
(9) FRANKLIN, Marcus J.	Jr. Engr. Sub. for 3rd Asst.
(10) GILBERT, Alfred B.	1st Asst. Engr.
(11) GILSTRAP, James R.	O.S.
(12) GRANGE, Joseph D. Jr.	Dk. Engr.
(13) HAYES, Fred	A.B.
(14) HUTCHINSON, Delbert R.	FM/WT
(15) JEPSEN, Peter C.	Chief Engr.
(16) JOHNSON, Charles A.	Utility
(17) JOHNSON, Clifford R.	Utility
(18) LANTZ, Ralph A.	A.B.
(19) LOUIS, John A.	Night Relief Engineer
(20) MALIZIA, Frank C.	Carpenter -- B/T
(21) MANIAGO, Edward	Messman
(22) NATHAN, Harry E.	O.S.
(23) PORTER, Jesse Sr.	Chief Cook
(24) ROBERSON, Richard D.	A.B.
(25) SANGSTER, Aaron C. Jr.	O.S. Sub. for A.B.
(26) SHAW, Ellsworth M.	Oiler
(27) SMITH, Howard A.	1st Mate
(28) SUCHAN, Andrew	FM/WT
(29) TOWNSEND, Robert F.	2nd Mate
(30) WHITE, Harding E.	Messman
(31) WITT, George H.	Utility

12. PERSONAL INJURIES: That most of the superficial personal injuries were inflicted by glass from shattered windows. The known injured are, as follows:

a. Personal Injuries of those in Military Service:
(1) That the name, rank or rate, and serial or service number of each of the personnel of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Naval Reserve, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, injured as a result of said explosions and the nature and extent of the injury or injuries suffered by each are, as follows:
U.S. Navy and U.S. Naval Reserve
Severely injured -- at least partial disability expected.

Officers: U.S. Naval Barracks, Naval Magazine, Port Chicago

(1) GARDNER, Morrison, Frank, Lt., (jg), SO-V(S), USNR, 174 492, White. DIAGNOSIS: WOUND, Lacerated, Multiple, Hospitalized from 7-17-44 to 8-14-44.

(2) MANGAN, James Godfrey, Lt. D-V (S), USNR, 201 262, White. DIAGNOSIS: WOUND, Punctured, eye, right, hospitalized since 7-17-44.

Enlisted Personnel: U.S. Naval Barracks, Naval Magazine, Port Chicago

(3) BALLINGER, Harry Thomas, Jr., S2c, V6, USNR, 753 27 00, Negro. DIAGNOSIS: FRACTURE, Compound, Femur, Left, hospitalized since 7-17-44.

(4) JOHNSON, Cornelius (n), McMM3c, V6, USNR, 604 67 05, Negro. DIAGNOSIS: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple, hospitalized since 7-17-44. Has lost one eye and can perceive light with the other.

(5) JONES, Jessi Perry, S2c SV6, USNR, 652 91 04, Negro. DIAGNOSIS: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple, hospitalized from 7-17-44 to 8-16-44. Lost right eye.

(6) POLLARD, Montague Howard, S1c, SV6, USNR, 836 55 06, Negro. DIAGNOSIS: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple, hospitalized since 7-17-44, with fracture simple, Femur, left.

(7) SCOTT, Scipio Beaudhuy, S1c, SV6, USNR, 836 70 87, Negro. DIAGNOSIS: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple, hospitalized since 7-17-44, with fracture, simple, femur, left.

(8) ROUTH, Robert (n) Jr., S1c, SV6, USNR, 640 52 71, Negro. DIAGNOSIS: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple, hospitalized since 7-17-44, has lost left eye.

Injured -- no permanent disability expected
Officers:

(9) CASPAR, Robert Bulman, Lt. OV(S), 151 055, White, hospitalized from 7-17-44 to 8-1-44. WOUNDS, Lacerated.

(10) HODGDEN, Howard Burton, Lt. DV(S), 28079, White, hospitalized from 7-18-44 to 7-18-44. RUPTURE, TRAUMATIC, Membrani Tumpani, left.

Injured -- no Permanent Disability Expected
Enlisted Personnel:

(11) ACKEN, Thomas "J"; S2c SV6; 933 21 78; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(12) ANDERSON, Jesse (n); S1c SV6; 822 59 91; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, CONTUSION, Back

(13) ANTHONY, Douglas Garnett; S2c SV6; 827 77 02; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(14) ARMSTEAD, Walter Lee; S2c SV6; 847 60 80; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-22-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Both Knees

(15) BAILEY, James Franklin; S2c SV6; 831 81 16; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(16) BALDWIN, Preston Charles; StM1c V6; 617 35 85; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-12-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(17) BALL, Leo (n); S1c V6; 669 44 56; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 8-19-44, FRACTURE, SIMPLE, Patella, left

(18) BANKS, Thomas Lee; S1c V6; 640 91 39; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, SPRAIN, Left Shoulder

(19) BATTLE, Philip (n); S2c SV6; 818 26 17; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(20) BEARDEN, Therle Waldon; S1c V6; 630 38 21; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(21) BOYKIN, Denverd (n); S2c SV6; 831 81 17; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(22) BRADFORD, Frank (n); S2c SV6; 822 55 74; Negro; hospitalized 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(23) BRAY, Conel (n); S2c SV6; 832 92 14; Negro; hospitalized 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUND, Lacerated, Back

(24) BREZELL, James Albert; S2c SV6; 836 73 02; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(25) BROWN, Henry (n); S2c SV6; 712 79 33; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(26) BROWN, John Louis, S1c SV6; 836 34 86; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUND, FRACTURE, SIMPLE, 2nd Metacarpal, right

(27) BRYANT, Neal (n); S2c SV6; 812 18 01; Negro; hospitalized 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUND, Lacerated, left heel

(28) BORDENAVE, Martin August; S2c V6; 644 87 32; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(20) BOWERS, Jessie Lee; S1c SV6; 966 07 52; Negro; hospitalized 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(30) BURNETT, Tony (n); S2c N-I; 840 04 66; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, CONTUSION, Back

(31) BURRELL, Charles Edward; S2c SV6; 815 37 13; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(32) BURROUGHS, William Henry McKinley; S2c SB6; 836 73 10; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(33) BYRD, William George; MM3c V6; 623 62 56; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(34) CAINES, Samuel Emanual; S2c SV6; 812 41 31; Negro; hospitalized, &-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(35) CALLOWAY, William Carl; S2c SV6; 831 81 51; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(36) CARROLL, Troy (n); S2c SV6; 840 03 22; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, ABRASIONS, Multiple

(37) CARTER, Lenard (n); S2c SV6; 831 81 36; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated

(38) CAVER, Jessie "B"; S1c V6; 604 97 35; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-20-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(39) CAZENAVE, Edward Emile, Jr.; S2c V6; 645 05 69; Negro; hospitalized, 7-017-44 to 8-6-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(40) CHAMBLISS, Aron (n); S2c SV6; 831 71 19; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(41) CHEESEBORO, Maberia (n); S1c SV6; 831 83 21; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(42) CLARK, Frank James; S2c SV6; 721 74 19; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Left Palm

(43) CLAY, Major (n); S1c V6; 560 08 66; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(44) CODY, Richard Dudley; S1c SV6; 811 33 74; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(45) COLEMAN, James (n); S1c SV6; 894 73 52; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(46) COLLINS, "H" "L"; S2c SV6; 940 07 40; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Lacerated Multiple

(47) COLLINS, Ralph (n); S2c SV6; 856 53 43; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Right Shoulder

(48) COX, Freddie Lee; S2c SV6; 857 65 27; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to Unknown, FOREIGN BODY, Both feet

(49) CRADLE, James Arthur; S2c SV6; 834 40 68; Negro; hospitalized; 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, CONTUSION, Left Shoulder

(50) CROSBY, Joseph (n); S2c N-I; 938 81 31; Negro; hospitalized; 7-17-44 to 7-22-44, SPRAIN, Joint, Back

(51) DAVID, Charles Leslie; S2c SV6; 853 11 01 Negro; hospitalized; 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(52) DAVIS, Cecil Lee; S2c SV6; 854 78 52; Negro; hospitalized; 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(53) DAVIS, Frank Jefferson; S2c SV6; 847 50 88; Negro; hospitalized; 7-17-44 to 7-18-44, DIAGNOSIS UNDETERMINED (FRACTURE, SHOULDER)

(54) DAVIS, Iwathia Hermon; S2c SV6; 951 91 37; Negro; hospitalized; 7-17-44 to 7-26-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(55) DAVIS, Willie Lee; S2c SV6; 842 72 07; Negro; hospitalized; 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Rt. Forehead

(56) DEADWYLER, Odysee (n); S2c SV6; 837 12 62; Negro; hospitalized; 7-17-44 to 7-29-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(57) DEES, Bennon (n); S2c SV6; 843 99 41; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUND, Lacerated, Left Wrist

(58) DICKINSON, Coleridge Taylor; S2c SV6; 876 83 07; Negro; hospitalized; 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(59) DIXSON, Julius (n), Jr.; S2c SV6; 930 37 39; Negro; hospitalized; 7-17-44 to 7-21-44, WOUNDS, Lacerated, R. Forearm

(60) DIXON, William Randolph; S2c V6; 245 83 32; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(61) DOCKERY, Carl Clifford; Bdr2c V6; 640 87 93; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; CONTUSION, Left hip

(62) DONALD, Dennis (n); S2c SV6; 943 05 51; Negro; hospitalized; 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(63) DUGGINS, Levator Weir; Sp(M)1c V6; 640 16 07; White; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Scalp

(64) DYER, Samuel Noah; S1c SV6; 878 57 09; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUND, Lacerated, Left forehead

(65) EARLY, Lee Roy; S2c SV6; 907 03 55; Negro; hopsitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated

(66) ECHOLS, Josh (n) Jr.; S2c SV6; 933 16 94; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(67) EDWARDS, Napoleon (n); S2c SV6; 831 60 74; Negro; Hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated

(68) EDWARDS, Robert (n); S2c SV6; 816 25 43; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated

(69) FARRIOR, William (n); S2c SV6; 835 92 52; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-22-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(70) FLOWERS, Jessie (n); S2c SV6; 834 07 64; Negro; hospitalized; 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(71) FLOWERS, Roderick (n); S2c SV6; 939 59 57; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-22-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Legs and Knees

(72) FERGUSON, Wilbert Francis; S2c SV6; 856 53 40; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-18-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(73) FORTUNE, Harry (n); S1c V6; 650 66 76; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(74) FUGATE, Clentie (n); S2c SV6; 864 72 26; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Left Eyebrow

(75) GARRETT, Kelly (n); S2c N-I; 840 22 84; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-22-44; STRAIN, MUSCULAR, Lumbar

(76) GARRISON, Herman (n); S2c V6; 656 88 08; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; NO DISEASE (SURGICAL OBSERVATION)

(77) GIPSON, Hill (n): S1c V6; 656 55 83; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(78) GODLEWSKI, Joseph Peter; MA2c V6; 853 92 03; White; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-20-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(79) GOLDEN, Charles Horace; S2c SV6; 958 60 31 [NOTE: identical to #80--one must be an error]; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-20-44; CONTUSION, Back

(80) GOLDEN, Raymond Mason; S2c SV6; 958 60 31 [NOTE: identical to #79--one must be an error]; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-20-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated

(81) GOODALL, James Calvin; S1c SV6; 845 86 36; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(82) GOSHA, Sam Lee, Jr.; S2c SV6; 838 53 64; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(83) GONDY, Charles Edward, S2c V6; 635 29 48; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; SPRAIN, Back

(84) GRAY, Willie James; S1c SV6; 834 07 36; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(85) GREEN, Ollie Eaton; S2c SV6; 836 53 60; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-24-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(86) GREENE, Richard Samuel; Ptr3c V6; 603 54 04; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(87) GRIMES, John Horace; Sp(a)3c V6; 611 35 46; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; CONTUSIONS, Multiple

(88) HARPER, Edward Gaylord, Jr.; S2c SV6; 956 67 39; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

<89> HALL, Halden, Churchill; S1c SV6; 907 03 58; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated

(90) HALL, Robert Henry, Jr.; S2c SV6; 856 53 45; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(91) HALL, Willie (n), Jr.; S1c SV6 831 60 70; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(92) HARDIE, James Earl; S1c SV6; 834 40 96; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(93) HARRIS, Bernard (n); S2c V6; 659 82 60; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-24-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Left foot

(94) HARRIS, Robert Lewis; S1c V6; 711 74 73; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(95) HARRIS, Roscoe (n); S2c SV6; 831 48 98; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-24-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(96) HAWKINS, George Eugene; S2c V6; 721 03 55; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(97) HAYNES, Alfonse Samuel; S2c SV6; 858 72 80; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-24-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(98) HEATH, Lowell Orvalle; HA1c SV6; 876 67 55; White; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-24-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(99) HEATH, Roy (n); S2c SV6; 933 17 67; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-20-44; WOUND, Lacerated, Left arm

(100) HERBERT, Ivan Benjamin; SC2c V6; 644 92 09; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(101) HILL, Bobby (n); S2c V6; 631 24 37; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Left Foot

(102) HILL, James Sandford; S2c V6; 285 55 92; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 8-5-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(103) HILTON, Jesse (n); S2c SV6; 939 63 76; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(104) HODGES, Charles Joseph, Jr.; SF2c V6; 646 85 54; White; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated

(105) HOSCH, Nickie Eugene; Y3c SV6; 839 20 06; White; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-20-44; SPRAIN, JOINT, Ankle, Left

(106) HUDSON, James Hubert; S2c SV6; 894 97 65; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(107) HUNDLEY, James Willie; S2c SV6; 936 01 44; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; NO DISEASE (SURGICAL OBSERVATION)

(108) JACKSON, Joseph William; S2c SV6; 927 32 60; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(109) JACOBS, Edward Aubrey; S2c SV6; 0-8 06 32; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-20-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(110) JACOB, Frederick Marshall; S2c SV6; 847 55 64; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(111) JEFFERSON, June Lee, Jr.; S2c SV6; 836 55 05; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(112) JENKINS, Jack (n); S2c V6; 605 75 22; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(113) JERNIGAN, James Earl; S1c V6; 657 83 79; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Lt. Ankle

(114) JETT, Otha Lee; S2c SV6; 854 38 58; Negro; hospitalized; 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(115) JOHNSON, Daniel (n); S2c SV6; 920 72 12; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(116) JOHNSON, James Erastus; S2c SV6; 837 10 31; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(117) JOHNSON, Rose Wilhelm; S2c SV6; 820 75 70; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-24-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(118) JOINER, Wendel (n); S1c SV6; 861 47 16; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(119) JONES, Albert (n): S2c SV6; 907 03 61; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-20-44; CONTUSION, Head

(120) JONES, Charlie (n), Jr.; S2c SV6; 930 63 67; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(121) JONES, Louis (n); S2c V6; 604 87 38; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(122) JOHNS, James Clarence; S2c SV6; 939 64 52; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-28-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(123) KEY, Russell Edward; S2c V6; 659 01 16; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(124) KILGORE, Robert John; HA2c V6; 629 78 15; White; hospitalized 7-14-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(125) KING, Ernest Paul; S2c SV6; 551 99 56; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 8-1-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(126) KORNEGAY, James Davis: S2c SV6; 932 93 08; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-20-44; ABRASIONS, Multiple

(127) LANIER, Ennis Melvin; S2c V6[...]; 657 66 27; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-20-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(128) LEASON, Oscar Bennett; SK3c V6; 721 69 69; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(129) LEE, Amos (n); S2c SV6; 940 07 38; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(130) LEE, Welborn (n); S1c V6; 669 51 59; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUND, Lacerated, R. arm

(131) LEVY, Frank SCott Sr.; S2c SV6; 939 63 64; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(132) LLOYD, Charles Edwin; S2c V6; 560 97 74; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: ABRASIONS, Left Wrist

(133) LONG, Arthur (n); S1c SV6; 861 41 99; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(134) LOTT, Lacy (n); SK3c SV6; 857 72 97; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(135) LOVING, Wayland [...]ase; S2c USN-I; 842 71 73; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-18-44: Wounds, Lacerated, Left foot

(136) LYONS, George Edward Phillip; S2c V6; 873 13 54; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: NO DISEASE (SURGICAL OBSERVATION)

(137) MACK, Monroe (n); S2c SV6; 830 96 21; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Left Forehead

(138) MADDOK, Fostella (n); S1c V6; 612 40 40; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-18-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Rt. Arm

(139) MAJORS, Rodrick Gilbert; S2c V6; 879 82 15; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(140) MARSHALL, Donovan Erwin; Sp(A) 2cV6; 879 17 77; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(141) MARTIN, James Ivory; S1c V6; 656 78 87; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated

(142) MAYFIELD, Clarence (n); S2c SV6; 832 88 27; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(143) MAYO, Leonard William; S2c V6; 657 92 28; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Right Knee

(144) McLAIN, Alexander (n); S1c SV6; 831 61 06; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(145) McALLISTER, Leander James; S2c SV6; 834 40 66; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(146) McBROOM, Charles William; S2c SV6; 908 07 59; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(147) MCCAIN, Elred Mack; CM3c V6; 656 82 01; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Neck

(148) MCCONNELL, Lindsay (n); S2c SV6; 855 53 97; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUND, Lacerated, Scalp

(149) McCUTCHEN, Sam (n); S1c USN-I; 831 60 77; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUND, Lacerated, forehead

(150) MCINTOCH, Thurman Harrell; S2c SV6; 849 81 99; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Rt. Forearm

(151) MCPHERSON, Akogibsi (n); S2c V6; 552 37 15; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-24-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(152) MCPHERSON, Bill Sunday; S2c SV6; 956 31 74; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: CONTUSION, Left Hand, Neck

(153) MCWELL, Isiah (n); S2c V6; 840 03 75; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(154) MILES, Thomas (n); S2c SV6; 817 84 90; ; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(155) MILLER, Charles (n); AS SV6; 931 09 62; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(156) MITCHELL, Richard (n); S2c SV6; 907 21 24; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(157) MITCHELL, Willie (n); S1c SV6; 848 94 90; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 8-1-44; WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(158) MITCHUM, Charles Daniel; S2c SV6; 943 58 72; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(159) MORGAN, Clarence (n); S1c V6; 846 44 22; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUND, Lacerated, Wrist and Hand

(160) MORGAN, Wyatt (n); S1c SV6; 816 56 37; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(161) NIXON, Ernest Shaw; S2c V6; 833 88 00; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(162) NIXON, William Oliver; S2c SV6; 854 04 77; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(163) PAIGE, Gilbert Scipio Lee; S1c V6; 814 91 85; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 8-5-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(164) PARKER, James Nelson; S1c V6; 669 52 63; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(165) PATTERSON, Frank (n), Jr.; S1c V6; 721 67 34; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUND, Lacerated, Left Foot

(166) PATTON, Andrew Lee; S2c SV6; 640 96 98; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(167) PEEBLES, Charlie (n); S2c V6; 835 92 20; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(168) PERRY, Jewel Herman; S2c SV6; 958 60 20; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-22-44: WOUND, Lacerated, Rt. Hand

(169) PETERS, Robert Charles; S2c V6; 614 89 36; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(170) PETTES, Elbert (n); S2c V6; 629 96 20; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-18-44: CONTUSION, Left Forearm

(171) PHILLIPS, John Thomas; S2c V6; 898 42 06; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(172) PIPER, Brisco (n); StM2c SV6; 842 64 50; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-24-44: CONTUSION, Neck

(173) PITTMAN, William Lee; S2c V6; 897 22 83; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Multiple

(174) POLLARD, Aaron Roy; Bkr2c V6; 628 58 99; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: ABRASIONS, Multiple Forehead

(175) POLLARD, Whitfield Herbert; MM3c SV6; 822 02 55; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-29-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(176) POSEY, Ernest Mendum; [...](PA)USN; 153 64 67; White; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: ABRASIONS, Multiple

(177) PUGH, John Davis; S2c V6; 831 73 00; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Right Leg

(178) PYATT, Duane Russell; S2c SV6; 712 79 27; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-24-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(179) REED, Thurman Edward; S1c V6; 626 57 35; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: CONTUSIONS, Multiple

(180) REYNOLDS, Comadore (n); S2c SV6; 942 78 97; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Thigh

(181) REYNOLDS, Rogers (n); S2c V6; 560 11 01; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(182) RICHARDSON, Louis Herman; S2c SV6; 818 59 25; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Both Feet

(183) RICHARDSON, Minard Thomas; S1c V6; 644 88 88; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(184) ROBB, James Pompey; CM3c SV6; 817 97 44; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(185) ROBINS, Glen (n); S2c SV6; 939 90 10; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Rt. Hand

(186) ROBINSON, Percy (n); S2c V6; 853 10 79; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-20-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Forehead

(187) ROBY, Aethur Lee; S2c SV6; 847 52 28; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(188) ROSS, Charles (n); S2c SV6; 812 41 58; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(189) ROSS, William Vernon; S2c V6; 907 03 47; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(190) SAPP, Geroge Lester; StM2c SV6; 907 03 47; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(191) SCOTT, Harry (n); S1c V6; 550 11 27; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: CONTUSION, Right Shoulder

(192) SHEFFIELD, Joel Lazarus; S2c SV6; 831 70 11; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(193) SIMMS, Charles (n), Jr.; S1c SV6; 867 39 94; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: ABRASIONS, Minor, Both Feet

(194) SMILEY, William Joseph, Jr.; S2c V6; 886 39 57; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: ABRASIONS, Multiple

(195) SMITH, John (n); S2c SV6; 830 99 34; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(196) SMITH, John "N"; S2c V6; 831 63 44; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-18-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(197) STANLEY, "J" "C"; S2c SV6; 933 17 66; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(198) STEWARD, Charles Leroy; S1c V6; 611 93 49; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(199) STILL, LeRoy Edward; S2c SV6; 906 50 01; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-20-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(200) STITTS, "W" "C"; S2c V6; 640 55 30; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(201) STRANGE, Frank William, Jr.; S2c V6; 878 38 65; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(202) SUBER, Willie Chris; S2c SV6; 930 62 59; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-24-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(203) SULLIVAN, Louis Billy; S2c V6; 861 38 35; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUND, Lacerated, Penis

(204) TAPP, Williard (n); S2c V6; 873 60 44; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(205) TAYLOR, James Theodore; Swc SV6; 860 31 78; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(206) TAYLOR, Nathaniel (n); S1c V6; 658 60 73; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(207) TERRY, Willis (n); S1c V6; 658 65 06; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-20-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(208) THOMAS, Frank (n); S2c V6; 846 57 95; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to unknown: ABRASION, Left Cornea

(209) THOMPSON, Walter (n); S2c V6; 644 75 26; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(210) THOMPSON, John Henry; CM3c V6; 604 57 67; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Both Feet

(211) TRAVICK, Thomas Hill; S2c SV6; 862 51 67; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(212) TWINE, Randolph Bergees; S2c SV6; 712 79 34; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(213) VALENTINE, John (n) Jr.; S2c SV6; 874 08 54; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(214) WADDELL, Edgar Carter; S1c V6; 602 35 94; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(215) WADE, James Andrew; [...]3c SV6; 850 96 13; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUND, Lacerated, Flet Foot

(216) WALLACE, Sumner (n); S2c SV6; 931 07 95; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(217) WALTON, Lowell Lennie; S2c SV6; 845 88 26; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(218) WASHINGTON, Cecil Leon Jr.; S2c V6; 628 58 39; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 8-2-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(219) WATSON; Robert Powell; S2c SV6; 858 62 85; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 8-2-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(220) WATTS, Nathaniel (n); Sp(W)2c SV6; 878 01 91; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUND, Lacerated, Right Leg

(221) WELLS, Clyde (n); CM3c V6; 604 58 83; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Forehead and Rt. Arm

(222) WIGGINS, John Noble; F1c SV6; 813 86 11; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(223) WILLIAMS, Clyde Lemuel; S2c V6; 560 83 57; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(224) WHITE, John Watson; S1c SV6; 830 97 23; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated Multiple

(225) WHITING, Elery (n); S2c SB6; 830 71 86; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-20-44: CONTUSION, Toe Right First

(226) WILDER, William Dalton; S2c V6; 560 03 89; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUND, Lacerated, Right Knee

(227) WILLIAMS, David (n); S1c V6; 522 22 84; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-20-44: ABRASION; Right Cornea

(228) WILLIAMS, Jessie Lee; S2c SV6; 840 19 53; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-22-44: WOUND, Lacerated, Right Knee

(229) WILLIAMS, Ollie (n); S2c SV6; 873 36 01; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-22-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(230) WILLIAMS, Robert Lee; S1c V6; 634 40 29; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-18-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(231) WILLIAMS, Sam (n); S2c SV6; 939 93 29; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(232) WOLFE, Henry Sterling, Jr.; S1c V6; 551 81 20; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Right Upper Arm

(233) WRIGHT, James Elwood; MM1c SV6; 826 82 75; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(234) WRIGHT, Leroy (n); CM3c V6; 636 62 21; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 8-12-44: DIAGNOSIS UNDETERMINED (BACK INJURY)

(235) WYLIE, John David; S2c SV6; 836 73 14; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(236) YOUNG, Lee Adams; S1c V6; 625 55 43; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(237) YOUNG, Ulysses (n); Y3c V6; 556 11 45; Negro; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

U.S. MARINE CORPS AND U.S. MARINE CORPS RESERVE
No permanent disability expected
Enlisted

(1) CROSSLAND, Frank Arthur; Pvt. USMCR SS Cl III (b); 822 625; White; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 8-19-44: DU (FRACTURE RIBS)

(2) HERBERT, Pennington Joseph; Pfc. USMCR SS Cl III (b); 907 494; White; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(3) LAMPLEY, Eugene Thomas, Jr.; Pfc. USMC; 401 720; White; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(4) LEWIS, Frederick Donald; Cpl. USMCR Cl III (b); 411 385; White; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 7-21-44: WOUNDS, Lacerated, Multiple

(5) MURPHY, Joseph Emmett; Pvt. USMCR SS Cl III (b); 233 952

(6) ORMBEY, Julius Jack; A.CK. USMCR III(b); 360 420; White; hospitalized, 7-17-44 to 8-5-44: INTRACRANIAL INJURY

U.S. COAST BUARD AND U.S. COAST GUARD RESERVE
No permanent disability expected
Enlisted:

(1) DOLLAR, Robert E.; 560 507; [...] 2c USCGR

(2)T[...]NER, Harold A.; 514 373; Cox. USCGR

(3)WEBB, Leonard R.; 217 837; MoMM2c USCG

(4) WILSON, Robert E.; 247 165; Sea 1c USCG

b. Personal Injuries of Employees of U.S. Government:

(1) That the name, address, and occupation of each member of the U.S. Maritime Service, and each civil service employee of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army, injured as a result of said explosions, and the nature and extent of the injuries suffered by each are, as follows:
U.S. MARITIME SERVICE -- ALL SUFFERED SUPERFICIAL INJURES
No permanent disability expected
Crew Members of the S.S. QUINAULT VICTORY:

(1) GAGGUCAS, Juan B.; 500 Leavenworth St., San Francisco, California; Messman; Minor Injuries

(2) STROBEL, Robert F.; Route 1, Box 196, Mulino, Oregon; Maintenance Man -- Engr.; Shoulder Injury

(3) SULLIVAN, Frank; Messman; Superficial cuts on scalp

Crew Members of the S.S. E. A. BRYAN

(4) BRUNSON, Lucius L.; 15 Chestnut Street, Sumpter, South Carolina; 2nd Asst. Engr.; Lacerations -- mild

(5) SMOOT, Harold E., 30 Monticello Street, San Francisco, California; Wiper; Cuts on face

c. Personal Injuries to Civilians:

(1) That the name, address, and occupation, if any, of each civilian injured as result of said explosions, and the nature and extent of the injury or injuries suffered by each, if known, are, as follows:
CIVILIAN CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF U.S. NAVY
Severely Injured -- At least partial disability expected

(1) COTTRELL, Alfred F.; Route 2, Box 454, Concord, California; Electrician; Multiple lacerations of face; compound fracture left ulna; left eye removed

(2) JOHNSON, John F.; Vine Hill, Arthur Rd., Box 124, Martinez, California; Helper, General; Tenderness left hip and pelvis; abrasion right leg and left arm; fracture of body of left ilium

(3) JONES, Aaron D.; 303 Hillside Avenue, Port Chicago, California; Rigger; Multiple lacerations; Contused wound of back; Depressed fracture of tip of nasal bone.

(4) MEYERS, James A.; Route 3, Box 293; Concord, California; Brakeman; Fracture, compound right humerus

(5) WILEY, Calvert F.; 125 Park Avenue, Port Chicago, California; Joiner; Sever shock; Comm[...]ted fracture and maceration of left arm; laceration of scalp; maceration of left side and neck

(6) BAACK, Myron C.; 2524 Pacific Street, P.O. Box 929, Concord, Calif.; Snapper Electrician; Lower back and right foot

(7) DARNELL, Stacey M.; 409-B Poplar Avenue, Port Chicago, California; Auto Mechanic; Contusions to right ear and head; contusion left elbow

(8) HARRIS, Frank E.; 202 Norman Street, Clyde, California; Joiner; Bruise on head and shock

(9) HAWKINS, Sam H.; 224 Poplar Street, Port Chicago, California; Engineman H&P; Back strain and shock

(10) HIGGS, Elmon M.; 320 Wellington Ave., Clyde, California; Joiner; Abrasion & contusion of right arm; slight puncture wounds; nervous shock

(11) HOLLETT, Vearl L.; 217 Wellington, Clyde, California; Machine Operation; Back -- strain

(12) LOZANO, Frank D.; 771 E. Street, Pittsburg, California; Machine Operator; Puncture wound left foot; nervous shock

(13) NEVILLS, Clarence; 220 8th Street, Antioch, California; Machine Operator; Nervous shock; abrasion nose and right elbow; cut chin; bruise right knee

(14) PARKER, Gerald; Port Chicago, California; Rigger, Min.; Generalized body soreness; nervousness

(15) PETERS, Frank H.; 2019 Fir Street, Concord, California; Brakeman; Psychoneurosis; hysteria; back strain

(16) ROBBINS, Percy F.; P.O. Box 219, Port Chicago, California; Welder; Contusions of scalp; lacerations on both thumbs

(17) SCHOENING, Robert K.; Route 3, Box 184, Concord, California; Machinist; Nervous shock

(18) SCHOENING, Russell H.; Route 3, Box 184, Concord, California; Machinist; Nervous shock

(19) STRICKLING, Ralph C.; Route 1, Box 900, Pittsburg, California; Auto Mechanic; Back injuries; laceration of right shoulder; bruised neck; shock

(20) TURNER, Russell L., 307 East Lind Street, Port Chicago, California; Brakeman; Contusions both knees; strain neck and shoulders

(21) WHITE, Alonso T.; Route 3, Box 407, House #38 Avon Acres, Concord, Calif.; Rigger; Nervous shock and dazed

(22) WILLIAMS, Olando; 544 West 1st Street, Pittsburg, California; Helper, General; Wounds, lacerated above right eye

CIVILIAN CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF U.S. ARMY
No permanent disability expected

(1) JORDAN, Harrison E.; General Delivery, Benicia, California; Carpenter's Helper; Extreme shock -- contusions and lacerations of head and body

(2) MINI, Rita W.; West "K" Street, Post Office Box 458, Benicia, Calif.; Clerk in Stock, Central Division; Puncture wound from flying glass in back below right shoulder -- sever shock

(3) SIBLEY, Mary Grace; 32 Sample Way, Benicia, California; Helper Mechanic; Lacerations about the head, neck and back; serious injury to right foot and ankle.

CIVILIANS:

(1) ALDEN, Regina; 223 W. Hayden St., Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Lacerations left upper eyelid, side of nose and cheek; scar tissue may be permanent.

(2) ALDEN, Wilma (Mrs.); Custodian of School, Port Chicago, Calif.; Nature of injuries unknown (reported by Red Cross).

(3) ALESSANDRELLI, Victoria; 1730 Pine St., Martinez, California; Housewife; Cut across right eye -- vision impaired; may be permanent.

(4) ANDERSON, Charles F.; Astoria Hotel (Rm #54), 844 7th St., Oakland, California; Brakeman, Southern Pacific Company; Cut in left eye-ball. May be permanent.

(5) ASHLEY, Doris (Mrs); 219 Madison, Pittsburg, California; Glass removed from knee; scar may be permanent.

(6) BAGGENSTO[...], Agnes; Route #3, Box 192, Concord, California; Housewife; Broken upper plate of teeth.

(7) BAGGENSTO[...], Herbert; Route #3, Box 192, Concord, California; Infant (17 mos.); Scratches on forehead -- not permanent.

(8) BAGGENSTO[...], Stephen; Route #3, Box 192, Concord, California; Associated Oil, Avon, California; Puncture wound on ball of right foot. Minor scratches on head. No permanent injury.

(9) BARGER, Ida; Route 1, Box 72-A, Martinez, California; Stenciler, Shell Oil Company, Martinez, Calif.; Right eye removed; permanent injury. Cut on forehead above nose..

(10) BARRERA, Lee; 859 W. 92nd Street, Los Angeles, California; Permanente Metals Corporation; Injured right eye; left leg; knee injury; may be permanent.

(11) BAYNE, Caroline; P.O. Box 764, Selby, California; Child -- 10 years; Lacerated right knee -- water on knee; may be permanent.

(12) BAYNE, Dixon (Mrs); P.O. Box 764, Selby, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injuries unknown.

(13) BEDOYA, Catherine; 43 Champion Street, Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Cut left upper arm, back and behind left ear. Scars. No injury permanent.

(14) BEDOYA, Robert J.; Box 416, 43 Champion St., Port Chicago, California; Cuts on face, legs, body. Not permanent.

(15) BEECHER, Hazel A.; Route 2, Box 105 (80-4), Mountain View Ave., Pittsburg, California; U.S. Army, Camp Stoneman, Post Exchange; Right eye cut. Some permanent loss of vision. Cuts right upper forehead and back of head.

(16) BENNETT, Camille M.; 2100 Castro Street, Martinez, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.

(17) BOROKOFF, Helen; 1221 Florida Street, San Francisco, California; S.P. Company, San Francisco, Calif.; Injury -- unknown.

(18) BROOKS, Lucius P.; Station Building, Port Chicago, California; S.P. Company, Station Agent; Cuts on face, body and knee; not permanent.

(19) BUMGANNER, Evelyn; P.O. Box #195, Port Chicago, California; Richmond Shipyard #3; Back injury -- not permanent.

(20) CASSIDY, George; 117 Main Street, Port Chicago, California; Bartender, Bank Club, Port Chicago, California; Injuries -- unknown.

(21) CHAPMAN, Mable (Mrs); 228 Driscoll Place, Benicia, California; Yuba Manufacturing Company, Benicia, California; 4-inch wound -- 3 inches deep in anterior surface right thigh; not permanent except for scar.

(22) CLARK, Etta; 305 W. Lind Street, Port Chicago, California; Bauxite Grinder, General Chemicals, Nichols, California; Left eye removed. Cut left cheekbone, right shoulder, cut shin. Left cheek paralyzed. Minor cuts. Scars permanent..

(23) CLARK, David; 305 W. Lind Street, Port Chicago, California; Infant -- 13 mos.; Some glass in leg -- completely healed..

(24) CLARK, Loren; 305 W. Lind Street, Port Chicago, California; Occupation -- unknown; Minor cuts and lacerations -- not permanent.

(25) CLARK, Orin; 306 Burgess Street, Port Chicago, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.

(26) COLVARD, Carl E.; 302 W. Hayden St., Port Chicago, California; Asst. Wharfman, Tidewater Assoc. Oil Company, Avon, Calif.; Lacerations and shock -- not permanent.

(27) COLVARD, Myrtle; 302 W. Hayden St., Port Chicago, California; Lichti's Pharmacy, Port Chicago, Calif.; Three fingers cut to bone on left hand; may be permanent.

(28) CURLETTO, John Jr.; Slayton Rd., Box 620, Concord, California; Self-employed (not stated); Lost toe-nail -- not permanent.

(29) DALTON, Henry B.; 415 E. Lind Street, Port Chicago, California. Pumper -- Tidewater Assoc. Oil Company, Avon, California. Laceration left leg -- required drain; not permanent.

(30) DARNELL, Nora B. (Mrs); 309 West Lind St., Port Chicago, California; Camp Stoneman, Mess Hall #2; Cut forehead and one foot. Not permanent.

(31) DENIO, Jessie P. (Mrs); 744 Ohio St., Vallejo, California; Homemaker; Fractured pelvis -- shock; may be permanent.

(32) DODSON, Fannie L.; 401 E. Lind St., Port Chicago, California; Shipping Helper; Assoc. Oil Company, Avon, California; Shock and nervous prostration; not permanent.

(33) DOTY, C.A.; P.O. Box, Port Chicago, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.

(34) DUMOND, F.J.; 606 Castro St., Martinez, California; International Assoc. of Mach., Concord, California; Cuts on nose, hand and foot; scars may be permanent.

(35) DUNNING, Mabelle; 315 W. Fleet St., Port Chicago, California; Self-employed; Right foot -- broken bone; right leg and knee -- cut, bruises, lacerations -- no permanent injury.

(36) ENEA, Patrina; 198 West 9th St., Pittsburg, California; Housewife; Cut over right eye; deep gash -- scar may be permanent.

(37) EWING, C.W.; RFD, Concord, California; Office Assistant, Tidewater Assoc. Oil Company, Avon, Calif.; Contusion of right knee -- not permanent.

(38) FAWCETT, John W.; 117 Main Street, Port Chicago, California; Bartender, Bank Club, Port Chicago, California; Laceration right hand required suture; injury right thigh and hip; scar left hand; should be no permanent injury.

(39) FLEMING, Bertha; Route #1, Box 544, Pittsburg, California; Associated Oil Co., Avon, California; Right eye blackened; right toe and heel cut; left foot and left knee cut; not permanent.

(40) FOSS, Fred E.; 1327 Peralta Avenue; Berkeley, California; Conductor, S.P. Company; Shock (Injuries not permanent).

(41) FRAGA, Thomas F.; 630 Court Street, Martinez, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.

(42) FRANCE, Jessie (Mrs); Route 1, Box 525, Pittsburg, California; Housewife; Severe injury to right eye; may eventually lose eyeball; vision lost permanently.

(43) FRATES, Isabelle; Route #2, Box 578, Concord, California; Housewife; Glass washed from both eyes; small cuts about face well healed; no permanent injury.

(44) FRATES, Thomas L.; Route #2, Box 578, Concord, California; Millwright, Columbia Steel Corp., Pittsburg, Calif.; Eye injured; may be permanent.

(45) FULLMER, Myrtle (Mrs.); Route #1, Boxy 587, Pittsburg, California; Occupation -- unknown; Severe shock.

(46) GARCIA, Carmen H.; 321 West Fleet St., Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Two lacerations of left elbow and left forearm. Nothing permanent except scars.

(47) GARCIA, John C.; 321 West Fleet St., Port Chicago, California; Wire-drawer, Columbia Steel Corp., Pittsburg, California. Lacerations face and leg, right cheek; not permanent.

(48) GORDON, Norma Rose; Nichols, California -- via Port Chicago, Calif. General Chemical Company, Nichols, California. Puncture wound right forearm. May be permanent.

(49) GROSSI, Americo; 235 Carroll St., Port Chicago, California; Tidewater Assc. Co., Avon, California; Sprain, left wrist -- multiple lacerations; not permanent.

(50) HATCHER, Robert A.; 415 Hillside Derive, Port Chicago, California. Shift Supervisor, Physical Laboratory, Assc. Oil Company, Avon, California; Cut below right glukal fold and right leg -- numerous lacerations about face, chin, right side. No functional impairment.

(51) HATCHER, Robert David; 415 Hillside Drive, Port Chicago, California; Child -- 5 years; Cut on back of head; suffering from shock -- not permanent.

(52) HATCHER, Wilma; 415 Hillside Drive, Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Cuts on hands and arms; front tooth chipped -- 2 teeth loosened -- not permanent.

(53) HAWKINS, Mrs. S.H.; 224 Poplar St., Port Chicago, California. Housewife; Cuts & lacerations on face, arms and chest; not permanent.

(54) HAWTHORNE, Bernice; Route No. 1, P.O. Box 912; Pittsburg, California; Housewife; Right hand lacerated; not permanent.

(55) HEPBURN, Charles L.; Southern Pacific Depot, Port Chicago, Calif. Telegrapher, Southern Pacific Railroad Company; Well healed lacerations back of head, right temporal area, right posterior thigh. Should not be permanent.

(56) HEPBURN, Jacobina; Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Car Body No. 2, Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Shock; -- sprained right hand -- not permanent.

(57) IVERSON, Jack; 34d & Cotton, c/o Richmond, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.

(58) JONES, Benny Jack; 303 Hillside Ave., Port Chicago, California. Child -- 4 years; Injury to knee -- not permanent.

(59) JONES, Myrtle; 303 Hillside Avenue; Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Minor injuries -- not permanent.

(60) JONES, Shirley Ann; 303 Hillside Ave. Port Chicago, California. Infant -- 19 mos. Injury to inner aspect of right thigh; nothing permanent, except scar.

(61) KILSBY, John M.; Columbia Park, Apt. 462, Pittsburg, California. Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.

(62) KIRKHAM, Wallace H.; 687 Spruce St., Oakland, 10, California; Brakeman, S.P., West Oakland, California; Concussion right knee (not permanent).

(63) LANGBKIW, Oscar C.; 348 Cumberland St., Pittsburg, California; Occupation -- unknown; Cut right and left cheek; minor injuries.

(64) LEATH, Janice H.; 309 W. Minnesota St., Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Cut about face; puncture wound right foot; may be permanent scar.

(65) LEATH, William M.; 309 W. Minnesota St., Port Chicago, California; Tidewater Assc. Oil Co., Avon, California; Cuts on shin, outer forehead, left shoulder. Glass entered both eyes. May be some permanent change of vision.

(66) LEIF, Clement J.; 317 Minnesota St., Port Chicago, California. Occupation -- unknown; Finger on left hand cut by flying glass; lanced three times. Probably not permanent.

(67) LICHTI, Robert L.; Box 256, Port Chicago, California; Operation Department, Assc. Oil Company; Lacerations face, right shoulder, left leg and over left eye. May be permanent injury.

(68) LICHTI, Genevieve (Mrs); Box 256, Port Chicago, California; Occupation -- unknown; Slight cut above left eye -- not permanent.

(69) LICHTI, Robert Jr.; Box 256, Port Chicago, California. Child -- 7 years. Cut on top of head -- minor -- not permanent.

(70) LUDRICKS, Rosalie; 222 West Hayden St., Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Cut left side of head above ear -- small cuts right knee and leg. No injury will be permanent.

(71) MARTIN, James; State Hospital, Napa, California; Laborer -- Sparton Bros. Animal Shows; Shock (Acute psychic) -- not believed permanent.

(72) MATTHEWS, Mable Clair; 220 E. Fleet St., Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Well healed but scarred lacerations of upper lip, bridge of nose, forehead, left arm and left breast with contusions of both breasts. Facial scars will be permanent.

(73) MATTHEWS, W.P.; 220 E. Fleet Street, Port Chicago, California. Master Mech. M.F. Smith, Santa Fe RR, Colma, California; Nervous breakdown and bronchial asthma caused by shock and exposure -- not believed permanent.

(74) MOB, Ida; 111-B Division Street, Port Chicago, California. Paul Collins Restaurant & Fountain, Pittsburg, California. Cut on knee -- cut vein -- not permanent.

(75) MORRIS, Alice Ura; Clyde, California; Operator for Pacific Bell Telephone Company; Left, feet, head and arms cut by flying glass. Hearing in right ear impaired.

(76) MULKERIN, M.; 2411 Orchard Lane, Martinez, California; Car Loader, Tidewater Associated Oil Co., Avon, California. Contusion on bridge of nose. Not permanent.

(77) NASSER, Mary; 315 Scott Street, San Francisco, California; Housewife; Deep cuts and lacerations right temple. Cut right arm. Broken wrist. Not permanent.

(78) NASSER, Samuel; 315 Scott Street; San Francisco, California; Retired; Cut on top of head -- right temple -- severe shock; not permanent.

(79) NOLAN, John W.; 1400 Fell Street, San Francisco, California; Brakeman, S.P. Co., 65 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. Right eye removed; some hope for vision in left eye. Injuries permanent.

(80) NOM, Tom (Mrs.); New China Cafe; 605 1st St., Benicia, Calif. Injury -- unknown.

(81) OLDS, Dewey; Columbia Park, Box 366, Pittsburg, California. Controlman, Tidewater Assc. Oil Co., Avon, California. Shock -- mild concussion -- not permanent.

(82) PALUHICKI, Anna (Mrs.); 320 W. Fleet Street, Port Chicago, California. Self-employed; Eye injury (left) -- shock. May be partial loss of vision.

(83) PHILLIPS, Bertha; Route #1, Box 72-A, Martinez, California. Housekeeper; Forehead cut -- not permanent.

(84) PHILLIPS, Kelly; Route #1, Box 72-A, Martinez, California; Shell Chemical Company; Forehead cut -- not permanent.

(85) QUINLAN, Nadia (Mrs).; 1320 Santa Fe Ave., Martinez, California; Housewife; Injury to head, back, legs; shock -- concussion; Constant pounding in back of head and back -- not permanent.

(86) REICHART, Bert; Port Chicago, California. Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.

(87) REMALEY, Velda; 225 Fleet St., Port Chicago, California; Cashier -- Southern Pacific Company; Right leg operated on -- lacerations both shins, right ankle, left leg. No permanent injury likely.

(88) ROBINSON, R.D.; 880 Keiler Avenue, Berkeley, 8, California; Trainmaster, S.P. Company; Cuts and bruises on face, hands; shock -- not permanent.

(89) ROSSI, Eleanor, J.; 320 Hayden Street, Port Chicago, California; Stenographer, Research Dept. Tidewater Assc. Oil Company, Avon California; Shock and hysteria -- contusion and abrasion on entire body -- not permanent.

(90) SAHM, Daisy B. (Mrs); 209 E. Lind St., Port Chicago, California. Housewife; Numerous cuts of arms and face; lesion on ridge of right eye; well-healed scars both feet. No permanent injury except scars.

(91)SCHIFFIANO, Paul D.; Southern Pacific RR, Section #13, Port Chicago, California; Laborer, S.P. Company; Cut fingers left hand. Claims vision dimmed; nothing permanent.

(92) SCHMIDT, Adele; 133 Park Avenue, Port Chicago, California; Contra Costa County -- F.W.A. Recreation Project; Cut over left eye -- lacerations about left eye and bridge of nose. Probably nothing permanent.

(93) SCHOTT, Rodney E.; Route #1, Box 158-A, Martinez, California; Child -- 11-1/2 years. Wrist was placed in cast -- cast now off but wrist still weak and bothers him. Not permanent.

(94) SCHROM, Frank; 910 Myrtle Ave., Schenectady, New York; Merchant seaman -- not employed at time. Cut in right eye resulting in traumatic cataract. May be permanent.

(95) SEGALE, A. (Mrs.); 1052 Alabama St., Vallejo, California; Broken wrist -- probably not permanent.

(96) SJODIN, Mrs. Ed; P.O. Box 401, Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Lesions of muscles and subluxated vertebrae -- not permanent.

(97) SMITH, Dewey; 134 Clyde, Port Costa, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injury to head and ear -- probably not permanent.

(98) SOTO, Rose; Route #2, Box 267, Pittsburg, California; Housewife; Leg injury -- probably not permanent.

(99) SOTO, Cynthia Ann; Route #2, Box 267, Pittsburg, California; Child -0- 5 years; Head injury -- probably not permanent.

(100) STEBBINS, Daisy E.; 143 Park Avenue; Port Chicago, California; Housewife; Cut back of left hand, left leg above knee, right forearm. Puncture wound below shoulder on right arm. Should not be permanent except scars.

(101) STURTEVANT, Roy; 805 Las Juantas, Martinez, California; Secretary-Treasurer, C.I.O. Council; About 20 minor cuts -- not permanent.

(102) SWINDELL, Troy D.; Route #1, Box 968, Pittsburg, California; Boilermaker, C.F. Braun Construction Company, Avon, Calif. Deep cut through abdominal wall of stomach. No permanent injury.

(103) TUTT, Harry W.; Astoria Hotel; 1844 17th St., Oakland, California; Conductor, Southern Pacific Company; Cuts in right eye; both eyes injured -- nervous shock; may be permanent.

(104) VENTURINO, Con[...]; Nichols (Via Port Chicago, California); General Chemical Co., Nichols (Port Chicago, Calif.) Cut on right shoulder -- not permanent.

(105) WELBORN, Shirley; Box 558, Port Chicago, California; Occupation -- unknown; Injury -- unknown.

(106) WELSH, Marla; 31 Champion St., Port Chicago, California; Child -- 9 years; Injury -- unknown.

(107) WESTERBERG, Amelia; 3640 Serrano St., Martinez, California; California Hawaiian Sugar Refinery; Struck by falling object -- injury not stated; not permanent.

(108) WILSON, Elaine; Box 397; Walnut, California; Very minor lacerations -- not permanent.

(109) ZICCHI, J. (Mrs.); Box 249, Bell Units, Bell Monte, Pittsburg, Calif. Occupation -- unknown. Injury -- unknown.

CIVILIANS -- SS REDLINE CREW

(110 ANDERSON, Oscar; 710 Ellis St., San Francisco, California; Captain SS REDLINE, Union Oil Company; Deep cut on right hand; bruised and swollen left hand; not permanent.

(111) ANDERSON, Nils; 667 Theresa Street, San Francisco, California; 1st Mate, SS REDLINE, Union Oil Company; Fracture of simple left tibia -- not permanent.

(112) NOLDSWORTH, Raymond; Chief Engineer, SS REDLINE, Union Oil Company; Cut on head; shoulder injury -- not permanent.

(113) ORIAS, Mateus; Ordinary Seaman, SS REDLINE, Union Oil Company; Glass in eye; not permanent.

13. DAMAGE TO U.S. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY: That the damage to U.S. Government owned property, in the total amount of $9,892,034.47 comprised the following property destroyed or damaged:

1. U.S. Navy Property

A.	Naval Magazine, Port Chicago	Amount of Loss or Damage	Total
1.	Ship pier, buildings, tanks, fences, roads, railroads, power and water systems, telephone and collateral items	1,297,805.00
2	Automotive equipment	6,637.35
3.	Railroad and rolling stock	30,566.70
4.	Machinery, tools and miscellaneous equipment	100,045.55
5.	Ammunition material on pier and loaded in S.S. E. A. BRYAN	3,293,626.02
	Total		4,728.680.70
B.	Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
1.	Small Stores	293.45
2.	Ship's Service ($1,947.17 covered by insurance)	2,447.17
3.	Recreation and other Navy property	12,222.15
4.	Medical Department property	252.55
	Total		15,215.32
C.	Armament and Spare Parts, ammunition; ready boxes and material installed aboard S.S. QUINAULT VICTORY, assigned to Armed Guard Unit	190,714.48	190,714.48
D.	Armament and Spare Parts, ammunition; ready boxes, generator equipment and material installed aboard S.S. E. A. BRYAN, assigned to Armed Guard Unit	190,268.36	190,268.36
E.	YP. MIAHELO II	6,000.00	6,000.00
F.	Navy Yard Mare Island--Miscellaneous Damage	3,600.00	3,600.00
	TOTAL U.S. NAVY PROPERTY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED		5,134,041.86

II. War Shipping Administration Property Destroyed

A. (1)	SS QUINAULT VICTORY -- total loss	2,850,000.00
(2)	Fuel oil, consumable stores and supplies	21,995.17
B. (1)	SS E. A. BRYAN -- total loss	1,600,000.00
(2)	Fuel Oil, consumable stores and supplies	36,032.62
	Total W.S.A. Property		4,508,027.79

III. U.S. Coast Guard Property

		Amount of Loss or Damage	Total
A.	Roe Island Light Station -- Estimated cost of repairing damage	1,700.00
B.	Fire Barge CGB-60014F	34,563.44
C.	Skiff CGB-16287 (on board fire barge)	128.00	____________
	Total Coast Guard Property		36,391.44

IV. U.S. Marine Corps Property

	Miscellaneous	1,036.65	1,036.65
V.	U.S. Army Property
A.	Benicia Arsenal, Benicia, California -- Estimated cost of repairing structural damage	200,000.00
B.	Camp Stoneman, Pittsburg, California -- Estimated cost of repairing structural damage	4,000.00
C.	Concord Airdrome, Concord, California -- Estimated cost of repairing structural damage	100.00	____________
	Total U.S. Army Property		204,100.00
TOTAL VALUE OF ALL U.S. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, DAMAGED OR DESTROYED			9,892,034.74

14. DAMAGE TO VESSELS OWNED BY PRIVATE INTERESTS: That the names of the vessels owned by private corporations and individuals, the names and addresses of the owners of each vessel, the amount of damage claimed, and the amount of damage determined by survey made by a marine surveyor attached to the Twelfth Naval District Legal Office are, as follows:

Name of Vessel		Name and Address of Owner	Amount of Damage Claimed	Amount Determined By Survey
1.	M.S. REDLINE	Union Oil Company of California, San Francisco, Calif.	221,121,25
2.	14' Sail Boat	William D. Gore, BM2/c USCG, U.S. Coast Guard, Crockett, California	75.00	75.00
3.	Cabin Cruiser #280349	F. D. Harris, 115 Gough St., San Francisco, California	100.00	25.00
4	Cruiser #28G885	Unknown -- representative, C. D. Horner 629 MacDonald Ave., Richmond, California	Not stated	55.00
5.	Cruiser "Darlene" #280267	Nick Kitsos, 43 Geary Street, San Francisco, California	Not stated	96.17
6.	Launch "Mariana"	John Peterson, 325 Capricorn Ave., Oakland, California	1,630.00	404.00
7.	Motor Boat #28A307	Lt. Eugene M. Stevenson, USNR and John L. Stevenson, Centerville, California	58.00	58.00
8.	Motor Boat #206983 "Frank C"	Bay Point Wharf & Yacht Harbor Company Ltd. Port Chicago, California	125.00	45.00
9.	Motor Boat "Spee-Dora" #28G133	Unknown	Not stated	65.00
10.	"Silver" #28A706	R. D. Upton, 49 Perry St., Redwood City, Calif. and Joseph Light 1300 Brown St., Martinez, Calif.	190.00	190.00
11.	Motor Boat #28A880	Ernest Bortfeldt, 1354 18th Avenue, San Francisco, California	184.13	138.27
	TOTAL OF CLAIMS STATED		223,483,38
	TOTAL OF DAMAGE TO SMALL CRAFT DETERMINED BY SURVEY			1,151.44
	RECAPITULATION:
	Damage Claimed to MS REDLINE		$221,121.25
	Damage Claimed to Small Craft		2,362.13
	Total Damage Claimed		$223,483,38
	Damage to Small Craft as Determined by Survey		$1,151.44

15. All officers, enlisted and civil service personnel who had not been called as witnesses were given an opportunity to appear before this court if they so desired.

OPINION

1. That the Naval and Coast Guard personnel killed or injured in this explosion and listed in the Finding of Facts herein were killed or injured in line of duty and not as a result of their own misconduct.

2. That the civil personnel listed in e Finding of Facts herein as having been killed by the explosion were killed while performing their regularly assigned duties and in the service of their country.

3. That the loss of and damage to government property and privately-owned vessels caused by this explosion were incident to the prosecution of the war.

4. That the amount of damages caused to government-owned property is $9,892,034.74.

5. That the amount of damage suffered by the M.S. REDLINE does not exceed the sum of $136,840.00, the cost of repairs, and $11,437.57, the expenses incident thereto, totaling $149.277.57, which is greater than the sound value of the vessel, which did not exceed $150,000.00, less the value of the vessel in her damaged condition.

6. No opinion is expressed as to the amount of damages suffered as the result of death. personal injuries or by small craft, as these claims have been delivered to the Board of Investigation for consideration.

7. That the establishment of a facility such as the U.S. Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, was necessary in this area and the location was well chosen.

8. That the development of the Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, to maximum efficiency and capacity as a loading facility was retarded by the following circumstances which were beyond the control of the Officer in Charge, Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, and the Commanding Officer, Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, California:

a. A general failure to foresee and prepare for the tremendous increase in explosives shipments.

b. A failure to assemble and train the officers and crew for their specialized duties prior to the time they were required for actual loading.

c. A failure to provide initially the collateral equipment so necessary for morale.

d. A failure to provide an adequate number of competent petty officers or even personnel of petty officer caliber.

9. That the Commanding Officer, Naval Ammunition Depot, early realized the necessity for expansion, for trained officers and the importance of collateral equipment. He made every reasonable effort to obtain these.

10. That the operation of the Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, as an annex of the Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, is sound and proper.

11. That the internal organization at Port Chicago is sound and proper.

12. That the training of the officers was the best possible under existing circumstances. That the dissemination of pertinent information required by the officers in the performance of their duties was adequate.

13. That the officers at Port Chicago have realized for a long time the necessity for great effort on their part because of the poor quality of the personnel with which they had to work. They worked loyally, conscientiously, intelligently, and effectively to make themselves competent officers and to solve the problem of loading ships safely with the men provided.

14. That the enlisted personnel comprising the ordnance battalions at Port Chicago were poor material for training in the handling and loading of munitions, and required an unusual amount of close supervision while actually engaged in this work.

15. That the training and supervision of these men was made even more difficult by the lack of petty officers or petty officer material.

16. That a very sustained and vigorous effort was made to train these men in the proper handling of munitions. Despite this, there was a considerable history of rough and careless handling by individuals. A marked and continuing improvement was discernible in recent months.

17. That the methods used in training these men were the most effective possible under the circumstances.

18. That in the months immediately preceding the explosion real progress had been made toward a better training program for officers and men. This work had been retarded by a lack of competent senior officers.

19. That the morale of the station was improving steadily as a result of the completion of the gymnasium and bachelor officers' quarters, and provision for additional transportation.

20. That the civil service personnel were about the average available for the ratings held and were in general of mediocre ability.

21. That the policies and doctrines followed were sound, well thought out, and aimed at generally getting essential war work done as safely as possible.

22. That the security measures in effect were adequate.

23. That the liaison between the officers, of the Port Director, Captain of the Port, Service Force Subordinate Command, and the Naval magazine, Port Chicago, was satisfactory.

24. That the pre-loading inspections made by representatives of the Captain of the Port and of the Port Director were not always thorough or well-times in relation to fuelings. This lack of thoroughness was not a contributing cause to the explosion under investigation.

25. That the pier was well laid out for the work to be done. A pier which allows tandem berthing would be preferable, since it results in a lesser concentration of explosives and personnel.

26. That the loading procedures and the gear used at Port Chicago were safe and in accordance with standard naval practice and did not violate naval safety precautions.

27. That the few practices listed in the Finding of Facts which were contrary to the Coast Guard shiploading regulations were not dangerous and did not increase the hazards.

28. that there exists no publication or instruction for naval establishments which adequately specified the methods to be used in handling high explosives. Regulations as they exist are negative in nature and prohibitory.

29. That the Coast Guard instructions are not practicable in their entirety in that a literal compliance with all requirements would so restrict operations that loading could not be accomplished at a reasonable rate.

30. That where any regulation cannot be followed, it should be changed rather than ignored.

31. That it is possible to draw up a practicable set of loading instructions with no sacrifice to safety.

32. That the details of loading procedure at Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, were as safe, and in most cases safer, than those in use at many other points.

33. That the Coast Guard detail under the conditions it was originally assigned at Naval Magazine, port Chicago, did not contribute to the efficiency or safety of the loading operations.

34. That this Coast Guard detail could contribute to the efficiency of the operations provided: --

a. Their instructions were carefully revised and adapted to the special circumstances existing at a naval station, rather than arbitrarily using the same methods as when dealing with civilian stevedores at a commercial pier.

b. The methods of handling each item were agreed upon by competent representatives before loading started.

c. That only competent men especially trained in ammunition handling were assigned to such duty.

35. That the loading divisions were well organized for the work to be accomplished, insofar as the availability of petty officers permitted.

36. That the working hours and schedules were well planned and reasonable.

37. That the officer supervision during loading operations was adequate.

38. That the petty officer supervision was inadequate both in numbers and quality.

39. That the posting of the amounts loaded by each division did not operate to increase the hazards of loading.

40. That a loading rate of 10 tons per hatch per hour with the personnel available was high but a goal that could be attained with proper training and supervision.

41. That the loading rate attained at Port Chicago was approximately that attained by commercial stevedores at Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island.

42. That the S.S. E. A. BRYAN was seaworthy and in a satisfactory condition to receive explosive cargo on arrival at the Naval Magazine, Port Chicago.

43. That the S.S. QUINAULT VICTORY was seaworthy and in a satisfactory condition to receive explosive cargo on arrival at the Naval Magazine, Port Chicago.

44. That the loading of the S.S. E. A. BRYAN up to the time of the explosion was proceeding in a normal manner, using methods and gear that are considered safe and in accordance with good practice.

45. That the quantities of explosive vapors probably present, the absence of any evidence of fire or other igniting agent, the speed with which the explosion was transmitted indicate to the court that the explosive qualities of the oil in the S.S. QUINAULT VICTORY did not cause or contribute to the explosion.

46. That in an explosion of this magnitude where substantially all the possible initiating agents were destroyed and all eyewitnesses at the point of initiation were lost, it is impossible to determine positively the agent or act which caused the explosion.

47. That the following unusual circumstances existed just prior to the explosion, any one of which might have been a contributing cause:

a. The S.S. QUINAULT VICTORY, a ship that had been in service only one week, was being rigged for the first time by enlisted personnel of the ordnance battalions and some difficulty was experienced, which might have led to the dropping of a boom on one of the cars of explosives spotted alongside.

b. The propeller of the QUINAULT VICTORY was turning over, which might have caused a failure in the pier structure.

c. A diesel switch engine was in motion on the pier, entailing the possibility of collision and damage to explosives being handled.

d. An unusual noise was heard which could have been caused by the falling of the boom or the failure of the structure of a boxcar or the pier. A similar noise could have been caused by the possibilities outlined in a, b, and c above.

48. That the weather conditions in no way contributed to the explosion.

49. That there was no unnecessary concentration of explosives or personnel on the pier at the time of the explosion.

50. That the possibility exists that a supersensitive ammunition component, such as is defined below, was present and that such a component was detonated either in the ordinary course of loading operations or as a result of rough or careless handling by an individual or individuals.

The term "supersensitive component" as herein used is defined as:

a. One wherein a thin film of high explosives is present because of defects in the manufacture of the case or faulty filling of that particular component. (This conditions could have occurred in the Mark 47 and the Mark 54 depth bombs.)

b. One which has become prematurely armed by reason of damage to the safety features either in transit to the magazine or in the handling after arrival. (This condition could have occurred in the M-7 incendiary bomb clusters.)

The term "rough or careless handling" as herein used is defined as handling which would subject a component or its container to a severe blow or cause deformation of the case or container by the application of a concentrated stress. Examples of this would be a bomb which is allowed to roll against and strike another bomb, a hoist which is allowed to swing against the ship's side or a hatch conning, or a hoist which is dropped from a height or is allowed to strike the deck a hard blow in lowering, or the arrangement of the load in the net or sling which is such as to impose concentrated stress on one or more of the components of the load.

51. That the probable causes of the initial explosion listed in the order of probability are:

a. Presence of a supersensitive element which was detonated in the course of handling.

b. Rough handling by an individual or individuals. This may have occurred at any stage of the loading process from the breaking out of the cars to final stowage in the holds.

c. Failure of handling gear, such as the falling of a boo, failure of a block or hook, parting of a whip, etc.

d. Collision of the switch engine with an explosive loaded car, possibly in the process of unloading.

e. An accident incident to the carrying away of the mooring lines of the QUINAULT VICTORY or the bollards to which the QUINAULT VICTORY was moored, resulting in damage to an explosive component.

f. The result of an act of sabotage. Although there is no evidence to support sabotage as a probable cause, it cannot be ignored as a possibility.

52. That the initial explosion occurred in the vicinity of the inboard end of the pier near the bow of the E. A. BRYAN, probably among components being handled on the pier or being loaded into No. 1 or 2 holds. The sharp distinct sound and the brilliant white flash lead to the belief that the initial detonation was that of an M-7 cluster or Mark 47 depth bomb which was, in turn immediately propagated to other explosives on the pier, producing the first explosion.

53. That the second and larger explosion consisted of the detonation -- substantially simultaneously -- of the ammunition in ten holds of the E. A. BRYAN. That this was initiated by the detonation of a component or group of components, or hot fragments from the first explosion which entered the holds either through the ship's side or through the open hatches.

54. That the pattern of fragment distribution would appear to indicate that the point of initiation of the second explosion was in one of the forward holds of the E. A. BRYAN and that the explosives in the after holds suffered sympathetic detonation almost immediately so that the ship in effect constituted a large bomb.

55. That there was an initial major explosion followed by minor explosions and burning for a period of from three to six seconds and culminating in a mass explosion of the entire cargo of the E. A. BRYAN and all remaining explosives. This final explosion was by far the greater; larger than any which preceded it.

56. That from an examination of the damage to structures and facilities resulting from the explosion, certain specific requirements of standards of construction for such a facility are indicated as set forth under "Recommendations".

That the behavior of the officers and men after the explosion was exemplary and reflects credit on them and on their commanding officer.

58. That other U.S. Government agencies, the agencies of the State of California, the agencies of municipalities, civilian activities, and individual citizens in the area, were most prompt and helpful in their tenders of assistance.

59. That the explosions and the consequent destruction of property, death and personal injuries were not due to the fault, negligence or inefficiency of any person in the naval service or connected therewith or any other person.

60. That the explosions were not due to any fault, negligence or inefficiency of the interested party, Captain Nelson H. Goss, U.S. Navy (Retired).

61. That the explosions were not due to any fault, negligence or inefficiency of the interested party, Captain Merrill T. Kinne, U.S. Naval Reserve.

RECOMMENDATIONS

1. That concerning merchant vessels scheduled to load explosives:
a. A preliminary inspection be made as soon as a vessel arrives in port in order that any major faults may be corrected.

b. Final pre-loading inspections should be made after fueling and should be very thorough, with emphasis on the operating condition of the cargo handling equipment.

c. The inspections now made by representatives of the Captain of the Port and the Port Director be coordinated in order that they supplement and assist each other without needless duplication of work.

2. That in assigning personnel to duty in the ordnance battalions each draft should include an adequate number of men of petty officer caliber. Older and more mature men should be assigned this duty whenever possible.

3. That the feasibility of brining some of the mature, experienced, reliable negro civil service personnel from the Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia, and the civil service negro stevedores from the Supply Depot, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, should be investigated.

4. That the loading of explosives at commercial piers be restricted to an absolute minimum and that when such loading must take place, the amounts of explosives present on the pier be restricted to the minimum and in no case exceed the amounts permitted in the American Table of Distances, Article 14D18, Bureau of Ordnance Manual.

5. That the methods used by commercial stevedores in loading explosives be carefully reviewed by competent persons and only those methods meeting acceptable standards of safety be permitted.

6. That a loading manual setting forth acceptable methods for loading each type of explosive item, and to include the gear to be used, be drawn up and promulgated.

a. The board or committee to draw up such a manual should have representatives from the Navy thoroughly familiar with all components in use and their structural weaknesses, representatives of the Navy and possibly from stevedoring firms, thoroughly familiar with loading, stowing, and rigging, and representatives from the Coast Guard familiar with the laws governing such subjects.

b. This manual should not be so restrictive in nature as to prevent a facility from developing and improving operating methods so long as these new means conform to safety requirements.

c. As new items or types of ammunition are brought out, the agency producing them be required to supply pertinent information, especially hazards of handling in order that acceptable methods of handling may be incorporated in the manual.

7. That the present regulations and instructions relating to the handling of explosives be carefully reviewed and those not applicable or impracticable of attainment be eliminated.

8. That facilities loading ammunition and explosives should be given priority in the assignment of experienced officers and stevedores.

9. That an experienced officer or officers of suitable rank, acting directly under the Commandant of the District, make surprise inspections from time to time at all explosive loading operations carried on in this district.

10. That a reasonable number of officers over and above those required for actual loading operations and in an "under instruction" status be maintained at the Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, or Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, in order to provide adequately trained officers to meet normal attrition and expansion.

11. That the loading of explosives should never be a matter of competition.

12. That the feasibility of placing barricades between loading piers and adjacent facilities be investigated.

13. That inasmuch as the Commanding Officer of a Naval activity is in fact responsible for everything at his station, all representatives of other activities visiting the station for any duty should be required to report to the Commanding Officer for the specific duty and to submit their reports through the Commanding Officer of the station visited.

14. That the present policy of allowing the Commanding Officer of a Naval activity to accept or decline a Coast Guard loading detail be continued. That where this detail is accepted the detail should report to the Commanding Officer of the station for this duty.

15. That only such fuel oil as meets Navy specifications be delivered to ships scheduled to load ammunition.

16. That the following recommendations covering specifications for magazine facilities made by the Public Works Officer, Navy Yard, Mare Island, be favorably considered:

a. Structures that are vital for operation of the station in time of disaster should be of permanent fireproof construction. This includes the administration building, marine barracks, fire station, fire pumping station, and central power plant.

b. All important structures not of permanent, fireproof construction should be of a substantial wood frame construction, well braced.

c. Flimsy, war-time construction should not be used except for minor buildings, the loss of which will not seriously interfere with station operations.

d. Where practicable, important buildings should be laid out end on rather than broadside on to probable line of blast.

e. Unless strongly reinforced and braced, walls of buildings should have a considerable proportion of the area glazed to present a minimum obstruction to the blast.

f. Investigations should be undertaken by the Bureau of Standards [...]:

(1) Mechanical services should be run underground wherever possible.

(2) Hangers for pipe lines should be arranged and secured to structures to allow some freedom of motion, yet definitely limit movement.

(3) BuDocks standard specification 21Yc should be modified to permit wider use of welded joint pipe and steel valves, flanges and fittings for stems, as well as other fluids in explosion hazard areas.

(4) Spring loaded pressure reducing valves should be used instead of dead weight loaded type.

17. That gas mains should not be permitted in an explosive area.

18. That the provisions for the protection of explosive ammunition components during shipment and handling, including the containers, be carefully reviewed as the present necessity of shipping large quantities of high explosives over long distances in commercial carriers, together with the lack of skilled personnel, has introduced many additional hazards.

19. The court recommends that no further proceedings be had in the matter.

 

Albert G. Cook, Junior,
Captain, U.S. Navy.

John S. Crenshaw,
Captain, U.S. Navy.

William B. Holden,
Captain, U.S. Navy.

 

The record of proceedings of the fortieth day of the inquiry was read and approved, and the court having finished the inquiry, then at 1:30 p.m., on 30 October 1944, adjourned to await the action of the convening authority.

Albert G. Cook, Junior,
Captain, U.S. Navy,
President

Keith R. Ferguson,
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve,
Judge Advocate.

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Source: US National Archives, Pacific Sierra Region
Record Group: 181; Subgroup: 12th Naval District Commandant's Office
Series: General Correspondence (Formerly classified) 1946
Box: 7/12; Folder A17.25, Vol. VIII

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