what was it's purpose?
To find out what had happened.
Port Chicago disaster
A Naval Board of Inquiry was convened on July 21, 1944, to find out what had happened
what was the port chicago disaster? A deadly munitions explosion that occurred at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine.. when was this? 17 July.1944. did people die? Yes, 320 sailors and civilians died. do you know what was the estimated damage? It killed 320 people and injured 390 others. was there an investigative police team created to find out about the blast? Yes, the investigation was conducted by a Naval Board of Inquiry. do you know who led the investigation? UNANSWERABLE you mentioned that an investigation was conducted by the navy, when was that board created? 21 July ,1944.
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Port Chicago disaster [SEP] Aftermath
White officers, however, received the leave, causing a major grievance among the enlisted men. A Naval Board of Inquiry was convened on July 21, 1944, to find out what had happened. The official proceeding lasted for 39 days and included interviews with witnesses who were officers, civilians and enlisted men. Ordnance experts were questioned as well as inspectors who had overseen previous loading procedures. Five African Americans were questioned, none of whom were later to refuse to load ammunition. Captain Kinne's posted division tonnage results came to light in the inquiry but Kinne stated that the competition to load the most tonnage did not make for unsafe conditions; he implied that any junior officers who said so did not know what they were talking about.