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Port Chicago Naval Magazine Explosion on 17 July 1944:
Court of Inquiry: Finding of Facts, Opinion and Recommendations, continued...

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	_____________
	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

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