Located below are links to download pages for the official Court of Inquiry documents. Click on links to reach respective download pages. To download documents listed on download pages, right click on the file link and "Save Target As." All files are Adobe Acrobat documents with ".pdf" extensions. If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed, please download the free software for your specific operating system from this page.

Download Pages

· FOIA Statement

· Statement by Adm. Thomas B. Fargo

· Memorandum for the Record

· Court of Inquiry Report

· Collision Summary

· Court of Inquiry Daily Transcripts

· Court of Inquiry Procedural Exhibits, Evidentiary Exhibits and Enclosures

· Japanese Translations



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