U.S.S. Iowa Explosion: Sandia National Laboratories' Final Technical Report

NSIAD-91-4S Published: Aug 28, 1991. Publicly Released: Sep 03, 1991.

Highlights

GAO provided a supplement to its report on the April 1989 explosion aboard the U.S.S. Iowa, focusing on the Sandia National Laboratory's independent review of the Navy's technical analysis of the explosion.

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