For a made for TV movie, I thought it was very well done. The Navy's "inquiry" doesn't surprise me a bit. This branch of the Armed Forces seems to be famous for making scapegoats out of its personnel for "the good of the Navy".
Anyone who is familiar with how they treated Admiral Kimmel after the attack on Pearl Harbor or Captain Charles McVay after the USS Indianapolis was sunk knows how the Navy is great at blaming others to deflect criticism for their own incompetence.
The Navy couldn't just admit that old and improperly stored ammunition may have been the real cause. Or the experiments using supercharged powder bags that were too dangerous even when the ship wasn't 50 years old.
Anyone who is familiar with how they treated Admiral Kimmel after the attack on Pearl Harbor or Captain Charles McVay after the USS Indianapolis was sunk knows how the Navy is great at blaming others to deflect criticism for their own incompetence.
The Navy couldn't just admit that old and improperly stored ammunition may have been the real cause. Or the experiments using supercharged powder bags that were too dangerous even when the ship wasn't 50 years old.