Photo #: NH 95405
Explosion of USS Mount Hood (AE-11) in Seeadler Harbor,
Manus, Admiralty Islands, 10 November 1944
Small craft gathered around USS Mindanao (ARG-3) during
salvage and rescue efforts shortly after Mount Hood blew
up about 350 yards away from Mindanao's port side. Mindanao,
and seven motor minesweepers (YMS) moored to her starboard side,
were damaged by the blast, as were USS Alhena (AKA-9),
in the photo's top left center, and USS Oberrender (DE-344),
in top right.
Note the extensive oil slick, with tracks through it made by
small craft.
Copied from the War Diary, Manus Naval Base, for November 1944
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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