Keywords: USS Mount Hood (AE-11) explosion.jpg The explosion of the USS Mount Hood AE-11 in Seeadler Harbor Manus Admiralty Islands on November 10 1944 The smoke trails are left by fragments ejected by the explosion The explosion was not due to enemy action; its cause has never been determined The USS Mindanao ARG-3 which lay about 300 m away was heavily damaged by this explosion and 180 of her crewmen were killed or injured The Mount Hood had been a new ship commissioned on July 1 1944 http //www history navy mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/ae11-k htm U S Naval Historical Center photo NH 96173 1944-11-10 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Explosions USS Mount Hood AE-11 Admiralty Islands |