Keywords: USS Mount Hood (AE-11);NH 95405.jpg 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 the 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 US Navy photo NH 95405 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center Official Navy photo taken from http //www navsource org/archives/06/images/0634402 jpg PD-USGov-Military-Navy original upload log page en wikipedia NH_95405 jpg 2007-03-15 21 52 Mdhennessey 635×649×8 92419 bytes <nowiki></nowiki> 2007-03-15 21 43 Mdhennessey 635×675×8 141946 bytes <nowiki>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 '</nowiki> USS Mount Hood AE-11 Admiralty Islands |