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Mount Hood

Ship Designation: 
AE-11
Date Lost: 
Friday, November 10, 1944
Ammunition Explosion
Mount Hood, at an anchorage in Seadler Harbor along with other COMSOWESPAC ships carried 3800 tons of ordnance material in her holds. Shore party of 17 members of ship's crew from Mount Hood departed ship at 0830. At 0855, a flash was seen coming from Mount Hood quickly followed by 2 explosions. ... There were no survivors other than the shore party of 17 who had departed the ship prior to the explosion. ... Naval Board of Inquiry convened to examine evidence relating to the disaster was unable to ascertain the cause. Available evidence strongly points to the conclusion that explosion was caused by force or agency within the ship itself .

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 327

Namesort descending Service Branch
Sea 1c Raymond Eberhardt USN
Sea 1c Raymond Eberhardt USN
Sea 2c Albert Edwards USN
Sea 1c Marvin Edwards USN
WT 2c Robert Edwards USN
Sea 1c William Ellinger USN
Sea 1c Lawrence Elsemore USN
Ens Richard Emmelmann USN
Sea 1c George Enterlein USN
Sea 1c Robert Esposito USN
Sea 2c Vance Everetts USN
Sea 1c Edward Everman USN
Cox Dominick Farina USN
FC 3c George Farlow USN
MOMM 3c John Faulk USN
Sea 1c Salvatore Fazzino USN
Sea 1c Louis Ferrigno USN
Sea 2c William Ferry USN
Sea 1c Earl Field USN
BM 2c Carl Finnell USN

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Prepared by CAPT R. O. Strange USN (Ret.)