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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 ascending Service Branch
CMM Lawrence Phelps USN
GM 3c Robert Pfeifer USN
F 1c John Petrusky USN
F 1c John Peterson USN
RDM 3c Melvin Peterson USN
CGM Angelo Pertile USN
Sea 1c Raymond Perry USN
Sea 1c Howard Perilloux USN
Sea 1c Arthur Payne USN
CSK Robert Pattillo USN
SC 2c Frank Pasternak USN
Sea 1c Louis Passalacqua USN
Sea 1c Robert Parker USN
Sea 2c Kenzie Parker USN
MM 1c Merl Palmer USN
SF 1c Michael Pacella USN
EM 1c William Ott USN
Lt Vernon Orr USN
Sea 1c John Omalley USN
Sea 1c Augustus Oliver USN

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