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Serpens

Ship Designation: 
AK-97
Date Lost: 
Monday, January 29, 1945
Explosion at Laguna Beach
Anchored off Lunga Beach in the Solomons and loading depth charges in her holds, Serpens suddenly exploded in the process. 198 members of the ship's crew perished in the accident along with 57 Army stevedores who were assisting in the loading process. There were 2 survivors from the explosion along with a shore party of 8 who were ashore at the time of the accident. ... No cause for the explosion which destroyed Serpens has ever been determined

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 195

Name Service Branchsort descending
PhM 2c Roy Anderson USCG
Cox Edwin Antkowiak USCG
WT 1c Harry Aro USCG
Lt(jg) George Auble USCG
GM 3c Woodward Babcock USCG
Sea 1c Charles Barnhouse USCG
AS Clifford Ashby USCG
Sea 2c Keith Burns USCG
Sea 2c Anthony Cambria USCG
Sea 2c Raymond Callahan USCG
Sea 2c Gilbert Camarlinghi USCG
Sea 2c Michael Cammarata USCG
Sea 2c Pete Catgenova USCG
MM 2c James Chadwick USCG
S 1c Frank Cianco USCG
Sea 1c James Cote USCG
Sea 1c Lovell Crook USCG
Sea 1c Ranard Crowe USCG
Sea 1c John Daly USCG
Ens Max Davis USCG

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