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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 ascending
Sea 2c Joseph Bielinski USCG
SK 1c Billy Boyd USCG
F 2c Gerald Breen USCG
Std 2c Chester Brooks USCG
QM 3c James Broshear USCG
Sea 2c Leo Burke USCG
F 1c Junior Butler USCG
Sea 1c Louis Carey USCG
Sea 2c Charles Carr USCG
Sea 1c Peter Cassaris USCG
Sea 1c Joseph Cope USCG
Sea 1c William Cowhey USCG
Sea 1c Charles Craft USCG
MM 2c Arden Cummings USCG
F 1c Albert Curtis USCG
Sea 1c John Dancisak USCG
Sea 1c Howard Day USCG
Sea 2c Henry Deermer USCG
Sea 1c Marvin Derouen USCG
F 1c Harold Distel USCG

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