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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
Sea 2c Homer Dix USCG
Sea 1c William Dunn USCG
Cox Edmund Durso USCG
Cox Gustave Eckart USCG
Sea 1c Ira Fletcher USCG
Sea 1c Jay French USCG
Sea 1c Ralph Fritz USCG
Sea 2c Mack Gibson USCG
CBM Robert Glaze USCG
CPC John Goral USCG
SC 3c Warren Granger USCG
Sea 1c Jean Gray USCG
Sea 1c Freeman Gregory USCG
Sea 1c Frank Gretz USCG
BM 2c John Hampton USCG
F 2c Kenneth Harmon USCG
Sea 1c Melvin Haskell USCG
SC 2c George Henshaw USCG
GM 3c Henry Hinson USCG
Sea 1c Robert Hodge USCG

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