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Lost to undermined explosion, 10 November 1944

Contributed by Don McGrogan
BMCS, USN (Ret.)

USS Mount Hood (AE-11)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Victor - Mike NUVM

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Mount Hood Class Ammunition Ship

Laid down, as SS Marco Polo a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1356) at North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, N.C.

Launched, 28 November1943

Commission, USS Mount Hood (AE-11), 1 July 1944, CDR. Harold A. Turner in command

During World War II USS Mount Hood was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Final Disposition, exploded, 10 November 1944 at Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands

Struck from the Naval Register, 11 December 1944

Specifications:
Displacement 15,296 t.(lim)
Length 459' 2"
Beam 63'
Draft 28' 3"
Speed 16.4 kts.
Complement

officers 23

enlisted 244
Largest boom capacity 36 tons
Cargo Capacity 7,700 DWT
Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

four 3"/50 gun dual purpose gun mounts

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts

ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
Cargo Capacity 400,000 Non refrigerated
Fuel Oil Capacity 10,935 Bbls, NFSO
Ship's Service Generators three turbo 360Kw 120/240V D.C.
Propulsion

one General Electric geared turbine

three Combustion Engineering header type boilers 450psi 750°

double General Electorial Main reduction gear

single propeller, 6,000shp

Size	Image Description	Source
89k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-11)** off Norfolk, VA., 16 July 1944. She is painted in measure 32 design 13F camouflage. US National Archives photo 19-N-70330 a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives	US Navy Historical Center
128k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-11)** underway in Hampton Roads, VA., 6 August 1944. She is painted in measure 32 design 13F camouflage. US Navy photo NH 45735 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
67k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-11)*, smoke cloud expanding, just after she exploded in Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 10 November 1944. Photographed by a photographer of the 57th Construction Battalion, who had set up his camera to take pictures of the Battalion's camp. US Navy photo # NH 65604* from the collection of CDR. Lester B. Marx, now in the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
46k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-11)** crew photos	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII

USS Mount Hood (AE-11)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Turner, Harold Agnew	1 July 1944 - 10 November 1944


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
US Naval Historical Center, Mount Hood explosion presentation
The Mount Hood Explosion: The Official Investigation and Eyewitness Accounts by Survivors
AE/AOE Sailors Association

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