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Lost to undermined explosion, 11 November 1944

AE-11 Mount Hood

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Victor - Mike
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 Mount Hood was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Final Disposition, exploded, 11 November 1944 at Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 11 December 1944
    Specifications:
    Displacement 11,295 t.
    Length 459' 2"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 28' 3"
    Speed 16.4 kts.
    Complement 267
    Cargo Capacity 7,700 DWT
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion geared turbine, single propeller, 6,000shp
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    Mount Hood 89k 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
    Mount Hood 128k 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
    Mount Hood 67k Mount Hood (AE-11), smoke cloud expanding, just after she exploded in Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 11 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
    Mount Hood 46k Mount Hood (AE-11) crew photos Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    View the Mount Hood (AE-11)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    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" Sailors Association
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