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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 95406 Explosion of USS Mount Hood (AE-11) in Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 10 November 1944 Damage to Quonset huts atop the barge YF-681 from concussion from the explosion that destroyed USS Mount Hood. The barge is alongside USS Argonne (AG-31), which was also damaged by the blast. Copied from the War Diary, Manus Naval Base, for November 1944 U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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29 September 1999