File:USS Mount Hood (AE-11) explodes at Seeadler Harbor on 10 November 1944.jpg

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English: The explosion of the U.S. Navy ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11) in Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands on 10 November 1944. The smoke trails are left by fragments ejected by the explosion. The cause of the explosion could not be determined.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 65605 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photographed by a photographer of the 57th Construction Battalion, who had set up his camera to take pictures of the Battalion's camp.

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current07:25, 16 April 2016Thumbnail for version as of 07:25, 16 April 20165,685 × 4,260 (6.68 MB)Cobatfornew NHHC file
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01:32, 22 March 2010Thumbnail for version as of 01:32, 22 March 20102,951 × 2,392 (1.14 MB)Wmalanwallace{{Information |Description={{en|1=The explosion of the USS Mount Hood (AE-11) in Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands on November 10, 1944. The smoke trails are left by fragments ejected by the explosion. The explosion was not due to enemy action; it

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