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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Mount Hood (AE-11) |
| Namesake | Mount Hood |
| Builder | |
| Laid down | 28 September 1943 as SS Marco Polo |
| Launched | 28 November 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. A. J. Reynolds |
| Acquired | 28 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1944 |
| Stricken | 11 December 1944 |
| Fate | Exploded on 10 November 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Mount Hood-class ammunition ship (Type C2-S-AJ1) |
| Displacement | 13,910 long tons (14,130 t) |
| Length | 459 ft 2 in (140 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19.2 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft 3 in (8.6 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Capacity | 7,700 long tons (7,800 t) deadweight |
| Complement | 267 officers and enlisted |
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USS Mount Hood (AE-11) was the lead ship of her class of ammunition ships for the United States Navy in World War II. She was the first ship named after Mount Hood, a volcano in the Cascade Range in the US state of Oregon. On 10 November 1944, shortly after 18 men had departed for shore leave, the rest of the crew were killed when the ship exploded in Seeadler Harbor at Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. The ship was obliterated while also sinking or severely damaging 22 smaller craft nearby.