Explosion of USS <i>Mount Hood</i> (AE-11) in Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 10 November 1944: Small craft gathered around USS <i>Mindanao</i> (ARG-3) during salvage and rescue efforts shortly after <i>Mount Hood</i> blew up about 350 yards away from <i>Mindanao's</i> port side. <i>Mindanao</i>, and seven motor minesweepers (YMS) moored to her starboard side, were damaged by the blast, as were the USS <i>Alhena</i> (AKA-9), in the photo's top left center, and USS <i>Oberrender</i> (DE-344), in top right. Note the extensive oil slick, with tracks through it made by small craft.
U.S. Navy, copied from the War Diary, Manus Naval Base, for November 1944.
Official U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-95000/NH-95405.html">NH 95405</a> from the U.S. Navy <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil">Naval History and Heritage Command</a>