Naval Disaster
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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 Oregon. On 10 November 1944, shortly after 18 men had departed for shore leave, the rest
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The freighter Marco Polo was laid down on September 28, 1943, at Wilmington, North Carolina, by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company under a Maritime Commission contract (M.C. Hull 1356). It was renamed Mount Hood (AE-11) on November 10, 1943, launched on November 28, 1943, and sponsored by Mrs. A. J. Reynolds. The Navy acquired Mount
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It was shortly after midnight—on the 30th of July, 1945—when disaster struck. After delivering the Hiroshima-bomb components to Tinian Island, the USS Indianapolis and her crew of 1,196 sailors were sailing west, toward Leyte (in the Philippines). At 00:14 on 30 July, she was struck on her starboard side by two Type 95 torpedoes, one in the bow and one amidships, from the
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There have been far greater sea disasters then the Titanic but for more then 100 years it still captures the imagination of people like no other nautical disaster. Below are just some pictures of that famous unsinkable ship. Unfinished, at Belfast, on May 31, 1911. Under construction. The Titanic, ready to be launched The iceberg
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