Saturday, April 10, 2010

Casualties at the Mount Hood Explosion

I came across these figures for deaths at the unfortunate Mount Hood Explosion:

MINDANAO ARG-3-- 23 188 wounded, according to Wikipedia, 82 killed.
Oberrende DE-344-- 1
ALHENA AKA-7-- 3
YMS-293-- 2
YMS-238-- 1
YMS- 49-- 1
YMS-340-- 1
CEBU ARG-6-- 5
PIEDMONT AD-17-- 1
ARGONNE AG-31-- 2
YO-77-- 1
YOUNG DD-580-- 1
KYNE DD-744-- 1

The Piedmont was 3,500 yards away and one man suffered injuries from a direct hit by the base of a 5-inch shell.

Manus Island is by Papua New Guniea.

A Horrible Accident. --Cooter

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