Ammunition ship explosions in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, 1944 and 1945

G Dennis Shanks

Ammunition ship explosions in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, 1944 and 1945

MSMR. 2025 Apr 20;32(4):49-50.

Author

G Dennis Shanks^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Australian Defence Force Infectious Disease and Malaria Institute, Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera, Queensland.
² University of Queensland, School of Public Health, Brisbane, Herston.

PMID: 40305871
PMCID: PMC12091951

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Keywords: Armed Forces; Second World War; USS Mount Hood; USS Serpens; United States; WWII; World War II; ammunition; deaths; explosion; mass casualty; military.