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USS Mount Hood (AE-29)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Zulu - Romeo
NWZR

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2)
Second Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Iran/Indian Ocean, 1-Persian Gulf) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Op Frequent Wind, Op Restore Hope Somalia, Bosnia) - Vietnam Service Medal (1) - Southwest Asia Service Medal
Fourth Row - Humanitarian Service Medal (1-Frequent Wind, 1-Grounding of RPS Datu Kalantiaw) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

Kilauea Class Ammunition Ship:

Laid down, 8 May 1967, at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Inc, Sparrows Point, MD.

Launched, 17 July 1968

Commissioned, USS Mount Hood (AE-29), 1 May 1971, CAPT. Leslie A. Taylor Jr. USN in command

During the Vietnam War USS Mount Hood participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Vietnam War Campaign
Vietnam Ceasefire Campaign 25 May 1972 to 13 March 1973

Decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register, and title transferred to the Maritime Administration, 10 August 1999

USS Mount Hood (AE-29) earned one campaign star for Vietnam War service

Laid up in reserve at Bremerton, WA.

Moved to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group, Benecia, CA., October 1999, for lay up

Title transfer to MARAD, 29 November 2001

Sold for scrapping, 21 August 2013

Withdrawn for the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet Group, 21 August 2013 for cleaning at the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.

Taken under tow by MV Elsbeth III, 5 September 2013, outbound from the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard to Brownsville, TX, for dismantling.

Final Disposition, scrapped at Brownsville, TX.

Specifications:
Displacement 9,340 t.(lt) 19,940 t.(fl)
Length 564'
Beam 81'
Draft 29'
Speed 20 kts.

Complement

MSC 125 -133 Civilian Mariners

Naval Detachment 30

Cargo Capacity 60,000 cu ft 6,000DWT

Armament

USS - four twin 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts

USNS - none

Aircraft two MH60S Seahawk helicopters

Propulsion

one General Electric turbine

three Foster-Wheeler 600psi boilers

single six blade fixed propeller, 22,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	1308k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** at anchor in the Port of Melbourne, Australia, date unknown.	Photo from the Chris Howell collection with copyright
	217k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Tom Armstrong
	75k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	98k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** moored pierside, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "NAVSEA Journal."	Bob Bush
	51k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	110k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo
	78k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** under way, circa 1971, location unknown. US Navy photo.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	311k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29) rearming USS Richard S. Edwards (DD-950)** by vertrep in the South China Sea during the summer of 1972.	Photo by CAPT. Rex Settlemoir USN (Ret.)
	200k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** underway in the Pacific Ocean in 1972. US Navy photo.	Mike Smolinski
	78k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** at anchor in Hong Kong Harbor, 1975. Photo by Karsten Petersen	Robert Hurst
	41k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** entering San Francisco Bay after passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, 3 August 1979. The "Good Hood" was homeward bound after completing a successful WestPac deployment. ©Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.	Mike Smolinski
	73k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29) under way, aerial port beam view, September 1981, while en route to Cayalan Island, Philippines, the location of the capsized Philippine destroyer escort ship RPS Datu Kalantiaw,(PS-76)** which had been overtaken by Typhoon Clara. Photo from the Department of Defense Visual Imaging web site	Fred Weiss
	83k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29) anchored off Cayalan Island, Philippines, 22 September 1981. Mount Hood participated in search and rescue (SAR) operations for the beached and overturned frigate RPS Datu Kalantiaw (PS-76)**. Photo from the Department of Defense Visual Imaging web site	Fred Weiss
	152k	An aerial view of the Kitty Hawk battle group under way in the Pacific Ocean, 2 March 1987. The ships are, left to right, front row: frigate *USS Stein* (FF-1065), guided missile cruiser USS Halsey (CG-23), frigate USS Barbey (FF-1088); second row, guided missile destroyer USS Callaghan (DDG-994), ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-29), aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), combat stores ship USS Mars (AFS-1), and guided missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG-48). Fleet oiler USS Willamette (AO-180)** follows. US Navy photos by PH2 Hensley, available from the Defense Imagery Management Operations Center, id.: DN-SC-87-10327.	Museum of Military History, Kissimmee, FL
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	49k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** under way, port beam view, 13 July 1987. A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter is taking off from her helicopter pad. Photo from the Department of Defense Visual Imaging web site	Fred Weiss
	132k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** under way, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	79k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** heads out of San Diego Bay, 30 September 1997, for an at sea period in the Eastern Pacific. US Navy photo # 970930-N-0000U-022.	Bill Gonyo
	98k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29) and USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) underway off Johnson Atoll, 14 August 1998, while John C. Stennis was off loading ammunitions onto Mount Hood*. The aircraft carrier was returning to her new homeport in San Diego, CA., finalizing her 1998 around-the-world cruise. US Navy photo # 980814-N-6932B-001* by PH3 Jason Brunson.	Bill Gonyo
	77k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Frederick J. Moisson, Collection Manager & Volunteer Coordinator, Museum of Military History
09052925	230k	*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** underway off San Diego, CA., date unknown. ©George Barber	Nicholas Tiberio
	291k	Ex-*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** being eased into Drydock No. 2 at the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 21 August 2013, for cleaning prior to being towed to Brownsville, TX. for dismantling.	Photo by Mike McCullough
	156k	Ex-*USS Mount Hood* (AE-29)** under tow by MV Elsbeth III, 5 September 2013, outbound from the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard, passing under the Golden Gate Bridge for the last time as she heads to Brownsville, TX. for dismantling.	Photo by Mike McCullough

Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Taylor Jr., Leslie A.	1 May 1971 - 16 December 1972
02	CAPT. Rasmussen, Robert Leonard (Ras)	16 December 1972 - 14 June 1974
03	CDR. Thurber, John Davis	14 June 1974 - 23 October 1976
04	CAPT. Strickland Jr., Virgil Earl	23 October 1976 - 1 December 1978
05	CAPT. Fisher, Gordon Everett	1 December 1978 - 7 November 1980
06	CDR. Burke, Michael E.	7 November 1980 - 7 January 1983
07	CAPT. Nelson, Barron Craig	7 January 1983 - 17 May 1985
08	CAPT. Bruckner, James Winston	17 May 1985 - 6 November 1987
09	CDR. Coward, Thomas W.	6 November 1987 - 5 December 1989
10	CDR. Wessman, Mark David	5 December 1989 - 17 January 1992
11	CDR. Marshall, David Warren, USN (USNA 1973)	17 January 1992 - 20 October 1993
12	CDR. Rengstorff, Carol A.	20 October 1993 - 31 August 1995
13	CDR. Menid Jr., Peter A.	31 August 1995 - 31 March1997
14	CDR. Beyer, William Scott	31 March 1997 - 25 September 1998
15	CDR. Malloy, Todd Webster, USN (USNA 1981)	25 September 1998 - 10 August 1999


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

For more photos and information about USS Mount Hood, see:
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
Postal Covers related to the ship

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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