Peace your picture of the explosion of the Mount Hood brought back memories.I was in a whale boat about 3000 yards away going over to a liberty island to relax and have our ration of 3 bottles of (ABC Beer Aztec Brewing Company)when this explosion happened and believe me I don't know what a tital wave would be like but there were waves that went through Manus Harbor that I don't want to experience again.We were told at the time that there were 2 Tin Cans tied up 1 on each side and both of them of course were also destroyed.There were 1 officer and 17 men off of the Mount Hood that survived the explosion and they had left the ship about 30 minutes before the explosion to go and pick up mail.Thanks Peace for the memory Louie Roy