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Typhoon Cobra, also known as the Typhoon of 1944 or Halsey's Typhoon (named after Admiral William Halsey Jr.), was the United States Navy designation for a powerful tropical cyclone that struck the United States Pacific Fleet in December 1944, during World War II. The storm sank three destroyers, killed 790 sailors, damaged 9 other warships ...
USS Hull (DD-350) was a Farragut-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II.She was named for Isaac Hull.. Hull received 10 battle stars for World War II service, having sailed to Europe, and serving in the Pacific before and during the war in combat.
The Typhoon Cobra tragedy, Admiral Chester Nimitz said, "represented a more crippling blow to the Third Fleet than it might be expected to suffer in anything less than a major action". Monaghan received 12 battle stars for World War II service.
But near the end of World War II, those meteorological linchpins weren't available, and it led to a tragic decision that cost hundreds of lives. ... The typhoon, later dubbed Cobra, capsized three ...
World War II Lyman K. Swenson left ... known as Typhoon Cobra or the Typhoon of 1944, which generated waves 50 and 60 feet (15 and 18 m) high. Though three destroyers ...
Foundered in Typhoon Cobra, 18 December 1944: General characteristics; ... to serve in the Pacific against the Japanese in World War II. History ...
Typhoon Cobra struck the United States Pacific Fleet and did severe damage to Task Force 38. Destroyers Hull, Monaghan and Spence all foundered in the storm. The typhoon was a significant plot element in Herman Wouk's novel "The Caine Mutiny". Douglas MacArthur was made a five-star general in the U.S. Army. [24]
As a typhoon headed for Guam and the Philippines during WW II, Bob Meyer steered his ship toward what he believed was safety. That's not what happened. Brad Johnson: World War II veteran remembers ...