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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 ...
The 1944 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1944, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean .
October through December 1944 were spent in the Philippines, ... In December, she steamed into the path of Typhoon Cobra, with winds over 100 knots (185 km/h; 115 mph ...
Typhoon Cobra: The Fletcher-class destroyer foundered in the Philippine Sea with the loss of 312 of her 336 crew. Fourteen survivors were rescued by USS Tabberer ( United States Navy), the rest of the survivors rescued on 20 December.
Fueling operations with the fast, carrier strike-force in the Philippine Sea began on 17 December 1944, but increasingly heavy seas forced cancellation later that day. The fueling group became engulfed next day in an approaching typhoon, designated Cobra, with barometers falling to very low levels and winds increasing above 90 knots.
After the Third Fleet was hit by Typhoon Cobra in December 1944, it ported in Ulithi. A court of inquiry was held aboard the destroyer tender USS Cascade on 26 December to determine if Halsey should be sanctioned for sailing into the typhoon. The court found "errors in judgment committed under stress of war operations and stemming from a ...
Langley rolling heavily to starboard during Typhoon Cobra, 18 December 1944. Taken from USS Essex. During November 1944, Langley supported the Philippine landings and strikes the Manila Bay area. Aircraft of Langley ' s CVG-44 attacked Japanese reinforcement convoys, and airfields on Luzon and in the Cape Engaño area.
During Typhoon Cobra also known as "Halsey's Typhoon" on 17 December 1944, with winds reaching one hundred knots (115 mph) and 80 foot (24 m) waves off the coast of Luzon in the Philippines, Steiger was on deck, having secured himself with rope and flattening himself as waves engulfed the ship. [4]