[Gritty]

My father was on a destroyer that survived that typhoon and many years later he still shuddered when he told about the experience. It was one of his most fearsome experiences, and he had several others to choose from - and he wasn't fighting a fire, either.

Frankly, abandoning ship didn't seem like too good an option for the crew of the Monterey.

[Gator101]

Here is the view from a similar ship to USS Monteray (USS Independance) during the same storm:

[hc87]

Agreed. Three destroyers ran out of fuel in that typhoon and sank with heavy loss of life, something like 360 of 450 men involved.

[quikdrw]

I agree. Abandoning ship in a storm would NOT be something that I would want to do. DC training is never a waste of time.

[quietolong]

The FReeper Foxhole Revisits Typhoon Cobra ~ Disaster at Sea (18 December 1944) - Dec. 27th, 2003
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1047211/posts

Typhoon Cobra strikes Third Fleet - December 1944
http://www.odyssey.dircon.co.uk/cobra.htm


the book:
Typhoon the other enemy.