[BGHater]

Haley's Typhoon: The True Story of A Fighting Admiral, An Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin

This book review caught my eye. I had not heard about this inicident, but I'm always happy to read about Heroes.

[BGHater]

Er..Halsey’s

[PzLdr]

If I recall, Halsey managed to take a U.S fleet into a typhoon TWICE.

[rlmorel]

I just finished it...one of the most gripping books I have read in a while.

A must read for any historian, and most certainly any naval historian...

[maxsand]

“The only good Japenese is dead Japanese, I want to make as many Japanese good Japanese as I can.”

-William “Bull” Halsey

[Eagles6]

Looks like a good read. Thanks for the heads up.

[PAR35]

“I had not heard about this inicident”

You need to spend more time of FreeRepublic. There have been a couple of threads:

The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Typhoon Cobra - Disaster at Sea - Dec. 18th, 2002
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/808538/posts

The FReeper Foxhole Revisits Typhoon Cobra ~ Disaster at Sea (18 December 1944) - Dec. 27th, 2003
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1844299/replies?c=1

[rickdylan]

Victory at Sea sequences show scenes from either this or something entirely similar to it. It shows the bows of Iowa class ships going straight down into the water and coming up again.

[kms61]

a much older cousin was on the USS Essex during the typhoons. He said it was the scariest thing he’s ever been through.

[MrEdd]

Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a boat or he couldn't get to sea
I had another look and I had a cup of tea..,

[MrEdd]

Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a boat or he couldn't get to sea
I had another look and I had a cup of tea..,

[oyez]

The Typhon washed up Captain Quegg in “The Cain Mutiny”.

[sasportas]

From what I have read, no Admiral was more liked by his men. He was a man’s man. He had a great sense of humor. A no frills sea dog.

MacArthur called him the most fighty admiral in the Navy. Many remember him only for his mistakes, instead of his leadership.

[JasonC]

The other curiousity here is that Japan was twice saved from invasion by the Mongols, by seeing their fleets smashed up by exactly this sort of storm. And called that deliverance by nature, "the divine wind". Divine wind in Japanese is "kamikaze".

Neither variety stopped the USN, though.

[DieHard the Hunter]

Big-time Halsey fan! I MUST READ...!

[norwaypinesavage]

My father-in-law was on the Corregidor - a ‘Jeep carrier’ during this storm. He tells many interesting stories. His ship developed a hull crack during the storm. Cracks in these Liberty Ships led to rapid development of the science of Fracture Mechanics, a field in which I have spent a career. This damage took the Corregidor out of service in the Pacific for the rest of the war.

[dakine]

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[Tijeras_Slim]

Excellent read.

[reagan_fanatic]

I had not heard about this inicident

I have to confess I've never heard of this either.

Amazing stuff. Thanks for the post.

[Ditto]

This book review caught my eye. I had not heard about this inicident, but I'm always happy to read about Heroes.

I just printed this review out. There's an old salor I know who sailed through this storm. He told me about the three miserable days he was stuck below deck riding this one out. I think I'll pick up the book for him.

[PurpleMan]

“I Know This Book. Your Conclusions Were Wrong, Ryan. Halsey Acted Foolishly.” CAPT Ramius