Typhoon Cobra
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Typhoon Cobra, also known as the Typhoon of 1944 or Halsey's Typhoon, 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, and swept dozens of aircraft overboard off their aircraft carriers.
Eye structure captured on radar
USS Cowpens during Typhoon Cobra, 18 December 1944.
USS Langley (CVL-27) rolling heavily during Typhoon Cobra, 18 December 1944.
An oiler struggles to maintain position, 17 December 1944
William Halsey Jr.
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William Frederick "Bull" Halsey Jr. was an American Navy admiral during World War II. He is one of four officers to have attained the rank of five-star fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being William Leahy, Ernest J. King, and Chester W. Nimitz.
Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey Jr. c. 1945
An SBD Dauntless flies anti-submarine patrol over Enterprise and Saratoga.
Halsey in the South Pacific (May 1944)
Admirals Nimitz and Halsey discuss South Pacific strategy in early 1943.