Typhoon Louise vs. the United States Navy

Catastrophe at Okinawa, October 9-10, 1945

Gene Eric Salecker (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

277 Seiten

2024
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9273-9 (ISBN)

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In October 1945, Typhoon Louise tore into Okinawa, slamming ships together and tossing them onto reefs and beaches. This book tells the full story of the typhoon historian Samuel Eliot Morison called ‘the most furious and lethal storm ever encountered by the United States Navy.’

World War II was over and the U.S. was still using the captured Japanese island of Okinawa as a major naval base. Hundreds of vessels dotted the numerous bays and inlets, and thousands of military personnel occupied the island.In October 1945, Typhoon Louise tore into Okinawa, slamming ships together and tossing them onto reefs and beaches. Terrible winds tore up tent cities and disintegrated corrugated tin Quonset huts. One hundred people died and 383 ships of all sizes were sunk or damaged. This book tells the full story of the typhoon historian Samuel Eliot Morison called "the most furious and lethal storm ever encountered by the United States Navy.

Gene Eric Salecker is a retired university police officer and middle school teacher living in River Grove, Illinois. He is currently the historian for the Sultana Disaster Museum in Marion, Arkansas.

Table of ContentsMilitary Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Chapter One. Storm Coming
Chapter Two. Typhoon Ida
Chapter Three. The Doughnut Hole
Chapter Four. Lost at Sea
Chapter Five. Typhoon Jean
Chapter Six. Louise
Chapter Seven. The Recurving
Chapter Eight. Typhoon Winds and Mountainous Waves
Chapter Nine. Rough Day and Night
Chapter Ten. The Bays
Chapter Eleven. The Center of Louise
Chapter Twelve. Ocelot and Nestor
Chapter Thirteen. Sinkings and Capsizings
Chapter Fourteen. The Death of PC-590
Chapter Fifteen. On Land
Chapter Sixteen. Caves, Tombs and Other Safe Places
Chapter Seventeen. Utter Devastation
Chapter Eighteen. Littered Shores
Chapter Nineteen. Sunk, Beached and Damaged
Chapter Twenty. Enough Is Enough
Appendix I. The Delayed Invasion of Japan
Appendix II. Ships Sunk, Grounded and/or Damaged by Typhoon Louise
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.07.2023
Zusatzinfo	27 photos
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	177 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4766-9273-4 / 1476692734
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-9273-9 / 9781476692739
Zustand	Neuware