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Book Synopsis 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.
Table of ContentsTable of ContentsMilitary AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroductionChapter One. Storm ComingChapter Two. Typhoon IdaChapter Three. The Doughnut HoleChapter Four. Lost at SeaChapter Five. Typhoon JeanChapter Six. LouiseChapter Seven. The RecurvingChapter Eight. Typhoon Winds and Mountainous WavesChapter Nine. Rough Day and NightChapter Ten. The BaysChapter Eleven. The Center of LouiseChapter Twelve. Ocelot and NestorChapter Thirteen. Sinkings and CapsizingsChapter Fourteen. The Death of PC-590Chapter Fifteen. On LandChapter Sixteen. Caves, Tombs and Other Safe PlacesChapter Seventeen. Utter DevastationChapter Eighteen. Littered ShoresChapter Nineteen. Sunk, Beached and DamagedChapter Twenty. Enough Is EnoughAppendix I. The Delayed Invasion of JapanAppendix II. Ships Sunk, Grounded and/or Damaged by Typhoon LouiseChapter NotesBibliographyIndex
