{"product_id":"typhoon-louise-vs-the-united-states-navy-9781476692739","title":"Typhoon Louise vs. the United States Navy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cli\u003eMilitary Abbreviations\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter One. Storm Coming\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Two. Typhoon Ida\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Three. The Doughnut Hole\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Four. Lost at Sea\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Five. Typhoon Jean\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Six. Louise\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Seven. The Recurving\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Eight. Typhoon Winds and Mountainous Waves\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Nine. Rough Day and Night\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Ten. The Bays\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Eleven. The Center of Louise\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Twelve. Ocelot and Nestor\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Thirteen. Sinkings and Capsizings\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Fourteen. The Death of ­PC-590\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Fifteen. On Land\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Sixteen. Caves, Tombs and Other Safe Places\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Seventeen. Utter Devastation\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Eighteen. Littered Shores\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Nineteen. Sunk, Beached and Damaged\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Twenty. Enough Is Enough\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eAppendix I. The Delayed Invasion of Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eAppendix II. Ships Sunk, Grounded and\/or Damaged by Typhoon Louise\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040519389527,"sku":"9781476692739","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476692739.jpg?v=1750946996","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/typhoon-louise-vs-the-united-states-navy-9781476692739","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}