Typhoon: The Other Enemy - The Third Fleet and the Pacific Storm of December 1944
by Calhoun, Capt. C. Raymond, USN, Ret
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870215108
- ISBN 13
- 9780870215100
- Seller
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Haworth, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1981. Fine in near fine DJ. Written by the commanding officer of a Farragut class destroyer, USS Dewey, which narrowly escaped capsizing in this typhoon. Details of the event in which Adm. Halsey sailed the Third Fleet into a typhoon, losing three destroyers, nearly 800 sailors and more than 100 aircraft. Discusses the missed weather signals, the shipboard chaos that ensued, subsequent rescue attempts, the board of inquiry that followed, and the aftermath. . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Bruce Irving (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001957
- Title
- Typhoon: The Other Enemy - The Third Fleet and the Pacific Storm of December 1944
- Author
- Calhoun, Capt. C. Raymond, USN, Ret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870215108
- ISBN 13
- 9780870215100
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- US Navy, Third Fleet, Halsey,WW II, destroyers, Farragut, Typhoon, Nimitz,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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