Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome black and white 80-G-299183: Typhoon Cobra (Halsey’s Typhoon), December 17, 1944. Survivors of USS Spence (DD 512) and USS Hull (DD 350) rescued by USS Tabberer (DE 418) after typhoon had capsized the U.S. destroyers on December 17, 1944. Shown: Gathered in the wardroom of USS Tabberer after rescue are seated (left to right): Lieutenant Robert M. Surdam, USNR; Lieutenant Commander Henry L. Plage, USNR, and Lieutenant Howard L. Korth, USNR. Standing, (left to right): TM1/C Robert Lee Cotton and BM1/C Louis Anthony Purvis. Note, the other destroyer lost was USS Monaghan (DD 354). Photograph released January 21, 1945. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15). 80-G-299183: Typhoon Cobra (Halsey’s Typhoon), December 17, 1944. Survivors of USS Spence (DD 512) and USS Hull (DD 350) rescued by USS Tabberer (DE 418) after typhoon had capsized the U.S. destroyers on December 17, 1944. Shown: Gathered in the wardroom of USS Tabberer after rescue are seated (left to right): Lieutenant Robert M. Surdam, USNR; Lieutenant Commander Henry L. Plage, USNR, and Lieutenant Howard L. Korth, USNR. Standing, (left to right): TM1/C Robert Lee Cotton and BM1/C Louis Anthony Purvis. Note, the other destroyer lost was USS Monaghan (DD 354). Photograph released January 21, 1945. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15). |