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Old 01-07-08, 05:21 PM   #13
trongey
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Originally Posted by Ula Jolly
15m/s storms are really not among the worst. Between 20-30m/s, most platforms have to give up. Indeed I am sorry SH3 has 15m/s as the worst storms. I'd have liked to see them worse.
Destroyers in particular - historically at least - did not perform very well in such rough seas as these. ...
This account from the Pacific theatre in 1944 shows just how devastating weather could be to warships:
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December 18 - A typhoon east of the Philippines heavily damages the Third Fleet. The destroyers USS Hull (DD-350), USS Monaghan (DD-354), and USS Spence (DD-512) are sunk. The light carriers USS Cowpens (CVL-25), USS Monterey (CVL-26), USS Cabot (CVL-28), and USS San Jacinto (CVL-30); escort carriers USS Altamaha (CVE-18), USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74), USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88), and USS Kwajalein (CVE-98); light cruiser USS Miami (CL-89); destroyers USS Dewey (DD-349), USS Aylwin (DD-355), USS Buchanan (DD-484), USS Dyson (DD-572), USS Hickox (DD-673), USS Maddox (DD-731) and USS Benham (DD-796); destroyer escorts USS Melvin R. Nawman (DE-416), USS Tabberer (DE-418) and USS Waterman (DE-740); oiler USS Nantahala (AO-60) and fleet tug USS Jicarilla (ATF-104) are damaged.
I can't find the picture right now, but I've seen one showing one of the damaged destroyers with it's whole bow sheared off. Talk about limping home!
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