Larry Harp
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Sittiing here surfing the web and watching the History Channel and saw the story of the aircraft carriers USS Bennington, Wasp, and Hornet and how they had to endure a typhoon during the final days of WWII. I did a Google and found these unbelievable pictures. Consider the Bennington was over 820 feet long and I have no guess at how high the flight deck is.
On 5 June 1945 USS Bennington was damaged by a typhoon off Okinawa and retired to Leyte for repairs, arriving 11 June. Her repairs completed, the carrier left Leyte 1 July 1945 and during 10 July-15 August took part in the final raids on the Japanese home islands.
This picture isn't the same typhoon but happened in 1952. Just shows what real waves look like.
This photo was taken in the fall of 1952 in the North Atlantic during a hurricane with winds at 80 MPH that day. Shortly after this photo was taken the ship dipped back into the waves and lost several aircraft that were on deck to the sea.
All I can say is dayum.
Harpo
On 5 June 1945 USS Bennington was damaged by a typhoon off Okinawa and retired to Leyte for repairs, arriving 11 June. Her repairs completed, the carrier left Leyte 1 July 1945 and during 10 July-15 August took part in the final raids on the Japanese home islands.
This picture isn't the same typhoon but happened in 1952. Just shows what real waves look like.
This photo was taken in the fall of 1952 in the North Atlantic during a hurricane with winds at 80 MPH that day. Shortly after this photo was taken the ship dipped back into the waves and lost several aircraft that were on deck to the sea.
All I can say is dayum.
Harpo
