Typhoon Cobra
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typhoon-cobra-184-3878436
title:
Typhoon Cobra
text:
Typhoon Cobra, also known as the Typhoon of 1944 or Halsey's Typhoon, was the United States Navy designation for a powerful tropical cyclone that struck the United States Pacific Fleet in December 1944, during World War II. The storm sank three destroyers, killed 790 sailors, damaged 9 other warships, and swept dozens of aircraft overboard off their aircraft carriers. Task Force 38 (TF 38) had been operating about 300 mi east of Luzon in the Philippine Sea, conducting air raids against Japanese
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Pacific typhoon in 1944
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Cobra
date created:
2005-10-22T12:06:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T12:44:59Z
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image:
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13
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