[or-roots] Pacific Typhoon

[Aileen Itzen]

I recall a friend telling me of the time she, her husband (career Navy) and 
small child were being transferred back to the US from Shanghai in the late 
'30's.  Their ship got caught in a typhoon with a great deal of cargo lashed 
to the main decks.  Some of it got loose and crews were trying to control it 
each time the ship rolled.  At one point one seaman got caught against the 
rail by a large container.  When the container slid the opposite direction 
there were only two halves of the seaman left.  She said later the ship's 
commanding office made the observation that the list had been much more than 
the manufacturer  had indicated would be the maximum.  She said her husband 
had some slacks hanging up on a door hook and when the ship rolled in one 
direction the slacks would hang  almost straight down from the door and when 
it rolled the other way they were pressed hard against the door.  She didn't 
much care if she never had that experience again.    Aileen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 4:58 PM
Subject: [or-roots] Pacific Typhoon


> Walt;
>
> Was that the typhoon in the early fifties or late forties that one of our
> pacific fleets got caught in and lost a lot of ships and they had one 
> famous
> survivor that heeled over in the wind about 5 or ten degrees past capsize
> and still came back upright?
>
> I read about that in Readers Digest when I was pretty small taters and it
> stuck with me, though obviosly details like "exactly" where and when have
> escaped me. I probably don't even remember enough of it to look it up.
>
> Les C
>
>> and I have been on a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with 200 MPH
> winds and waves breaking  over the bridge 80 ft. off the water line. We 
> were
> in this for 5 days try that someday and you will know what a hurricane is
> all about. And we were in an all steel ship 500 ft. long that breaking up 
> do
> to the wave action.
> <
>
> Walt Davies
> Cooper Hollow Farm
> Monmouth, OR 97361
> 503 623-0460
>
>
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