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Without any structure I think it's still a stub... Jdorje 07:02, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Well it has structure. So I think I can upgrade it to a start class. More in the storm history is also needed. íslenska hurikein #12_(samtal) 14:14, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article name

I've moved this to Typhoon Cobra, given that the JTWC did not yet exist, "Typhoon of 1944" is way too vague (since there were obviously more typhoons in 1944), and this seems to be the next most common name for the storm. --Coredesat 22:50, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

I have no problem with the name change, but I'm glad you left the link to the old one, since the naming system did not exist at the time. It is possible that some survivors may remember the "Typhoon of 1944", and I first found it that way. Ask any American who was alive at the time if they heard about Typhoon Cobra and you would probably get a blank stare. Ask them about the typhoon of 1944 and they could tell you all about it. It was in the headlines for months, since it led to the court martial of Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr. If Adm. Halsey had lost his case and been permanently relieved of command, it may have taken much longer to win the war in the Pacific. The Japanese surrender was signed on the deck of Admiral Halsey's flagship, [[USS Missouri]], on 2 September 1945. General Douglas MacArthur asked to sign, as witnesses, the instrument of surrender, British Lieutenant General Arthur Ernest Percival and U.S. Lieutanant General Jonathan Mayhew WainrightIV]. My mother gave me my first name from the latter of these, after seeing his malnourished state from three years of captivity, even though his life-long nickname was "Skinny."

I steamed through the same seas during a typhoon in 1968 on the same type of vessel as the Spence, Fletcher class destroyer and a little larger than the Hull, and Monaghan, Farragut-class destroyer, aboard the USS Mullany (DD528) I had been told about the 800 lives lost in the "Typhoon of 1944." That was the night I looked into the face of God.--W8IMP 08:32, 28 July 2007 (UTC)