    
Title: Ships Damaged by Typhoon at Okinawa, October, 1945 Description: Two of the 222 ships damaged and grounded (twelve were sunk) by the fierce typhoon that swept over Okinawa on October 9, 1945 at 92-mile-an-hour winds, creating 35-foot waves; he typhoon destroyed ninety percent of the buildings on the island and killed forty-seven U.S. personnel, injuring 100 more and forty-seven went missing; had not the Japanese surrendered on September 2, 1945, ending World War II, the typhoon's damage would have seriously impacted U.S. plans to invade mainland Japan (Operation Olympic); Date: October 10, 1945 Category: World War II Keywords: Ryukyu Islands, Second World War, World War II, WWII Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1650 x 1115 (1.84 MPixels) (1.48) Print Size: 14.0 x 9.4 cm; 5.5 x 3.7 inches File Size: 5.27 MB (5,528,396 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000010404 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
