Typhoon Louise (1945)

rdf:langString Typhoon Louise (1945)

rdf:langString Typhoon Louise

rdf:langString WPac

rdf:langString The foundered.

rdf:langString The was driven aground. She was declared a total loss and consequently scrapped.

rdf:langString The high-speed minesweeper, a former , was driven onto a reef off Tsuken Shima, Japan, and declared a total loss.

rdf:langString The self propelled covered barge was grounded and damaged.

rdf:langString The Liberty ship was driven ashore, she was declared a total loss.

rdf:langString The patrol craft foundered.

rdf:langString The Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper was lost.

rdf:langString The Liberty ship was driven ashore and wrecked.

rdf:langString The Yard Patrol Boat was wrecked.

rdf:langString The barracks craft was wrecked.

rdf:langString The cutter was wrecked.

rdf:langString The fleet ocean tug was wrecked, 8 killed.

rdf:langString The self propelled covered barge was lost.

rdf:langString The minelayer sank at Tsuken Shima, Japan. She broke in two a week later and was declared a total loss.

rdf:langString The Liberty ship was driven ashore and declared a constructive total loss.

rdf:langString The Design 381 coastal freighter was driven ashore and wrecked.

rdf:langString The Service Squadron command ship was wrecked and abandoned. The wreck was sold for scrap in 1948.

rdf:langString The Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper was grounded, CTL.

rdf:langString The accommodation ship collided with five other vessels in Buckner Bay and sank off Okinawa with the loss of 13 crew members and one passenger.

rdf:langString The tank landing ship was driven aground. Her hulk was stripped and sold for scrapping in 1947.

rdf:langString The miscellaneous auxiliary, a former , was driven ashore. She was refloated and repaired.

rdf:langString The coastal minesweeper was driven ashore. The wreck was sunk in December 1945.

rdf:langString The high speed transport, a former , was driven ashore at Kutaka, Japan and was declared a constructive total loss.

rdf:langString The medium landing ship sank off Okinawa. Thirty-two survivors were rescued by the repair ship .

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rdf:langString Typhoon Louise, known in Japan as the Akune Typhoon (阿久根台風, Akune Taifū), was a deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that hit Japan, with the area hardest hit being Hyogo Prefecture. It caused at least 377 deaths and another 74 missing persons, while leaving a wide swath of damage across the country. It took place just after the cessation of World War II, causing severe damage to bases and forces that had just finished fighting in the conflict. Being the twenty-third named storm and twelfth typhoon of the 1945 Pacific typhoon season, Louise was first seen developing on October 2 near the Caroline Islands. Moving to the northwest, it slowly organized until it strengthened to a tropical storm on the next day. It then passed between the Northern Mariana Islands on the night of October 4, bringing gale-force winds to the archipelago. However, it remained at that intensity until it started to approach the Ryukyu Islands on October 9, where it strengthened to a minimal typhoon. While at its peak intensity of 120 km/h (75 mph), it devastated the islands, especially Okinawa. It weakened back to a tropical storm on the next day as it curved to the northeast. Louise then passed through the Chūgoku region in Japan, then moved out into the Sea of Japan while further weakening below gale-force winds, before dissipating on October 12 near the Tsugaru Strait. Data compiled by the Japan Meteorological Agency showed that Louise killed 377 individuals over the Nansei Islands and Japan, with the majority coming from the former. However, some reports at that time estimate that the typhoon possibly killed over 500 persons, also with many of them coming from the country's islands. Some warships in the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean were destroyed and/or sank due to high waves, increasing the number of missing individuals and deaths. Some planes and essential supplies were also destroyed. Despite the new supplies coming into the area to replace the lost goods, the damages and losses were still high. Overall, the typhoon caused hundreds of millions of damage to ships, croplands, and public establishments.