SULLIVAN, EARL PRESTON, Seaman First Class (no. 8450119), USS Monaghan, US Navy Reserve, †18/12/1944
Wife, Mrs. Harriett Lee Sullivan, 708 Clark St., Blytheville, Ark.
Lost at sea due to sinking of USS Monaghan during Typhoon Cobra
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USS MONAGHAN (DD-354) AND TYPHOON COBRA
The destroyers Hull, MONAGHAN and Spence were returning from patrol with their fuel tanks almost empty when they were overwhelmed by a typhoon east of Samar, Philippine Islands. The storm broke at dawn on December 17th, 1944, with a wind velocity estimated at 130 miles per hour. The vessels attempted to refuel at sea but the conditions made this impossible. The Spence was the first to get into difficulties and at about 9 a.m. her steering gear was damaged and she became unmanageable. Three hours later she sank with most of her complement of 341. The Hull was at first more fortunate than her consorts but at about 11 a.m. she too lost her steering gear and although she remained afloat for more than an hour afterwards there was never any hope of saving her. She sank with 201 officers and ratings. The survivors numbered 62. The MONAGHAN, a sister ship to the Hull, foundered half-an-hour later with the loss of all but six of her crew.
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Suggested edit kindly provided by Contributor 46782320:
His parents were Mr and Mrs R. L. Sullivan. He had a sister Mrs Neville Blakemore , daughters Earline and Louise His wife Harriet Brown Sullivan was a teacher at Lone Oak School.
Earl entered the Navy in January and was considerably older than the average Seaman. He was a veteran on engagements at Saipan and Guam.
Wife, Mrs. Harriett Lee Sullivan, 708 Clark St., Blytheville, Ark.
Lost at sea due to sinking of USS Monaghan during Typhoon Cobra
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USS MONAGHAN (DD-354) AND TYPHOON COBRA
The destroyers Hull, MONAGHAN and Spence were returning from patrol with their fuel tanks almost empty when they were overwhelmed by a typhoon east of Samar, Philippine Islands. The storm broke at dawn on December 17th, 1944, with a wind velocity estimated at 130 miles per hour. The vessels attempted to refuel at sea but the conditions made this impossible. The Spence was the first to get into difficulties and at about 9 a.m. her steering gear was damaged and she became unmanageable. Three hours later she sank with most of her complement of 341. The Hull was at first more fortunate than her consorts but at about 11 a.m. she too lost her steering gear and although she remained afloat for more than an hour afterwards there was never any hope of saving her. She sank with 201 officers and ratings. The survivors numbered 62. The MONAGHAN, a sister ship to the Hull, foundered half-an-hour later with the loss of all but six of her crew.
https://wrecksite.eu
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Suggested edit kindly provided by Contributor 46782320:
His parents were Mr and Mrs R. L. Sullivan. He had a sister Mrs Neville Blakemore , daughters Earline and Louise His wife Harriet Brown Sullivan was a teacher at Lone Oak School.
Earl entered the Navy in January and was considerably older than the average Seaman. He was a veteran on engagements at Saipan and Guam.
SULLIVAN, EARL PRESTON, Seaman First Class (no. 8450119), USS Monaghan, US Navy Reserve, †18/12/1944
Wife, Mrs. Harriett Lee Sullivan, 708 Clark St., Blytheville, Ark.
Lost at sea due to sinking of USS Monaghan during Typhoon Cobra
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USS MONAGHAN (DD-354) AND TYPHOON COBRA
The destroyers Hull, MONAGHAN and Spence were returning from patrol with their fuel tanks almost empty when they were overwhelmed by a typhoon east of Samar, Philippine Islands. The storm broke at dawn on December 17th, 1944, with a wind velocity estimated at 130 miles per hour. The vessels attempted to refuel at sea but the conditions made this impossible. The Spence was the first to get into difficulties and at about 9 a.m. her steering gear was damaged and she became unmanageable. Three hours later she sank with most of her complement of 341. The Hull was at first more fortunate than her consorts but at about 11 a.m. she too lost her steering gear and although she remained afloat for more than an hour afterwards there was never any hope of saving her. She sank with 201 officers and ratings. The survivors numbered 62. The MONAGHAN, a sister ship to the Hull, foundered half-an-hour later with the loss of all but six of her crew.
https://wrecksite.eu
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Suggested edit kindly provided by Contributor 46782320:
His parents were Mr and Mrs R. L. Sullivan. He had a sister Mrs Neville Blakemore , daughters Earline and Louise His wife Harriet Brown Sullivan was a teacher at Lone Oak School.
Earl entered the Navy in January and was considerably older than the average Seaman. He was a veteran on engagements at Saipan and Guam.
Wife, Mrs. Harriett Lee Sullivan, 708 Clark St., Blytheville, Ark.
Lost at sea due to sinking of USS Monaghan during Typhoon Cobra
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USS MONAGHAN (DD-354) AND TYPHOON COBRA
The destroyers Hull, MONAGHAN and Spence were returning from patrol with their fuel tanks almost empty when they were overwhelmed by a typhoon east of Samar, Philippine Islands. The storm broke at dawn on December 17th, 1944, with a wind velocity estimated at 130 miles per hour. The vessels attempted to refuel at sea but the conditions made this impossible. The Spence was the first to get into difficulties and at about 9 a.m. her steering gear was damaged and she became unmanageable. Three hours later she sank with most of her complement of 341. The Hull was at first more fortunate than her consorts but at about 11 a.m. she too lost her steering gear and although she remained afloat for more than an hour afterwards there was never any hope of saving her. She sank with 201 officers and ratings. The survivors numbered 62. The MONAGHAN, a sister ship to the Hull, foundered half-an-hour later with the loss of all but six of her crew.
https://wrecksite.eu
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Suggested edit kindly provided by Contributor 46782320:
His parents were Mr and Mrs R. L. Sullivan. He had a sister Mrs Neville Blakemore , daughters Earline and Louise His wife Harriet Brown Sullivan was a teacher at Lone Oak School.
Earl entered the Navy in January and was considerably older than the average Seaman. He was a veteran on engagements at Saipan and Guam.
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