Chronology of World War II
Saturday, January 13
Rough Water in the South China Sea
In an image often incorrectly attributed to Typhoon Cobra, a
Sumner
-class destroyer plunges in a trough in the South China Sea on January 13, 1945. This image was taken from
New Jersey
(BB-62). (US Navy photo in NARA record group 80-G-470284)