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Joseph Michael

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Joseph Michael

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Joseph Michael

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life01

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:07:33 -0500

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

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admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:45:41 -0500

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Description: Life Magazine December 14, 1942

Spence1

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:44:46 -0500

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Description: Al Rosley joined the navy one week short of his 18th birthday. He knew as soon as he turned 18, he would be eligible for the draft and didn't want to serve in the army. He served on the USS Spence which sank during a typhoon. He was one of only a few survivors.

Spence1

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Spence2

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Description: Torpedo Crew of the USS Spence. Al Rosley is the fourth from the left in front row. The USS Spence sank during a typhoon on December 18, 1944.

Spence2

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:44:19 -0500

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Description: Torpedo Crew of the USS Spence. Al Rosley is the fourth from the left in front row.

spence01

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Spence14

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rosley02

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:15:37 -0500

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Description: TM 3/C Albert Rosley, 20, was assigned to the destroyer, USS Spence when it was capsized on December 18, 1944 south of Luzon during a typhoon. Rosley joined the navy at the age of 17, just one week shy of 18. He knew that on his 18th birhday he would be eligible for the draft and didn't want to join the army. On December 17, Spence prepared to refuel and pumped out all of the salt water ballast from her tanks; but rough seas caused the fueling operations to be canceled. The next day, the weather worsened and the storm turned into a major typhoon. As the ships wallowed in canyon-like troughs of brine, Spence's electrical equipment got wet from great quantities of sea water taken on board. After a 72 degree roll to port, all of the lights went out and the pumps stopped. The rudder jammed; and, after a deep roll to port about 1100, Spence capsized and sank. Two other destroyers, Hull (DD-350) and Monaghan (DD-354) were also sunk in the typhoon. Rosley was one of only 24 survivors of a crew of 347 men. He and 18 other men clung to a floater net of rope while winds of more than 110 miles an hour and waves over 70 feet high beat against him. When they were rescued two days and nights later, only Rosley and five other men had survived. The USS Spence was laid down on May 18, 1942 from the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine and launched on October 27, 1942. The Spence was 376.5 feet long and displacement was 2,050 tons and had a speed of 35 knots. As a member of Destroyer Squadron 23, known as the "Little Beaver Squadron," the Spence participated in the raids against the Caroline Islands and in the Marianas Campaign. She was with the squadron when it become the first unit to bombard Kaviong in February, 1944. The story of the USS Spence and the other ships of the Third Fleet can be found in the book, "Typhoon: The Other Enemy, The Third Fleet and the Pacific Storm of December 1944" written by Captain C. Raymond Calhoun, U.S. Navy (retired).

rosley02

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:15:37 -0500

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Description: TM 3/C Albert Rosley, 20, was assigned to the destroyer, USS Spence when it was capsized on December 18, 1944 south of Luzon during a typhoon. On December 17, pence prepared to refuel and pumped out all of the salt water ballast from her tanks; but rough seas caused the fueling operations to be canceled. The next day, the weather worsened and the storm turned into a major typhoon. As the ships wallowed in canyon-like troughs of brine, Spence's electrical equipment got wet from great quantities of sea water taken on board. After a 72 degree roll to port, all of the lights went out and the pumps stopped. The rudder jammed; and, after a deep roll to port about 1100, Spence capsized and sank. Two other destroyers, Hull (DD-350) and Monaghan (DD-354) were also sunk in the typhoon. Rosley was one of only 24 survivors of a crew of 347 men. He and 18 other men clung to a floater net of rope while winds of more than 110 miles an hour and waves over 70 feet high beat against him. When they were rescued two days and nights later, only Rosley and five other men had survived. The story of the USS Spence and the other ships of the Third Fleet can be found in the book, "Typhoon: The Other Enemy, The Third Fleet and the Pacific Store of December 1944" written by Captain C. Raymond Calhoun, U.S. Navy (retired). The USS Spence was laid down on May 18, 1942 from the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine and launched on October 27, 1942.

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