U.S. cruiser Pittsborough loses bow, but weathers Pacific typhoon. The battered U.S.

U.S. cruiser Pittsborough loses bow, but weathers Pacific typhoon. The battered U.S. cruiser Pittsburgh lies in the habor at Guam, U.S. advance Pacific base, after marking a 900-mile (1,440 km.) voyage through the Pacific with her bow ripped off. A typhoon estimated at 120-knot velocity ripped 100 feet (30 meters) from the bow of the vessel, which is a unit of the U.S. Third Fleet, on June 5, 1945, while the fleet was in action off Okinawa. At least 21 U.S. warships damaged, including for carries and three battleships. There were no ships lost and no deaths. The Pittburgh's bow was later recovered by a tug and returned to Guam for salvage. Guam is Advance Headquarters of U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief of Allied naval forces in the Pacific.