 While attempting to find calmer waters in which to refuel, TF 38 steamed directly through a violent, but unheralded, typhoon.Though the storm cost Admiral William Halsey's force three destroyers and over 800 lives, "Ticonderoga" and the other carriers managed to ride it out with a minimum of damage.Having survived the battle, "Ticonderoga" returned to Ulithi on 24 December.