The fleet was scattered by the storm. One ship, the destroyer escort , encountered and rescued a survivor from the "Hull" while itself desperately fighting the typhoon. This was the first survivor from any of the capsized destroyers to be picked up. Shortly thereafter, many more survivors were picked up, in groups or in isolation. "Tabberer"s skipper – Lieutenant Commander Henry Lee Plage – directed that the ship, despite its own dire condition, begin boxed searches to look for more survivors.