Did Hurricane Dog From 1950 Rival Mitch, Gilbert, Others?

[MiamiensisWx]

I recently found out about a a mystery storm that I'm not sure that many have heard of. It never threatened land but was, reportedly, a Category Five storm with 160KT winds at it's peak; however, no pressure readings have ever been recorded because it never hit land and was a fish storm. It is Hurricane Dog from 1950, and I think it is an interesting system. Here is a quote from Wikipedia with information on the storm:

Some notable storms of the 1950 season include Hurricane Dog, which had some of the strongest winds of any cyclone in the Atlantic.

The information on Wikipedia about Hurricane Dog continues:

Hurricane Dog

A tropical wave developed into a tropical storm on August 30th, just east of the Lesser Antilles. It moved west-northwest, paralleling the Windward Islands as a strengthening hurricane from the 31st to the 1st. As it drifted northwestward, it steadily intensified to a peak of 190 mph winds on the 6th. Its northward progress was blocked by a high pressure system, having Dog drift westward over cooler waters where it weakened to a minimal hurricane. It turned northward, restrengthening to a 95 mph hurricane, but unfavorable conditions returned on the 11th. It came close enough to New England to cause heavy winds and rough seas, but turned eastward to become extratropical on the 12th. Hurricane Dog caused a total of $3,000,000 in damage (1950 dollars), of which one million was in the islands. In addition, the hurricane was responsible for 14 deaths.

Isn't it an interesting storm? If only pressure readings were taken and if we had satellites then... it would have been VERY interesting to see how strong it was and if it rivaled strong storms such as Katrina, Rita, Mitch, Isabel, Gilbert, Andrew, and others.

Who else has heard of this storm and/or thinks it is interesting? Also, how strong do you think it was? Post your answers here!

P.s.: I know this may be a very stupid poll because we are not sure about it's strength... I just think it is interesting!

[Hurricanehink]

I'll respond (seeing that that Wikipedia article was written by me )
I think Dog was not as strong as indicated. They didn't know the conversion factors for the Recon flights between the various levels, so it was likely unknown and guessed. Look at Hurricane Ethel in 1960. There is no way it went from Cat. 1 to Cat. 5 in 12 hours, just to weaken back to a tropical storm 12 hours later. Its "Cat. 5 strength" was 140 knots flight level, which is much lower. So in my opinion, Dog was much weaker that estimated, and will likely be lowered when Re-analysis gets there in the coming years.

[quandary]

160kts would always convert downwards, so it seems that 140kts or even 145kts is reasonable for the maximum strength of the storm. Another reason for this is that the Atlantic Ocean isn't great at supporting really strong storms. Isabel was the strongest that I've remembered. Where as Janet?

Ivan, Mitch, Camille, Katrina, Allen, Rita, FL Keys and Gilbert were all Caribbean or Gulf Storms. The 1935 Anomoly is the only "Atlantic" hurricane of immense strength, but it was so tiny and located over the gulf stream / loop current at its peak.

[MiamiensisWx]

I don't think it was quite as strong as said, either. However, it could have easily had 160MPH to 165MPH sustained surface winds, in the league of Isabel from 2003.