The Battle off Samar was the centermost action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the largest naval battles in history, which took place in the Philippine...

the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle off Cape Engaño, and the Battle off Samar), as well as lesser actions. Allied forces announced the end of organized...

typifying the Philippine War." The waters off the east side of the island also hosted the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944, wherein a small, unarmored...

escort carrier of the United States Navy. During the Battle off Samar, part of the overall Battle of Leyte Gulf, during a successful effort to turn back...

ship was nicknamed the "Sammy B". Samuel B. Roberts was sunk in the Battle off Samar, in which a small force of U.S. warships prevented a superior Imperial...

cruisers USS Astoria, USS Vincennes and USS Quincy. She was sunk in the Battle off Samar in October 1944. The Takao-class cruisers were an improved version...

large Imperial Japanese Navy flotilla. In what became known as the Battle off Samar, Johnston and the other escort ships charged the Japanese ships to...

posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle off Samar in World War II. Evans, of Native American ancestry (Cherokee/Creek)...

December. She served in the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, the Battle off Samar, in which she was the first ship to undergo kamikaze attack, and the...

of a kamikaze attack. The attack occurred during the Battle off Samar, part of the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf. St. Lo was laid down as Chapin Bay on...

carrier group of the U.S. Navy's Task Force 77, "Taffy 3", in the Battle off Samar, sinking or helping to sink the escort carrier USS Gambier Bay and...

four major subsidiary battles: the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle off Samar, and the Battle off Cape Engaño, along with...

relying on the protection of a Fast Carrier Task Force. However, at the Battle off Samar, one U.S. task force of escort carriers and destroyers managed to successfully...

several battles during World War II in the Pacific theatre of operations, including the Philippines campaign, Battle off Samar and the Battle of Iwo Jima...

sailors lost in the Battle off Samar, October 25, 1944, a part of the Battle of Leyte Gulf (Philippines), and in subsequent battles of the Pacific: The...

Yamato fired the first salvos into the battle, followed by the other large warships, opening up the battle off Samar. Yukikaze would take part in a torpedo...

Force steadily closed and at 0658 opened fire on Taffy 3. So began the Battle off Samar—one of the most memorable engagements in U.S. naval history. Outnumbered...

in support of the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, the Battle off Samar, and the Battle of Okinawa. Postwar, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet...

campaign, she participated in the Battle off Samar, the largest naval engagement in history, and during the Battle of Mindoro, she had multiple near-brushes...

Taffy 1, including Sangamon, was off northern Mindanao, Taffy 2 off the entrance to Leyte Gulf; and Taffy 3 off Samar. Prior to the 20 October landings...

Douglas (PYc-45), Wyman (DE-38), and Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413). During the Battle off Samar, October 25, 1944, while commanding Samuel B. Roberts, Lieutenant Commander...

Fleet dubbed "Center Force" during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea and the Battle off Samar (both part of the Battle of Leyte Gulf) for which Kurita is best...

The Naval Battle of Leyte Gulf (October '44) The Naval Battle of Surigao Strait (October '44) The Naval Battle off Samar (October '44) Battle of Bessang...

Hornet's fate. In October 1944, USS Gambier Bay was involved at the Battle off Samar, where she was sunk by naval gunfire, primarily from the Japanese battleship Yamato...

B-17 heavy bomber had bombed and mortally damaged Haruna during battle off Lingayen Gulf off the Philippines. No Japanese battleships were present, and Haruna...

intervene when the Japanese surprised the American escort carriers off the coast of Samar on the morning of 25 October with their force of battleships and...

USS Johnston (DD-557), was a Fletcher-class destroyer, which sank in the Battle off Samar in 1944 USS Johnston (DD-821), was a Gearing-class destroyer launched...

had been sunk or damaged by air and submarine attacks prior to the Battle off Samar. Escort Carrier and Taffy 3 Commanders Seventh Fleet Vice Admiral Thomas...

by air attacks. Yamato managed to engage enemy warships during the battle off Samar, October 25 1944, definitively confirming several hits with her 46...

Butler-class destroyer escort, commissioned in 1944 and sunk in the Battle off Samar while defending the escort carriers (CVEs) of Task Unit 77.4.3 ("Taffy...