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...
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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...
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Philippine War."[citation needed] The waters off the east side of the island also hosted the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944, wherein a small, unarmored...
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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...
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USS Gambier Bay (section Battle off Samar)
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...
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Ernest E. Evans (category Battle of Leyte Gulf)
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)...
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USS Johnston (DD-557) (section Battle off Samar)
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...
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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...
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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...
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USS St. Lo (category Ships sunk by aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf)
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...
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Japanese battleship Yamato (section Battle off Samar)
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...
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USS Kitkun Bay (section Battle off Samar)
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...
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Escort carrier (section Battle off Samar)
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...
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USS Heermann (section Battle off Samar: October 1944)
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...
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USS Fanshaw Bay (section Battle off Samar)
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...
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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...
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USS Kalinin Bay (section The Battle off Samar)
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...
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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...
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USS Hornet (CV-12) (section Battle off Samar)
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...
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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...
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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...
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USS Marcus Island (section Battle off Samar)
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...
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military rank Šamar, 2003 album by the Croatian punk rock band Hladno Pivo Battle off Samar, central action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf at Samar Island during...
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Takeo Kurita (category Battle of Midway)
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...
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Japanese battleship Haruna (section Battle off Samar)
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...
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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...
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William Halsey Jr. (category Battle of Midway)
carriers and their screening ships entirely by surprise. In the desperate Battle off Samar which followed, Kurita's ships destroyed one of the escort carriers...
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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...
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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...
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USS Sangamon (CVE-26) (section Battle off Samar)
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...
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