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		In between was the destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts, which on 25 October 1944 sailed into history in the Battle off Samar.
		The Battle off Samar is considered by many to be the US Navy's finest hour.
		This battle was triggered by the attack on the Samuel B. Roberts.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/55807 (2345 words)

	The Battle Off Samar - Taffy III at Leyte Gulf by Robert Jon Cox (Book) in History
		The Battle Off Samar - Taffy III at Leyte Gulf
		The surprise appearance of a powerful Japanese surface fleet at dawn on October 25, 1944 off the Island of Samar in Leyte Gulf led to one of the most one sided (in capability) naval battles in history.
		A reader new to the battle will come away with an amazed appreciation of the "Cost of Freedom" and the gallantry of the men of Taffy III on that long ago October day.
	www.lulu.com /content/211640 (494 words)

	Military History Online - The Battle for Leyte Gulf Revisited
		And because "The Battle for Leyte Gulf" didn't change the situation on the ground in any important way, it can't go down as a major victory unless the largely unknown fifth battle is included as part of it.
		It was that battle that determined the final fate of the Japanese in the central Philippines.
		Since the purpose of the Battle for/of Leyte Gulf was to secure the Gulf area, any fair-minded assessment has to include the contributions of Army land forces—particularly the 77th Division, destroyer squadrons that raided enemy re-supply bases on the island, and Marine Fighter-Bomber groups that dealt heavy blows to Japanese shipping.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/articles/leytegulfrevisited.aspx (753 words)

	Battles of the supership Yamato
		She arrived on the 28th but in fact took no part in the subsequent bitter fighting in the confined waters off Guadalcanal, partly because of their confined and poorly charted nature, but also because there was no bombardment ammunition available for her 18in guns, and there was a general shortage of oil.
		In a long running battle, in which Yamato fired her big guns at enemy ships for the only time in her career, one U.S. carrier USS Gambier Bay and three destroyers were sunk.
		It was here in the Battle off Samar that this scenario was as close as it ever was to be.
	www.battleshipyamato.info /battles.html (3539 words)

	"Chikuma" Photo Gallery
		Her crew was taken off by the destroyer Nowaki and Chikuma was scuttled in the late morning of 25 October 1944.
		Her stern has been hit by a torpedo and cut off short, though the ship's outboard propellers are still able to keep her underway.
		Chikuma dead in the water off Samar on 25 October 1944 with a destroyer, probably Nowaki, standing by outside of the oil slick.
	www.warship.get.net.pl /Japonia/Cruisers/CA_1938_Tone_class/_Chikuma_photos.html (927 words)

	The Battle of Leyte Gulf
		And those fighters that had expended all of their machine gun ammunition made repeated dry runs on the Japanese formation just to draw the fire of the anti-aircraft guns away from the planes that were still armed.
		Admiral Halsey races north with the Third Fleet to destroy the Japanese Decoy Force in the Battle off Cape Engaño.
		And, in the ultimate objective of the Japanese plan, the heaviest elements of the Japanese surface fleet throw themselves against the woefully unprotected invasion forces in the Battle off Samar.
	www.battleship.org /html/Articles/History/Leyte5.htm (2155 words)

	The Battle of Badung Strait by Vincent O'Hara
		The Battle of Badung Strait by Vincent O'Hara
		The Battle of Sibuyan Sea (24 October 1944) occurred approximately 330 miles distant and the Battle off Cape Engaño (25 October 1944) was fought about 700 sea miles to the north.
		Ergo, the so-called Battle for Leyte Gulf would actually be more accurately titled “The Campaign for Leyte Gulf”—just as the nine battles of the Central Solomons are referred to as “The Solomons Campaign” and not “The Battle of the Solomon Islands”.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/Battles/new_look_leyte.htm (3275 words)

	Glorious Death: The Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 23rd -- 25th, 1944 by Tim Lanzendörfer
		The four-day battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 marked the eclipse of Imperial Japanese naval power, the last sortie in force of the Imperial Navy, and the largest naval battle ever fought on the face of the earth.
		Peeling off the screen of the fleeing baby flattops, destroyers Hoel, Heerman and Johnston, as well as destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts, headed off and engaged the Imperial cruisers and battleships farther off.
		And though the battle of Leyte Gulf ended on a sour note for the U.S., the fact remained that on the evening of October 26th, 1944, there remained no Navy on any of the planet’s seven seas that would be capable of challenging Allied naval dominance.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/battles/leyte_gulf.htm (6554 words)

	THE BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF - Summary
		This was to mean that he lost control of the battle, and his giving such an order when his force was already engaged in redeployment caused immense confusion within the Japanese formation.
		This was the end of the Battle off Cape Engano, and - apart from some final air strikes on the retreating Japanese forces on 26 October - the end of the Battle for Leyte Gulf.
		When Admiral Ozawa was questioned on the battle after the war he replied 'After this battle the surface forces became strictly auxiliary, so that we relied on land forces, special [Kamikaze] attack, and air power.
	www.angelfire.com /fm/odyssey/LEYTE_GULF_Summary_of_the_Battle_.htm (4173 words)

	New Look at the Greatest Naval Battle in History Sea Classics - Find Articles
		The Battle of Sibuyan Sea (24 October 1944) occurred approximately 330 miles distant and the Battle off Cape Engafio (25 October 1944) was fought about 700 sea miles to the north.
		Now let's take a closer look at the term "The Battle for Leyte Gulf." While the four battles presently comprising it sounded the death knell of the Japanese fleet, the immediate objective (as the name clearly indicates) was to bring the Leyte Gulf area securely under Allied control.
		On the other hand, the four battles of 24 and 25 October 1944 were great theater: A historian's dream, their cast of characters was charismatic admirals and fleets of carriers, cruisers and battleships - some of which had been resurrected from the silt of Pearl Harbor.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4442/is_200408/ai_n16062728 (981 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / THE BATTLE OFF SAMAR
		First blow in the Battle for Leyte Gulf was struck by the U.S. submarine Darter against the Center Force as Kurita’s ships steamed northeast along Palawan, the daggerlike island jutting southwest from the middle of the Philippine archipelago.
		One of the missiles reached the sleek cruiser, blowing off its bow in a thunderous eruption of flame, smoke, and debris.
		As the battle unfolded, Admiral Sprague saw that the greatest immediate danger to his group were the four enemy heavy cruisers Chikuma, Chokai, Haguro, and Tone.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1966/1/1966_1_20.shtml (6699 words)

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		After the Battle of Subiyan Sea, Admiral Halsey no longer considered the Center Force a serious menace, and he sent the carriers north to intercept decoy carriers of the Japanese Northern Force off Cape Engano.
		These swift moving events left the escort carriers of "Taffy 3" as lone sentinels off Samar, and unaware of the nighttime movement of the Center Force.
		Two enemy cruisers were sunk and much damage inflicted on the other ships of this overwhelmingly powerful surface fleet, turned back in the last analysis by the indomitable spirit of the men of the escort carriers and their screen of destroyers and destroyer-escorts.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/carriers/cve73.txt (1244 words)

	HyperWar: Battle off Samar Island - CTG 77.4
		The Battle Disposition assumed was similar to disposition A-2 in USF-10A with the battleships in an initial station on latitude 10°-35' North at the northerly entrance of Surigao Strait, patrolling on easterly and westerly courses at five knots between Hibuson Island and Hinunucan Point with the flank forces maintaining stations on the battle line.
		At the time when we were screening the van of the battle line a large caliber salvo landed extremely close aboard and if we had been, as the Japs had undoubtedly figured we were, the leading battleship in the column, it would have resulted in an extremely well placed hit.
		During the bombardment period, 15-24 October, and throughout this battle there were no material casualties, other than minor communication failures due to excessive shock of gunfire, which fact in itself evidences on the part of the responsible officers and men a high degree of efficiency and training.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/rep/Leyte/CTG-77.4.html (2449 words)

	Naval Institute Resources: The Battle of Leyte Gulf Collection (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The last great naval battle of World War II, Leyte Gulf also is remembered as the biggest naval battle ever fought anywhere, and this book has been called the best account of it ever written.
		First published in hardcover on the battle’s fiftieth anniversary in 1994 and drawing on materials not previously available, it blends history with human drama to give a real sense of what happened--despite the mammoth scope of the battle.
		Marc A. Mitscher, an early naval aviator and commanding officer of the carrier Hornet during the Doolittle raid on Japan in April 1942 and the Battle of Midway in June 1942, was Commander Task Force 38 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
	www.usni.org /resources/LeyteGulf/LeyteGulf.htm (808 words)

	Battle off Samar 1944
		Kurita's force continued to close and inflict damage to the American ships but it disengaged before decisive results were achieved because Kurita feared the presence of more powerful American forces (which were in fact not there).
		Had Kurita pursued, he might have reached the US transports off Leyte.
		Among the first Kamikaze attacks took place during this battle.
	www.onwar.com /maps/wwii/pacific2/samar44.htm (100 words)

	Pacific Naval Battles
		Pacific Naval Battles in World War II The Pacific War was the largest naval conflict in history.
		Every conceivable type of naval activity was represented: carrier aviation battles, surface engagements, bitterly fought night-fights, the largest amphibious landings of the entire war, and the stealthy, brutal battles waged by and against submarines.
		I have compiled information on a number of the more important (and, I think, interesting) battles of the war, including a synopsis, tabular displays of the forces involved, and in some cases ship movement track charts.
	www.combinedfleet.com /map.htm (492 words)

	The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors - Hornfischer
		MBC: This was, in a sense, the battle of Thermopylae for the Navy.
		I guess the accurate thing to say is that these battles during the Leyte Gulf campaign were the last fleet engagements in history, where you had columns and formations, and sustained combat over a period of time, major gunfire from battleships and heavy cruisers.
		Sailors on those cruisers that were sunk off Samar when their fleet was in full retreat really had no chance to be rescued.
	www.tincansailorsbook.com /author.html (4488 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		By DAVID F. If the battle for Surigao Strait, fought early on the morning of Oct. 25, 1944, ranks as one of the most decisive in American naval history, the engagement off Samar that occurred shortly thereafter rates as one of the most heroic.
		On the previous day, in the battle of the Sibuyan Sea, American Third Fleet aircraft ripped into the advancing battleships and cruisers of Vice Adm. Takeo Kurita’s First Striking Force, claiming the super-battleship Musashi.
		As the battle off Samar unfolded, the fourth component of what became known as the battle for Leyte Gulf took place to the north.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/nov_04_34.php (778 words)

	UVa Statistics: The Battle of Leyte Gulf
		The destruction of Japanese naval air power in the Battle of the Philippine Sea forced the Imperial Navy to prepare for a decisive battle using surface ships.
		The Battle of Leyte Gulf included four decisive naval actions: that of the Sibuyan Sea on Oct. 24; the Battle of Surigao Strait on Oct. 24 and 25; the Battle off Samar on Oct. 25, and the Battle off Cape Engano on Oct. 25 and 26.
		Hoyt, Edwin P. The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Death Knell of the Japanese Fleet.
	wald.stat.virginia.edu /leyte.html (1032 words)

	Leyte: the battle off Samar (October 25, 1944 ) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		That day saw the climax of the battle of Leyte, with two major sea encounters fought at the same time and the arrival of a new weapon, ushering a new era in the Pacific War.
		The end result was never in doubt and the Japanese lost all of his carriers, either during the carrier battle or later in the night, finished up by US cruisers detached for that mission.
		The battle off Samar is one-sided too, but it turned in favor of the US David against the Japanese Goliath.
	users.swing.be /navbat/cartes/58.html (425 words)

	Chaotic Synaptic Activity » The Battle Off Samar - 60th Anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Following the JOHNSTON into battle with the HEERMANN close by, the “Sammie ‘B’,” is a legend in U.S. Naval history, for the courage her crew displayed that day.
		Not only was it so clean your could eat off the deck (a real feat in a gun mount full of hydraulics and constant foot traffic, let alone heavy metal things like shell casings and tools being dropped on the deck) the gunnery performance was also excellent.
		The Battle off Samar is the last naval ship to ship battle (other than between or with patrol boats) in the world’s history.
	chaoticsynapticactivity.netfirms.com /nfblog/2004/10/25/the-battle-off-samar-60th-anniversary (2603 words)

	Naval Institute Resources: The Battle of Leyte Gulf Collection - Michael Bak, Jr. Oral History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bak: The biggest surprise we had was the battle off Samar at Leyte Gulf when the Japanese fleet was just about 18 miles away without anybody knowing about it.
		The captain would give results later on, when the battle was all over, for the entire crew.
		Bak: I think what happened during a battle, the fellows who manned headsets were probably talking and they were telling the guys down below decks what was happening when there wasn't any command from the officer of the deck or the captain to tell them to do something with the engines or something like that.
	www.usni.org /resources/leytegulf/LeyteGulf_Bak.htm (2678 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / THE BATTLE OFF SAMAR
		Admiral Kurita said to his officers before the battle: “I know many of you are strongly opposed to this assignment.
		One plane preparing to take off from the flight deck was bounced forward by the concussion of explosions pummelling the sea.
		And then, after hours of brain-pounding battle that demanded automatic response, they had been cast into a tropical sea shadowed by the haze of gunsmoke and burning ships.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1966/1/1966_1_20_print.shtml (6619 words)

	Chaotic Synaptic Activity: The Battle Off Samar - 60th Anniversary
		The men in this battle are the forefathers of the men and women who risk themselves completely in Iraq and Afghanistan today land I consider them to be cut from the same cloth.
		If you’re still with me here, here are some important notes about this battle: In William Shakespeare’s Henry V (Act 4, Scene 3), there is a speech referring to “We band of brothers,” about those who are on the field of battle on Saint Crispen’s Day.
		On the book’s web site tonight, there was a comment that the reason the Battle off Samar wasn’t ever publicized, it would have to have called to question why Bull Halsey was off on a goose chase, and not making sure the amphibious force was protected.
	chaoticsynapticactivity.blogspot.com /2004/10/battle-off-samar-60th-anniversary.html (2832 words)

	USS St Lo Association, Inc. - History of the St Lo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		After repairs and resupply, the Midway was assigned to the 7th fleet, sailed to Seeadler harbor at Manus Island in the Southwest Pacific (off New Guinea), and was soon in action again providing air cover for the invasion of Morotai in the Moluccas island group.
		The Taffies were assigned stations from the North off Samar and extending South off Mindanao, with Taffy 3 in the northernmost position.
		Rescued survivors on the transport Barnstable after the Battle Off Samar Following the sinking, the four remaining escort ships, Heermann (DD532), Dennis (DE405), John C. Butler (DE339) and Raymond (De341) were directed to pick up survivors.
	www.ussstlo.com /ship/history.cfm (888 words)

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