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| | Second Battle Of the Phillipine Sea, Battle of Leyte Gulf and USS ESSEX CV9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | There was some confusion because both the YAMATO and MUSASHI were in action that day, and several pilots reported hitting battleships of this class, but which was not certain at the time. |
 | | On the first strike hits were made on a Chitose class CVL by LT. Bridgers and LTs.jg Turner*, Rising, Eisenhart, Bailey, Moore, and Woods. |
 | | The battleship was stopped dead in the water, and was later to be seen moving at only 8 knots. |
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