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	Jesse B. Oldendorf - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Jesse Bartlett "Oley" Oldendorf (16 February 1887 - 27 April 1974) was an admiral in the United States Navy, famous for defeating a Japanese force in the Battle of Leyte Gulf during World War II.
		Oldendorf's first command was the destroyer Decatur (DD-341), from 1922 to 1927.
		Oldendorf shifted to the Pacific in January 1944, commanding Cruiser Division 4 from Louisville (CA-28), and supporting landings in the Marshalls, Palaus, Marianas, and Leyte.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/J._B._Oldendorf (326 words)

	Jesse B. Oldendorf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jesse Bartlett "Oley" Oldendorf (16 February 1887 - 27 April 1974) was an admiral in the United States Navy, famous for defeating a Japanese force in the Battle of Leyte Gulf during World War II.
		Oldendorf's first command was the destroyer Decatur (DD-341), from 1922 to 1927.
		Oldendorf shifted to the Pacific in January 1944, commanding Cruiser Division 4 from Louisville (CA-28), and supporting landings in the Marshalls, Palaus, Marianas, and Leyte.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jesse_Oldendorf (335 words)

	USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
		She departed 12 October, one of six battleships in Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf[?]'s Bombardment and Fire Support Group which formed a part of the Central Philippine Attack Force under command of Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid[?], enroute to the Philippine Islands.
		Pennsylvania and five other battleships, with cruisers and destroyers of Rear Admiral Oldendorf's Force, steamed south and by nightfall were steaming slowly back and forth across the northern entrance of Surigao Strait[?], awaiting the approach of the enemy.
		She departed 1 January 1945 with Vice Admiral Oldendorf's Lingayen Bombardment and Fire Support Group, steaming for Lingayen Gulf[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Pennsylvania_(BB-38).html (3481 words)

	USS Oldendorf (DD-972) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		USS Oldendorf (DD-972), named for Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf USN, was a Spruance class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula in Mississippi.
		In March 1996, and in response to the announcement of missile tests and military live-fire exercises to be conducted by the Chinese in the waters surrounding the island of Taiwan, the United States dispatched forward deployed naval assets, including a carrier and other combatants to the area to monitor the situation.
		In August 2000, Oldendorf was directed to the scene of a crash into the Persian Gulf, on 23 August, by a comercial passenger jet, in order to assist in the recovery of the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/U/USS-Oldendorf-(DD-972).htm (1559 words)

	DD 972 Oldendorf
		USS Oldendorf is a versatile multi-mission destroyer capable of operating independently or as an integral part of a powerful battle group.
		In August 2000, the USS Oldendorf was directed to the scene of a crash into the Arabian Gulf, on August 23, by a comercial passenger jet, in order to assist in the recovery of the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder.
		USS Oldendorf is named after Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, one of the most distinguished surface warfare flag officers to serve during World War II.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/dd-972.htm (1997 words)

	Glorious Death: The Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 23rd -- 25th, 1944 by Tim Lanzendörfer
		After a two-day naval bombardment by Rear-Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf’s 3rd Fleet battleships, the amphibious groups under Rear-Admiral Daniel E. Barbey and Vice-Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson went ashore at Tacloban and Dulag respectively, creating a beachhead without major trouble and establishing themselves at Tacloban airfield on October 21st.
		Their attacks would open the final phase of the battle, involving the six battleships of Vice-Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf’s Bombardment Force and the cruisers previously screening transport and battle forces.
		Oldendorf, realizing his target was smothered, ordered a general cease fire at 0409.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/battles/leyte_gulf.htm (6554 words)

	Jesse B. Oldendorf -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This was followed by onshore assignments and a stint as flag secretary of the (Click link for more info and facts about Special Service Squadron) Special Service Squadron.
		From 1939 to August 1941 he commanded the (Click link for more info and facts about Houston) Houston, then joined the staff of the (Click link for more info and facts about Naval War College) Naval War College.
		The destroyer (Click link for more info and facts about USS Oldendorf (DD-972)) USS Oldendorf (DD-972) was named in his honor.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/J/Je/Jesse_B._Oldendorf.htm (157 words)

	USS Oldendorf (DD 972)
		USS OLDENDORF was the tenth SPRUANCE - class destroyer and the first ship in the Navy named after Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, one of the most distinguished surface warfare flag officers to serve during World War II.
		A native Californian, Admiral Oldendorf was catapulted to fame due to his overwhelming victory at the Battle of Suriagao Strait on 24-25 October 1944.
		In August 2000, USS OLDENDORF was directed to the scene of a crash into the Arabian Gulf, on August 23, by a comercial passenger jet, in order to assist in the recovery of the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder.
	navysite.de /dd/dd972.htm (1721 words)

	Vice-Admiral Jesse Bartlett Oldendorf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Oldendorf made pre-WWI cruises in cruisers and destroyers, commanded the armed guard of a freighter and was officer aboard a transport.
		Then he was engineering officer aboard the cruiser Seattle, and exec of the transport Patricia.
		He commanded 11th Naval District after the war and the Western Sea Frontier, retiring in September 1948 with the rank of Admiral.
	www.microworks.net /PACIFIC/biographies/jesse_oldendorf.htm (294 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On the night of 24-25 October 1944 Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf would use a variation of it to destroy both parts of the Southern Force.
		Oldendorf had 6 old slow battleships, 4 heavy and 4 light cruisers and 26 destroyers.
		Clifton Sprague, was concerned the threat from the Japanese Southern Force had been eliminated by Oldendorf's force during the previous night, and the Third Fleet with 15 fleet carriers and the fast Iowa class battleships was still guarding San Bernardino straight to the north.
	web.bytenet.net:81 /history/Leyte.html (5208 words)

	UVa Statistics: The Battle of Leyte Gulf
		Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf arranged his ships, centered around six Pearl Harbor battleships, as the northern entry of the strait.
		With Oldendorf's flotilla hidden by a smoke screen, Shima executed the unusually discreet maneuver of retreating.
		Oldendorf sent his cruisers and destroyers in pursuit, but recalled them before they caught Shima.
	www.stat.virginia.edu /leyte.html (1032 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On the night of 24-25 October 1944 Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf would use a variation of it to destroy both parts of the Southern Force.
		Oldendorf had 6 old slow battleships, 4 heavy and 4 light cruisers and 26 destroyers.
		Clifton Sprague, was concerned the threat from the Japanese Southern Force had been eliminated by Oldendorf's force during the previous night, and the Third Fleet with 15 fleet carriers and the fast Iowa class battleships was still guarding San Bernardino straight to the north.
	www.bytenet.net /history/Leyte.html (5208 words)

	THE BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF - Summary
		Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, with 6 old slow battleships (five of which had been sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor), 4 heavy and 4 light cruisers, and 26 destroyers, was charged with the task of stopping the Japanese Southern Force in Surigao Strait.
		Oldendorf's force and the PT boats then harried the retreating Japanese.
		The threat from the Japanese Southern Force had been eliminated by Oldendorf's force during the previous night, and Halsey's Third Fleet with its immense strength lay to the north between the escort carriers and the Japanese Central and Northern forces.
	www.centuryinter.net /amlegionlacrosse/leytegulf.htm (4040 words)

	UVa Statistics: The Battle of Leyte Gulf
		Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf arranged his ships, centered around six Pearl Harbor battleships, as the northern entry of the strait.
		With Oldendorf's flotilla hidden by a smoke screen, Shima executed the unusually discreet maneuver of retreating.
		Oldendorf sent his cruisers and destroyers in pursuit, but recalled them before they caught Shima.
	wald.stat.virginia.edu /leyte.html (1032 words)

	FUSO
		Their American opponent, Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, had deployed his overwhelming forces to gain the maximum advantage.
		At 0518 dawn was beginning to break as Oldendorf's cruisers closed within gun range of the fleeing enemy as the Japanese passed the FUSO's wreckage.
		In the meantime, Oldendorf's ships had resumed a southward advance at 0617 and at 0707 opened fire on ASAGUMO which was stalled near where the FUSO stern had sunk.
	www.combinedfleet.com /atully06.htm (11967 words)

	USS Oldendorf to decomission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		SAN DIEGO -- The crew of USS Oldendorf (DD-972) will hold a decommissioning ceremony on June 20, 2003 to formally decommission the destroyer and honor its 25 years of service to the Navy.
		Oldendorf is the 10th of 31 ships in the Spruance class.
		Named after Adm. Jesse B. Oldendorf, a surface warfare flag officer in World War II, Oldendorf is 563 feet long and can reach speeds of up to 30 knots.
	www.navy.mil /search/displaybbs.asp?bbs_id=544&cat=1 (171 words)

	Hugh W. Hadley
		Jesse M. Roper widow of Lieutenant Commander Roper, and commissioned on 15 February 1919, Commander Abram Claude in command.
		She departed 12 October, one of six battleships in Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf's Bombardment and Fire Support Group which formed a part of the Central Philippine Attack Force under command of Vice Admiral Thomas Cassin Kinkaid, enroute to the Philippine Islands.
		Firing first on 12 September to cover minesweeping operations and underwater demolition teams, she continued the shore bombardment until the landing craft approached the beaches on the 15th.
	www.usshadley.com /HughWHadleyCDRUSN.htm (8396 words)

	Treatment: Hell Is Highwater
		Lt. Charles B. McKissick was on deck duty at the time and looked through some files of radio messages and found one that seemed rather unusual, it stated that there was some sort of anti-submarine patrol that had reported contact South of the Indianapolis position.
		And that the accused, Charles B. McVay III, Captain of the U.S. Navy, is of the second charge not guilty; and the court does therefore acquit the said Charles B. McVay III, Captain of the U.S. Navy, of the second charge." Most of the spectators present were jubilant.
		Charles B. McVay II fought victoriously as an ensign in the Spanish-American war and during WWI had commanded the Saratoga, the New Jersey, and the Oklahoma.
	www.stackjones.com /highwater.html (12468 words)

	:: Print Version :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I could see the 500-pound bomb it was carrying as it zeroed in on the ship's bridge.
		Jesse B. Oldendorf had deployed his fleet in classic Navy form.
		He had ordered the fleet to "cross the T." Instead of meeting the enemy head on, Oldendorf had his fleet turn a 90 degree angle to deliver a broadside blow to the approaching fleet.
	www.montrosepress.com /articles/2004/08/17/courage/11.prt (1228 words)

	Naval History USS Pennsylvania BB-38
		She departed 12 October, one of six battleships in Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf's Bombardment and Fire Support Group which formed a part of the Central Philippine Attack Force under command of Viee Admiral Thomas Cassin Kinkaid, enroute to the Philippine Islands.
		Pennsylvania and five other battleships, with cruisers and destroyers of Rear Admiral Oldendorf's Force, steamed south and by nightfall were steaming slowly baek and forth across the northern entranee of Surigao Strait, awaiting the approach of the enemy.
		The Group came under heavy air attacks 4-5 January and the escort carrier Ommaney Bay was hit by a suicide plane and destroyed by the resulting fire.
	www.navyhistory.com /battle/Penn.html (3316 words)

	The Small Boys \| TIME
		Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, cruising at the northern end of the strait with the U.S.'s older battleships, learned that a big Japanese force, including two battleships, was headed for the strait from the west to turn the tide in the battle for Leyte.
		Oldendorf corked up the mouth of the strait with his old battlewagons, sent destroyers up ahead.
		The Japanese came pouring up through the strait in the darkness, the destroyers raced in to point-blank range, fired their torpedoes and wheeled away, and Oldendorf opened up with his big guns.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,860249-2,00.html (527 words)

	combatindex.com - US Sea Systems: DD 972 (USS OLDENDORF)
		The design of the OLDENDORF Coat of Arms is a composite of emblems representing Admiral Oldendorf's achievements during his illustrious career.
		USS OLDENDORF is named after Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, one of the most distinguished surface warfare flag officers to serve during World War II.
		She is the first US Navy ship to bear the name Oldendorf and was designed and built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries in Pascagoula, MS.
	www.combatindex.com /hardware/detail/sea/dd972_detail.html (1699 words)

	Chapter XVI: The Caribbean in Wartime
		Agreement on the matter was finally reached at the end of March when the Netherlands Government accepted Rear Adm. Jesse B. Oldendorf, USN, as supreme commander of all forces in the Aruba-Curacao area.
		Admiral Oldendorf, who had been placed in command of all American forces in the area earlier in the month, now organized a joint staff with Captain Van Asbeck, the local Dutch commander, as his chief of staff.
		The constitutional position of the Dutch colonial Governor was recognized and nominally upheld by considering Admiral Oldendorf's orders as being given under the authority of the Governor.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/Guard-US/ch16.htm (10264 words)

	HyperWar: USMC Operations in WWII: Vol III--Central Pacific Drive [Chapter IV-4]
		Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf was to station his old battleships, along with their screen of cruisers and destroyers, about 25 miles west of Saipan to shatter a possible night attack by Japanese surface units.
		Because of the volume of hostile fire that was erupting along the northern beaches, 1/2, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Wood B. Kyle, was diverted to the zone of the 4th Marine Division.
		Units of Oldendorf's Covering Group could be recalled for specific fire support assignments for troops ashore and were so used in several instances during this deployment.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/III/USMC-III-IV-4.html (10446 words)

	ipedia.com: USS West Virginia (BB-48) Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Underway on 12 October to participate in the invasion of the Philippine Islands, West Virginia sailed as part of Task Group (TG) 77.2, under the overall command of Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf.
		Detailed to deal with the force heading in his direction, Admiral Oldendorf accordingly deployed his sizable force -- six battleships, eight cruisers, and 28 destroyers -- across the northern end of Surigao Strait.
		At 2236 on 24 October 1944, the American PT boats deployed in the strait and its approaches made radar contact with Nishimura's force, conducting a harassing attack that annoyed, but did not stop, the oncoming enemy.
	www.ipedia.com /uss_west_virginia__bb_48_.html (5948 words)

	Aircraft Carriers in Peace and War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At 0500, and hour and a half before sunrise, this group launched it combat air patrol for Leyte and at 0545, its local combat air patrol, antisubmarine patrol, and its first strike on Japanese beach positions on Leyte.
		After more than two hours of almost continuous firing, during which her guns were knocked out one by one, the Johnston went down in the midst of the Japanese fleet.
		Roberts, is similar; a successful torpedo attack under suicidal conditions, followed by gun duels at 4,000 to 5,000 yards with vastly superior enemy ships until - dead in the water and sinking fast - she was abandoned.
	www.hostultra.com /~Exidor/USS_Manila_Bay/Aircraft_Carriers.html (2500 words)

	Naval History/USS Indianapolis CA-35
		From there she was to report to Vice Adm. Jesse B. Oldendorf for further duty off Okinawa.
		Captain Charles B. McVay, III, USN, commanding officer of Indianapolis at the time of her sinking, was vindicated from any blame concerned with the loss of hls ship.
		All personnel involved in the failure to report the ship's absence from Leyte were also exonerated, after all the evidence had been carefully weighed.
	www.navyhistory.com /cruiser/Indianapolis.html (2788 words)

	Naval History/USS Minneapolis CA-36
		As the Japanese launched the three-pronged naval attack; which would develop into the Battle for Leyte Gulf, Minneapolis was assigned 24 October to Adm. Jesse B. Oldendorf's bom,bardment group with other cruisers and older battleships.
		As the Japanese ships steamed in column, they ignored the flank attacks of the smaller ships heading straight for Oldendorf's battleline, which opened fire with an enormous coordinated salvo, immediately sinking the first of the two Japanese battleships they would conquer that night.
		Continuing to alternate carrier screening and bombardment duties in the Philippines, Minneapolis~ was on the scene for the attack and landings at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon 4 to 1S January 1945 and the landings on Batnan and Corregidor 13 to 18 February.
	www.multied.com /Navy/cruiser/Minneapolis2.html (1313 words)

	Today, October 25, 1944
		The Americans are led by Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf.
		At the beginning of their occupation, the Japanese conquerors boasted that the Americans would never return to the Philippines.
		However, the three Japanese naval forces were intercepted by the American task force under Rear-Admiral J.B. Oldendorf, Admiral William F. Halsey, and Rear-Admiral Thomas L. Sprague, and were annihilated in a series of naval engagements off Samar, Cape Engano and Surigao Strait.
	www.thefreeman.com /today_in_the_past/story-20041025-23848.html (240 words)

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