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	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/J._B._Oldendorf (338 words)

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	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/jesse.html (505 words)

	Jesse B Oldendorf - Definition up Erdmond.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
		On 24_October 1944 he deployed his force of battleship s and cruisers in a classic battle_line formation across the Surigao_Strait southwest of Leyte, and defeated the Japanese_Southern_Force in the Battle_of_Surigao_Strait, the last naval_battle fought by surface_ship s alone.
		After the war, Oldendorf commanded the 11th_Naval_District and the Western_Sea_Frontier, retiring in September 1948.
	www.erdmond.com /Jesse_B._Oldendorf.html (303 words)

	DD 972 Oldendorf
		The USS Oldendorf arrived on station in the Arabian Gulf with the USS Carl Vinson Battle Group and took part in Operation Desert Fox in December 1998.
		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.
		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.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/dd-972.htm (1997 words)

	Jesse B. Oldendorf - Result for Jesse B. Oldendorf - Meaning of Jesse B. Oldendorf - Definition of Jesse B. Oldendorf - ...
		Oldendorf's first command was the destroyer USS Decatur (DD-341) ''Decatur'' (DD-341), from 1922 to 1927.
		Oldendorf shifted to the Pacific in January 1944, commanding Cruiser Division 4 from USS Louisville (CA-28) ''Louisville'' (CA-28), and supporting landings in the Marshalls, Palaus, Marianas, and Leyte.
		The destroyer USS Oldendorf (DD-972) USS ''Oldendorf'' (DD-972) was named in his honor.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Jesse_B.%20Oldendorf.html (428 words)

	Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. - Articles and Commentary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Oldendorf won’t dispute that Ventura lost his bid to cut the state’s Displaced Homemaker Program, but she does vehemently deny that she took him on alone.
		Oldendorf, who has headed Career Solutions for 21 years, said that her staff has helped thousands of women enter the state’s workforce.
		Support from all sides was essential, Oldendorf said, because the Ventura administration put a great deal of effort into their push to shut down the program.
	www.womenspress.com /newspaper/2003/1821cm5.html (448 words)

	USS Tennessee (BB-43) Part 3
		Shortly before dawn, Oldendorf's battleships passed to the north of Saipan as the second fire-support group steamed through Saipan Channel at the southern end of the island.
		Enemy coastal guns had fired a few shots at Oldendorf's ships as they rounded the northern tip of the island, and attacking carrier planes as well as the ships' observation floatplanes encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire.
		The entrance to the gulf was secured, but the approaches to the objective area were partially swept when Oldendorf, to avoid delaying the operation, decided to order his ships into the gulf.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/u/us/uss_tennessee__bb_43__part_3.html (3752 words)

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		This was to be Oldendorf's job; and, in the evening of the 24th, he deployed his six battleships across th e northern end of Surigao Strait.
		Admiral Oldendorf, injured and hospitalized sh ortly after reaching Ulithi, was replaced by Rear Admiral Morton Deyo, who broke his flag in Tennessee on 15 March On the 21st, Task Force 54, the gunfire force, was underway for the Ryukyus.
		Vice Admiral Oldendorf was subsequently placed in command of naval forces in the Ryukyus, and Tennessee flew his flag as she covered minesweeping operations in the East China Sea and patrolled the waters off Shanghai for Japanese shipping as escort carriers sent strikes against the China coast.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/battlesh/bb43.htm (14496 words)

	Battle of Leyte Gulf
		The US force off Samar was massively outgunned, but fought sufficiently well that the Japanese withdrew without stopping the landings.
		Oldendorf's force included six battleships, nine heavy and light cruisers, 30 destroyers and some PT boats.
		While the capital ships formed a literal picket line to the north, the destroyers and PT boats went south looking for the Japanese, and found them at about 2am.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/b/ba/battle_of_leyte_gulf.html (861 words)

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		This was to be Oldendorf's job; and, in the evening of the 24th, he deployed his six battleships across the northern end of Surigao Strait.
		Oldendorf ordered gunfire to cease at 0409, after hearing that flanking destroyers were being endangered by American gunfire.
		Oldendorf now received reports that Kurita's "crippled" force had emerged from San Bernardino Strait and joined action east of Samar with some of the supporting escort carrier force stationed there.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/t3/tennessee-v.htm (13319 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.
		Oldendorf, realizing his target was smothered, ordered a general cease fire at 0409.
		Coming up behind her were the cruisers of Oldendorf’s screen, sent to mop up the straits.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/battles/leyte_gulf.htm (6565 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)

	2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I was stationed aboard the U.S.S. Oldendorf (DD-972).
		USS OLDENDORF is a general purpose destroyer designed and built as a multi-mission surface combatant by Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
		The first ship of the Fleet honoring Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, United States Navy, who distinguished himself during World War II in the Battle of Surigao Strait while in command of Battleship Division TWO.
	www.geocities.com /davisusn/2000.html (272 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.angelfire.com /fm/odyssey/LEYTE_GULF_Summary_of_the_Battle_.htm (4179 words)

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		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 (5215 words)

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		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)

	USS Oldendorf to decomission
		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 (162 words)

	FUSO
		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.
		He certainly succeeded in tying Oldendorf down south, and cannot be blamed for Kurita's celebrated failure to press home the Battle of Samar.
	www.combinedfleet.com /atully06.htm (11968 words)

	Navy League
		In contrast, the Japanese ships proceeding toward Surigao Strait endured some air attacks on the morning of the 24th, but steamed unmolested through the rest of the day.
		Forewarned, Seventh Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid ordered Rear Adm. Jesse B. Oldendorf and his invasion bombardment and fire-support group to block the exit of the strait.
		After sunset, Vice Adm. Nishimura’s force of battleships and cruisers advanced through a series of torpedo attacks launched by PT boats that had been sent down the strait to track his progress.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/oct_04_38.php (837 words)

	USS Reno.com - Reno Battles
		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.
		Behind a screen of cruisers Columbia, Denver, Minneapolis, Portland and Louisville on his left flank, and Boise, HMAS Shropshire and U.S.S. Phoenix on his right, the six battleships of his force trained their guns toward the approaching radar contacts.
		Only ten minutes of furious gunfire followed the opening up; at 0401, with Oldendorf’s battleships brought on a course of 270° (exactly opposite to base course held at 0351), West Virginia and California ceased firing.
	www.ussreno.com /Reno%20battles.htm (6744 words)

	Minneapolis
		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.
		Admiral Oldendorf in this Battle of Surigao Strait had performed the classic maneuver of crossing the T, meeting the individual fire of the enemy with his own massed fire, and had won a victory as great as his brother admirals in the other three phases of this battle.
		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 18 January 1945 and the landings on Bataan and Corregidor 13 to 18 February.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/m11/minneapolis-ii.htm (1335 words)

	West Virginia Cultural Center
		She was raised and refitted in time to take part in the invasion of the Philippines.
		As part of Admiral Jesse Oldendorf's bombardment group she participated in the last naval action ever fought by ships of the line.
		Firing 16 16-inch salvoes she helped sink the Japanese battleship Yamashiro and was present in Tokyo Bay for the Surrender.
	kneiper.tripod.com /wvcc.htm (137 words)

	Naval History USS Pennsylvania BB-38 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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)

	USS Halford (DD-480) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Joining Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf 's Fire Group of the Southern Attack Force, Halford participated in the pre-invasion bombardments in Leyte Island.
		Admiral Oldendorf said after the battle, "My theory was that of the old-time gambler: 'Never give a sucker a chance.' If my opponent is foolish enough to come at me with an inferior force, I'm certainly not going to give him an even break."
		After the epochal Battle of Leyte Gulf, which broke the back of Japanese sea power, Halford, departed Leyte Gulf 1 November 1944 and took up operations with the 3rd Fleet out of Ulithi until 2 December when she returned to Leyte as part of the covering force for the landings.
	www.1bx.com /en/USS_Halford_(DD-480).htm (1296 words)

	BB-43 Tennessee
		Yamashiro, still able to make 15 knots after her frightful beating, was fatally hurt and, at 0419, rolled over and sank with all but a few of her crew.
		Censorship had prevented any mention of the Japanese kamikaze weapon in the American press, but it was much in the mind of the Fleet Admiral Oldendorf, injured and hospitalized shortly after reaching Ulithi, was replaced by Rear Admiral Morton Deyo, who broke his flag in Tennessee on 15 March.
		At Singapore Oldendorf shifted his flag to the cruiser USS Springfield (CL-66), and Tennessee continued her long voyage home by way of the Cape of Good Hope.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/bb-43.htm (14189 words)

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