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	SurigaoIslands.com :: Places of interest in Surigao, Tourist destination Surigao Philippines,Philippine Touris ...
		On the South by the provinces of Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Sur.
		Composed of Dinagat, Siargao and Bucas Grande Islands, it is comprised of 27 Municipalities and the City of Surigao in mainland Mindanao.
		The province is known as the surfing capital of the Philippines attributed to Siargao's world-class waves.
	www.surigaoislands.com /places.html (390 words)

	Surigao City - Gateway to Mindanao (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Banahao was part of the old district of Caraga, which later on became the politico-military district of Surigao with Tandag (presently the capital of Surigao del Sur) as its capital.
		Surigao officially became the permanent residence of the Recollects on February 1, 1752 when all the canonical books were moved from Siargao to Surigao.
		It was through Surigao Strait that the fleet of Ferdinand Magellan after a brief stay at the island of Homonhon, sailed into the Philippine Archipelago during the epic voyage of discovery and eventual circumnavigation of the world in 1521.
	www.surigao-city.de /history.html (354 words)

	Surigao Strait - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Surigao Strait is a body of water in the Philippines located between the islands of Mindanao and Leyte.
		This strait connects the Bohol Sea with Leyte Gulf and is regularly crossed by ferries that transport goods and people between Visayas and Mindanao.
		The ferries stop at Liloan, Southern Leyte and Surigao City in Surigao del Norte.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Surigao_Strait (94 words)

	FINAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Surigao and Agusan, including the territory lying between Butuan and Caraga Bays, formed the third district called the East district which was changed in 1870 to "Distrito de Surigao".
		It is bounded on the north and east by the vast Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Provinces of Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Sur, and on the west by the historic Surigao Strait.
		It is also the seat of the greatest and historic Battle of Surigao Strait during the World War II and the entry point of the American Liberation forces before the momentous return of Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Leyte.
	www.surigaonorte.gov.ph /profile.htm (1276 words)

	WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Surigao del Norte is a group of islands at the rim of the Asian continental shelf.
		Surigao del Norte is located at the northeastern part of Mindanao between 125º15’ to 126º15’ east longitude and 9º18’ to 10º30’ north latitude.
		It is bounded on the north and east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the provinces of Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Sur, and on the west by the Surigao Strait.
	www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=description&province=106 (389 words)

	The Provincial Profile of Surigao Del Norte
		Surigao del Norte was once part of the province of Caraga, constituted soon after the region was subdued in 1609 by Spanish colonizers.
		Surigao del Norte is a mosaic of varied landscapes at the rim of the Asian continental shelf.
		Surigao del Norte is also filled with hideaways of rustic charms and pristine beauty and a panoramic landscape that never fails to lure visitors to bask in the glory and beauty of its turf and surf.
	www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/surigaonorte.htm (1160 words)

	SURIGAO DEL SUR
		It is bounded on the northwest by Surigao del Norte, on the southeast by Davao Oriental, on the east by the Pacific Ocean and on the west and southwest by the provinces of Agusan del Sur and Agusan del Norte.
		Surigao formerly, extended from what is now known as Agusan including the island east of it and the northern regions of Davao.
		Surigao became the eastern District, comprising Agusan and all the islands between the towns of Butuan and Caraga in 1869.
	members.tripod.com /ust_ism/region11/surigao_del_sur.htm (1217 words)

	GlobalPinoy, Travel - Surigao City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Surigao city is a part of the province located in the northeastern Mindanao area.
		Surigao’s history was dated as early as 1738, according to the records of Fray San Francisco de San Antonio, and was first recognized as Banahao.
		Surigao also serves as the main passage for both land and sea transfer from other regions like NCR, Bicol, Eastern Visayas and the rest of Mindanao.
	www.globalpinoy.com /travel/province/surigaocity.php (447 words)

	WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Surigao and Agusan, including the territory lying between Butuan and Caraga bays, formed the third district, called the east district, or province-wide Caraga, which was changed in 1870 to Distrito de Surigao.
		The Battle of Surigao Strait in 1944, which occurred simultaneously with the great naval engagement at the Leyte Gulf, was the turning point in favor of the Allied American Forces.
		The Japanese fleet steaming east into Surigao Strait towards the American beachhead was destroyed by Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf’s Seventh Fleet in a night and day torpedo and surface bombardment action.
	www.wowphilippines.com.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=history&province=107 (223 words)

	Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro - Battle Of Surigao Strait: A forgotten WWII event?
		SURIGAO CITY -- Dubbed as the greatest and decisive naval battle in recent history, the memories of the Battle of Surigao Strait are also slowly fading away like the battleships that sank that fateful morning of October 25, 1944 barely four miles away off coast Lipata Wharf in this coastal city of Caraga Region.
		The Battle of Surigao Strait was the last seen action between battleships as it was also the final return payment for Pearl Harbor, for most of the American ships had been seriously damaged or sunk in December 1941.
		Five of the relatively old battleships who saw action at the Battle of the Surigao Strait namely the West Virginia, Maryland, California, Tennessee and Pennsylvania were extensively reconstructed and equipped with radar systems had been present at Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941, at the time of the devastating Japanese surprise attack.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/cag/2004/10/28/feat/battle.of.surigao.strait.a.forgotten.wwii.event..html (627 words)

	Surigao del Norte
		Surigao del Norte, in Caraga Region, occupies the northernmost part of Mindanao and well over a hundred offshore islands, with a population of 481,000 by the 2000 census, divided among one city--Surigao, the capital--and twenty-seven towns.
		North of the Surigao Peninsula is Surigao Strait, where Japanese naval forces steaming to Leyte Gulf on the night of October 24-25, 1944, to oppose the allied landing on Leyte, ran into several lines of resistance from torpedo boats, destroyers, and cruisers commanded by Admiral Oldendorf, USN.
		Surigao del Sur contains a variety of valuable mineral deposits, including gold, and several of the numerous ethnic groups that have blended into its population came in gold-rushes, but little mining takes place now.
	www.kykofc.com /kentucky/KOC_Sites/int/Philippines/surigaodelnorte.htm (215 words)

	Caraga Travel Guide
		In its original size during the Spanish era, Surigao was the biggest province in the whole of Mindanao with territories including parts of Davao Oriental, Agusan del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Surigao del Norte up to Gingoog River, Misamis Oriental.
		It is bounded by Dinagat Island on the north, the mainland of Surigao del Norte on the South, Hinatuan passage on the East, Surigao Strait and Southern Leyte on the West.
		Surigao City is comprised of 54 barangays, 33 are mainland 21 are island barangays.
	www.caragatravelguide.com /profiles/surigao.html (907 words)

	SurigaoIslands.com :: About Surigao del norte,Surigao province,Surigao City
		On the eastern side of the province is Siargao Island, a tropical jewel that hosts one of the most beautiful beaches in the world and home of wave surfing, the latest sport and tourist attraction to take the country by storm.
		The whole of Surigao was later divided into two separate provinces in June 19, 1960 by virtue of Repulic Act 2786.
		Surigao del Norte lies northeast of Mindanao, bounded on the north by Leyte Gulf, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the west by the Surigao Strait, and on the south by Surigao del sur and Agusan del Norte.
	www.surigaoislands.com /about.html (615 words)

	Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro - Battle of Surigao Strait hailed Tuesday
		SURIGAO CITY -- The "Battle of Surigao Strait" will be remembered Tuesday by the local government units here in simple ceremonies.
		A shrine was constructed under the auspices of the Surigao Heritage Foundation, Inc. in cooperation with the local government units of Surigao City and Surigao del Norte led by City Mayor Alfonso Casurra and Surigao del Norte Governor Robert Lyndon Barbers.
		The Battle of Surigao Strait was also known as the final return payment for Pearl Harbor, for most of the American ships had been seriously damaged or sunk in December 1941.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/cag/2005/10/25/feat/battle.of.surigao.strait.hailed.tuesday.html (213 words)

	Pacific War Maps
		That night they began to traverse Surigao Strait towards the Leyte beaches.
		Furthermore, the American force had assumed a position across the Strait which capped the enemy 'T'.
		In front of this battle line, on either side of the Strait, were arrayed several lines of destroyers and PT boats
	www.combinedfleet.com /btl_sur.htm (255 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		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.
		From the north, Destroyer Squadron 54 quietly filtered down the strait in two columns to the port and starboard of Nishimura’s column of four destroyers, two battleships and a heavy cruiser.
		Though Surigao Strait proved to be a lopsided triumph for the Americans, the battle for Leyte Gulf was not yet won.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/oct_04_38.php (851 words)

	USS Newcomb (DD-586), Battle of Surigao Strait
		In all that distance (see chart at left), however, there are only two east-west passages suitable for navigation by a fleet: San Bernadino Strait (between the northern island of Luzon and Samar) and twenty-mile-wide Surigao Strait (between the islands of Leyte and Dinagat, off southern Mindanao).
		On 20 October 1944, when troops under Gen. Douglas MacArthur landed on Leyte’s east coast to begin reoccupying the Philippines, Japanese naval forces sortied from home waters and from Borneo, intent on forcing their way through the Allied Third and Seventh Fleets to reach the beaches.
		Strait from the west and two elements of a weaker Southern Force approached Surigao Strait.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /fletcherclass/ussnewcomb/surigaostrait.html (343 words)

	The Battle of Leyte Gulf
		As the Nishimura’s force transitioned from the Sulu Sea to the Mindanao Sea on the way to Surigao Strait, they came under attack from squadrons of PT boats hidden among the Philippine Islands.
		Although none of the torpedoes launched by the heroic little boats found their mark, the PT boats reported Nishimura’s progress through the Mindanao Sea as they headed straight for the trap that the Americans had laid.
		As the Japanese entered the waters of Surigao Strait itself, Nishimura ordered his ships into a single column to navigate the narrow waterway.
	www.battleship.org /html/Articles/History/Leyte3.htm (1234 words)

	WowSurigao! » Blog Archive » Battle of Surigao Strait hailed Tuesday
		The “Battle of Surigao Strait” will be remembered Tuesday by the local government units in simple ceremonies at Surigao City.
		The Battle of Surigao Strait happened just midnight of October 24 and 25, 1944 when the last seen encounter of battleships between the American and Japanese naval forces took place there.
		The Battle of Surigao Strait was also known as the final return payment for Pearl Harbor and the last big-gun naval battle, for most of the American ships had been seriously damaged or sunk in December 1941.
	wowsurigao.com /?p=25 (236 words)

	SURIGAO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Surigao del Norte is a mosaic of islands that lies at the rim of the Asian continental Shelf.
		Situated in one of the island barangays of Surigao City.
		A religious tradition highlighted by a fluvial parade along the historic Surigao Starit done in honor of the Blessed dela Paz y Buen Viaje I(of Peace and Voyage).
	library.thinkquest.org /28616/noframes/philippines/placestogo/surigao.htm (321 words)

	LEYTE GULF - The Battle of Surigao Strait (D Llewellyn James)
		Rear Admiral Oldendorf, commanding Kinkaid's Bombardment and Fire Support Group, was ordered to patrol the northern entrance to Surigao Strait with his very powerful force, and to prepare to meet the enemy ships.
		At 2230 Nishimura radioed Kurita and Shima that he was "advancing as scheduled while destroying enemy torpedo boats." As he proceeded up Surigao Strait each section of PT boats in succession attacked with torpedoes, each was picked up by the Japanese searchlights and driven off by gunfire, retiring under cover of a smoke screen.
		The battleships and cruisers of Oldendorf's force were drawn up across the northern end of Surigao Strait, at the southern entrance to Leyte Gulf, roughly between Hibuson Island and Leyte.
	www.angelfire.com /fm/odyssey/LEYTE_GULF_Surigao_Strait_.htm (4316 words)

	HyperWar: Battle off Samar Island - CTG 77.4
		In compliance with the references, the action report of the engegement with enemy surface forces at the Battle of Surigao Straits, Philippine Islands on 25 October 1944 is submitted as enclosures (A) to (F).
		The enemy forces, believed to consist of at least two battleships, a heavy cruiser, four light cruisers and ten destroyers, was engaged in battle by Task Group 77.2 in Surigao strait and was successfully repelled with extremely heavy and severe losses.
		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.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/rep/Leyte/CTG-77.4.html (2449 words)

	Surigao del Sur, Caraga, Philippines
		It was on June 19, 1960, through Republic Act 2766 that Surigao province was divided to form Surigao del Sur and Surigao del Norte.
		Surigao City, the provincial capital is dubbed as the "Gateway to Mindanao." The ferry landing terminal in Lipata links Mindanao to Luzon through Eastern Visayas.
		Surigao del Norte is accessible through Surigao City from Manila, Cebu and other places in the Visayas and Mindanao.
	oasis.fortunecity.com /acapulco/215/caraga/surigaon/surigaon.htm (1491 words)

	» Surigao Strait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		For sailing eastwards towards Surigao Strait on the night of the 24th was Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura, and the battleships Fuso and Yamashiro.
		Surigao Strait Surigao Strait is a body of water in the Philippines located between the islands of Mindanao and Leyte.
		During the Battle of Leyte Gulf (of which the Battle of Surigao Strait was a part), from 22-27 October, 1944 - six days - the United States suffered 3000...
	www.surigao.info /info/Surigao-Strait (483 words)

	Surigao del sur Resorts and Hotels, Surigao del sur hostels resorts hotels accommodation, Surigao del sur Hotel ...
		Surigao del Sur was created as the 56th Philippine province on June 29, 1960 by virtue of R. No. 2786 and was formally separated from its mother province, Surigao del Norte, on September 18, 1960.
		A white sand beach is in Cagwait south of the Surigao Capital.
		The province can be reached by road from Surigao City in the north and from Prosperidad and San Francisco in Agusan del Sur in the west.
	www.lakbaypilipinas.com /travel_surigao_del_sur.html (684 words)

	Chapter 5 - Copyright © 2001 Robert Jon Cox
		He presently knew nothing of the American force awaiting him at the north end of the strait, nor was he coordinating his attack by waiting for VADM Shima’s Rear forces to catch up with those of his own.
		They defended the strait brilliantly by crossing the enemy's "T", a tactic which had become the envy of battleline commanders since the day of the Japanese-Russo one-sided duel in Tsushima Strait in May 1905.
		This unit had never been assigned any responsibility for covering the exit of San Bernardino Straits, either by reconnaissance or by force, and in the absence of any information that this exit was no longer blocked, it was logical to assume that our northern flank could not be exposed without ample warning.
	www.bosamar.com /book/bosc5.html (4383 words)

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