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	Remember the U.S.S. Indianapolis
		From an empty Naval Yard in San Francisco to an equally quiet Pearl Harbor for refueling, the Indianapolis proceeded at top speed and unescorted to Tinian and in doing so, set a record by covering the 5000 miles from San Francisco in only ten days.
		Once at Tinian the cargo was unloaded, she proceeded to Guam to disembark several men and was given orders to report to Vice Adm. Jesse Oldendorf for duty in the vicinity of Okinawa.
		McVay was told to take a direct route and although he requested one, an escort was denied.
	www.insmkt.com /ussindy.htm (1250 words)

	DANFS: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
		She sortied from Pearl Harbor 10 November with the main body of the Southern Attack Force for Operation "Galvanic," the invasion of the Gilbert Islands.
		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 his ship.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/CA/ca35.html (2811 words)

	USS Washington (BB-56) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At 12:28 on 27 March, the search for Adm. Wilcox was abandoned, and command of the task force devolved upon the next senior officer, Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen, whose flag flew in the cruiser Wichita.
		Lee, now a vice admiral, rode in the battleship as she headed out to sea again, departing Majuro on 7 June and joining Mitscher's fast carrier TF 58.
		Joining TG 11.6 on 6 October, with Vice Admiral Frederick C. Sherman in overall command, she soon transited the Panama Canal and headed for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the place where she had been "born".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Washington_(BB-56) (4464 words)

	Crossing the T - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Early on October 25, 1944, Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf was guarding the southern entrance to the Leyte Gulf at the northern end of Surigao Strait.
		A smaller Japanese force under Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura came up the strait, unaware of the American force.
		Oldendorf crossed the T and unleashed his firepower on the Japanese ships, which were either sunk or forced to withdraw.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crossing_the_T (648 words)

	Pacific War
		Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa attacked with nine-tenths of Japan's fighting fleet, which included nine carriers with 473 planes, 18 battleships and cruisers, and 28 destroyers.
		Jesse Oldendorf had six battleships, four heavy cruisers, four light cruisers, 29 destroyers and 39 PT boats.
		As escort carriers stood little chance against a battleship, Adm. Clifton Sprague directed the carriers of Taffy 3 to turn and flee eastward, hoping that bad visibility would reduce the accuracy of Japanese gunfire, and used his destroyers in to divert the Japanese battleships.
	www.wikipedia-mirror.co.za /wiki/Pacific_War (8282 words)

	USS Washington (BB-56) at AllExperts
		Lee, now a vice admiral, rode in the battleship as she headed out to sea again, departing Majuro on 7 June and joining Mitscher's fast carrier TF 58.
		The following day, Vice Admiral Lee's battleship-destroyer task group was detached from the main body of the force and conducted shore bombardment against enemy installations on Saipan and Tinian.
		Joining TG 11.6 on 6 October, with Vice Admiral Frederick C. Sherman in overall command, she soon transited the Panama Canal and headed for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the place where she had been "born".
	en.allexperts.com /e/u/us/uss_washington_(bb-56).htm (4496 words)

	Chapter 5 - Copyright © 2001 Robert Jon Cox
		Vice Admiral Nishimura’s remaining forces were met with a torrential downfall of 16, 14, 8, and 6-inch shells.
		Oldendorf’s battleline was deployed across the northern end of Surigao Straight with all guns bearing southward on the approaching Japanese warships.
		Vice Admiral Shima, upon seeing the fate of VADM Nishimura's force, knew he was out-gunned and quickly chose not to go any further.
	www.bosamar.com /book/bosc5.html (4383 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		Vice Adm. Jisaburo Ozawa dangled the remnants of Japan’s carrier fleet to the north as bait.
		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 (851 words)

	WW2DB: Jesse Oldendorf
		Jesse Bartlett Oldendorf graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1909 and then went on to serve on cruisers and destroyers.
		Comment by Tom Black on 7 Jun 2006-04:32:24 AM Oldendorfs fame rests on the destruction of the Japanese Southern Force in the Surigao Strait during the battle of Leyte Gulf, where he crossed the T of the Japanese.
		It is arguable that if he had adopted Oldendorfs attitude, Halsey with the cream of the US battleships could have achieved against Kurita, with the main Japanese battle fleet, a victory of similar proportions to Oldendorfs: but on a distinctly greater scale.
	www.ww2db.com /person_bio.php?person_id=51 (703 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Pacific War
		Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa attacked with nine-tenths of Japan's fighting fleet, which included nine carriers with 473 planes, 18 battleships and cruisers, and 28 destroyers.
		Jesse Oldendorf had six battleships, four heavy cruisers, four light cruisers, 29 destroyers and 39 PT boats.
		As escort carriers stood little chance against a battleship, Adm. Clifton Sprague directed the carriers of Taffy 3 to turn and flee eastward, hoping that bad visibility would reduce the accuracy of Japanese gunfire, and used his destroyers in to divert the Japanese battleships.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Pacific_War (9870 words)

	Where's Point X-Ray? The Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 24 & 25, 1944 - John D. Bridgers M.D.
		Under Adm. Raymond Spruance, we first attacked the Philippines in the late summer and early fall reaching ahead from the invasion of the Marianas by the Fifth fleet.
		He was a welcome change from Adm. Harrill as Commander of Task Group Four under whom we had functioned with less than brilliance in the Marianas campaign, save for the performance of our fights in the "Turkey Shoot" and the several days around the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
		Among the early salients of action was Oldendorf's harassment of two columns of enemy vessels as they merged coming up Surigao, culminating in his "crossing the T" on his adversaries as they broke into the lower reaches of Leyte Gulf.
	tk-jk.net /Bridgers/NavyYears/WheresPointX-RayTheBattle.html (7214 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.
		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.
	www.usshadley.com /HughWHadleyCDRUSN.htm (8396 words)

	Chapter 2 - Copyright © 2001 Robert Jon Cox
		Guarding the Leyte beachhead were the Northern and Southern Fire Support Units, commanded by Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf and RADM G. Weyler respectively.
		Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher, Commander of Task Force 38, was embarked in his flagship, the fleet carrier LEXINGTON.
		The decision to send the largest task group away from the Leyte operations area would later prove to be a poor choice when the near-crisis events of the 25th of October occurred.
	www.bosamar.com /book/bosc2.html (1855 words)

	In Harms's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors.(Book Review) - ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Stanton effectively lays out this chain of errors, angrily contrasting the personal courage of sailors in the water who risked death to save others, while officers and sailors in the rear failed to exercise basic competence from the comfort and safety of their offices.
		The first error occurred at Tinian, where McVay was to report to Vice Admiral Jesse Oldendorf and then to his subordinate, Rear Admiral Lynde McCormick.
		His boss, Oldendorf, received the first message, but that message did not contain the ship's report date.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-135568239.html (3779 words)

	USS Wasp (CV 18) history (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Meanwhile, Japan, determined to defend Saipan, no matter how high the cost, was sending Adm. Jisaburo Ozawa's powerful First Mobile Fleet from the Sulu Islands to the Marianas to sink the warships of Adm. Spruance's 5th Fleet and to annihilate the American troops who had fought their way ashore on Saipan.
		However, the respite, during which Rear Adm. Montgomery took command of TG 38.1 when McCain fleeted up to relieve Mitscher as CTF 38, was brief since Japanese land-based planes attacked troops on the Leyte beachhead on 1 November.
		While the flattops were catching their breath at Ulithi, Adm. Spruance relieved Halsey in command of the Fleet, which was thereby transformed from February 3 to 5th.
	www.uscarriers.net /cv18history.htm (8556 words)

	Pear Harbour Attack (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At the same time, two potent groups of battleships and cruisers under Vice Adm. Shoji Nishimura and Vice Adm. Kiyohide Shima would surge through Surigao Strait to the landing area from the south.
		If all worked to plan, the U.S. Navy would be dealt a crushing blow as the sun rose on the morning of Oct. 25.
		Though Surigao Strait proved to be a lopsided triumph for the Americans, the battle for Leyte Gulf was not yet won.
	www.rilharbour.org /pear-harbour-attack.htm (1152 words)

	Naval History/USS Indianapolis CA-35
		She sortied from Pearl Earbor 10 November with the main body of the Southern Attaek Force of the Assault Force for Operation "Galvanic," the invasion of the Gilbert Islands.
		Overhauled, Indianapolis joined Viee Adm. Marc A. Mltscher's fast carrier task force on 14 February 1945 2 days before it made the first attack on Tokyo since General Doolittle's famous raid in April 1942.
		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.
	www.multied.com /navy/cruiser/Indianapolis.html (2788 words)

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