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The Battle off Samar

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The Greatest Military Mismatch in Naval History

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The Significance of Samar and Leyte Gulf
Philippines Campaign (1944–45)
Samar Island
Leyte Gulf
"The world wonders"
Battle off Samar
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Admiral Sprague's Task Unit 77.4.3 ("Taffy 3")
Clifton Sprague
USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70)
USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73)
USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68)
USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71)
USS St. Lo (CVE-63)
USS White Plains (CVE-66)
USS Heermann (DD-532)
USS Hoel (DD-533)
USS Johnston (DD-557)
USS Dennis (DE-405)
USS John C. Butler (DE-339)
USS Raymond (DE-341)
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)
Admiral Kurita's Center Force
Takeo Kurita
Japanese battleship Haruna
Japanese battleship Kongō
Japanese battleship Nagato
Japanese battleship Yamato
Japanese cruiser Chikuma
Japanese cruiser Chōkai
Japanese cruiser Haguro
Japanese cruiser Kumano
Japanese cruiser Noshiro
Japanese cruiser Suzuya
Japanese cruiser Tone
Japanese cruiser Yahagi
Japanese destroyer Fujinami
Japanese destroyer Nowaki
Technical Data — Types of US Navy Ships
Casablanca class escort carriers
Fletcher class destroyers
John C. Butler class destroyer escorts
Technical Data — Types of Japanese Navy Ships
Nagato class battleships
Yamato class battleships
Kongō class battlecruisers
Mogami class cruisers
Myōkō class cruisers
Takao class cruisers
Tone class cruisers
Kagerō class destroyers
Asashio class destroyers
US Weapons Used at Samar
Aircraft
Grumman F4F Wildcat
Grumman TBF Avenger
Guns
5"/38 caliber gun
Bofors 40 mm gun
1.1"/75 caliber gun
Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Torpedoes
Mark 13 torpedo
Mark 15 torpedo
Depth charge
Hedgehog anti-submarine spigot mortar
Japanese Weapons Used at Samar
Guns
46 cm (18.1 in)/45 caliber Type 94 gun
36 cm (14 in)/45 caliber gun
25 mm (10 in) AT/AA gun
20 cm (8 in)/50 caliber gun
15.5 cm (6.1 in)/60 caliber DP gun
15 cm (6 in)/50 caliber gun
12.7 cm (5 in)/50 caliber DP gun
Torpedoes
Type 93 torpedo
Kaiten suicide torpedo
Further Reading
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships