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The Battle off Samar was the centermost action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the largest naval battles in history, which took place in the Philippine Sea off Samar Island, in the Philippines on October 25, 1944. It was the only major action in the larger battle in which the Americans were largely unprepared.
English: The Japanese fleet underway off Samar, Philippines, 25 October 1944. the beattleshhip Yamato is visible in the center of the photograph. The heavy cruiser Haguro is steaming on her starboard side. The photo was taken by a plane from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12).
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Samuel B. Roberts was sunk in the Battle off Samar, in which a small force of U.S. warships prevented a superior Imperial Japanese Navy force from attacking the amphibious invasion fleet off the Philippine island of Leyte. The battle formed part of the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf of October 1944. [2]
Johnston, 34,000 yards (31,000 m) south-east from the Japanese, was informed of its presence at 0650; [12] eight minutes later, the Japanese opened fire, beginning the Battle off Samar. [31] The force was led by Kurita's flagship, the battleship Yamato , the largest and most powerfully armed and armored battleship ever built, displacing 72,808 ...
The Sammy B. took part in the Battle off Samar, the final phase of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, in which the Imperial Japanese Navy suffered its biggest loss of ships and failed to ...
While the Battle off Samar was raging between the Japanese surface fleet and Taffy 3, Taffy 1's escort carriers were supporting the American surface ships after the Battle of Surigao Strait when daylight broke (the nighttime Surigao Strait action meant no carrier aircraft could participate until after dawn, during which the defeated Japanese ...
USS Heermann (DD-532) was a World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy.The ship entered service in 1943 and took part in several battles during World War II in the Pacific theatre of operations, including the Philippines campaign, Battle off Samar and the Battle of Iwo Jima among others.