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Battle off Samar; Part of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Philippines Campaign (1944–45), Pacific War (World War II): The escort carrier Gambier Bay, burning from earlier gunfire damage, is bracketed by a salvo from a Japanese cruiser (faintly visible in the background, center-right) shortly before sinking during the Battle off Samar.
Off the Canary Islands: 6 Torpedoed by German submarine U-549: Gambier Bay: Escort carrier 28 aircraft 25 October 1944 Off Samar Island in the Philippines 147 Sunk by surface ships of the Japanese Center Force during the Battle off Samar: Hornet: Fleet carrier 90 aircraft 27 October 1942 Off the Santa Cruz Islands: 140
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]
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The Battle off Samar began at 06:47, when Ensign Bill Brooks – piloting one of the TBF Avengers from St. Lo – reported sighting a large Japanese force comprising four battleships, eight cruisers and twelve destroyers approaching from the west-northwest, only 17 mi (15 nmi; 27 km) away.
In the Battle off Samar, a part of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Evans led Johnston until it was sunk on October 25, 1944, by a Japanese force that was vastly superior in number, firepower, and armor. Johnston , together with the destroyers Samuel B. Roberts , Hoel , and Heermann , four destroyer escorts and six escort carriers (CVEs) formed the ...
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.
In the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea the following day Musashi was sunk, the cruiser Myōkō was crippled and had to be towed to safety, while the battleships Nagato and Haruna received damage. On 25 October, during the Battle off Samar, Chikuma engaged U.S. escort aircraft carriers.