The Battle Off Samar - Taffy III at Leyte Gulf

by Robert Jon Cox
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Softcover (Perfectbind) edition. A detailed account of the heroic naval battle between Rear Admiral Clifton A.F. Sprague’s Task Unit 77.4.3 and Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita’s Imperial Japanese Navy Centre Force on Wednesday, 25 October 1944. Task Unit 77.4.3 consisted of six escort carriers (CVEs) FANSHAW BAY, ST LO, WHITE PLAINS, KALININ BAY, KITKUN BAY, & GAMBIER BAY, three destroyers (DDs) HOEL, HEERMANN, & JOHNSTON, and four smaller destroyer escorts (DEs) JOHN C. BUTLER, DENNIS, RAYMOND, & SAMUEL B. ROBERTS. They fought the vastly superior Imperial Japanese Navy Centre Force at Leyte Gulf on October 25, 1944, sustaining losses of five warships sunk and nearly all remaining warships heavily damaged; with the high cost of nearly 900 American lives.
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Copyright ©2006 Standard Copyright License
Language English
Country United States
Publication Date February 13, 2006
   
Lulu Sales Rank 4921
   
Page Count 198 pages
Size U.S. Letter
Binding Perfect Bound
Interior Color Black And White

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