Action off Samar

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World War II battle battle naval battle

Action off Samar is an alternate name for the Battle off Samar, a famous World War II naval engagement in the Pacific where a small U.S. task force heroically fought a much larger Japanese fleet.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alternateNameOf Battle off Samar ⓘ
belligerent Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
characterizedAs one of the most heroic actions in U.S. naval history ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
date 1944-10-25 ⓘ
JapaneseCommander Takeo Kurita ⓘ
JapaneseLosses multiple cruisers damaged or sunk ⓘ
JapaneseNotableShip Haruna ⓘ
Kongō ⓘ
Nagato ⓘ
Yamato ⓘ
JapaneseShipTypeInvolved battleship ⓘ
heavy cruiser ⓘ
light cruiser ⓘ
location off Samar Island, Philippines ⓘ
nickname Taffy 3 ⓘ
notableFor heroic defense by escort carriers, destroyers, and destroyer escorts ⓘ
outnumbered U.S. forces resisting superior Japanese fleet ⓘ
notableShip USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) ⓘ
USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) ⓘ
USS Hoel (DD-533) ⓘ
USS Johnston (DD-557) ⓘ
USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) ⓘ
USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) ⓘ
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) ⓘ
USS St. Lo (CVE-63) ⓘ
USS White Plains (CVE-66) ⓘ
partOf Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
partOfCampaign Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
partOfOperation U.S. invasion of Leyte ⓘ
surface form: Allied invasion of Leyte
result United States victory ⓘ
strategicSignificance helped secure Allied landings on Leyte ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Japanese Center Force withdrew ⓘ
theater Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
U.S.Commander Clifton A. F. Sprague ⓘ
Thomas L. Sprague ⓘ
U.S.formation U.S. Task Unit 77.4.3 ⓘ
surface form: Task Unit 77.4.3
U.S.formationNickname Taffy 3 ⓘ
U.S.losses destroyer USS Hoel sunk ⓘ
destroyer USS Johnston sunk ⓘ
destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts sunk ⓘ
escort carrier USS Gambier Bay sunk ⓘ
escort carrier USS St. Lo sunk ⓘ
U.S.shipTypeInvolved destroyer ⓘ
destroyer escort ⓘ
escort carrier ⓘ

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Battle off Samar → alsoKnownAs → Action off Samar ⓘ