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Battle of Leyte Gulf; Kamikaze, Battle Off Samar, Battle of Leyte Gulf, Uss Intrepid, Japanese Battleship Musashi, Ernest E. Evan
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-01.
ISBN 9781155159607
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Kamikaze, Battle Off Samar, Battle of Leyte Gulf, Uss Intrepid, Japanese Battleship Musashi, Ernest E. Evans, the World Wonders, the Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, Frank Fox, Clarence Ekstrom, Raymond Hogden. Excerpt: item Battle of Leyte Gulf item Belligerents item United States Australia : Empire of Japan item Commanders item William Halsey, Jr (3rd Fleet) Thomas C. Kinkaid (7th Fleet): Takeo Kurita (Center Force) Sh ji Nishimura (Southern Force) Kiyohide Shima (Southern Force) Jisabur Ozawa (Northern Force) Yukio Seki ( Kamikazes ) item Strength item 8 fleet carriers 8 light carriers 18 escort carriers 12 battleships 24 cruisers 141 destroyers and destroyer escorts Many PT boats , submarines , and fleet auxiliaries About 1, 500 planes : 1 fleet carrier 3 light carriers 9 battleships 14 heavy cruisers 6 light cruisers 35+ destroyers 300+ planes (including land-based aircraft) item Casualties and losses item 1, 500+ dead; 1 light aircraft carrier, 2 escort carriers, 2 destroyers, 1 destroyer escort sunk: 10, 000+ dead; 1 fleet carrier, 3 light carriers 3 battleships, 8 cruisers, 12 destroyers sunk item A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Battle of Samar item Belligerents item United States: Empire of Japan item Commanders item Clifton Sprague : Takeo Kurita item Strength item "Taffy 3" 6 escort aircraft carriers , 3 destroyers , 4 destroyer escorts , 400 aircraft from Taffy 1, 2, 3: Japanese Center Force 4 battleships , 6 heavy cruisers , 2 light cruisers , 11 destroyers, 30 aircraft (in kamikaze attack) item Casualties and losses item 1, 000 killed 1, 800 wounded 2 escort carriers 2 destroyers 1 destroyer escort sunk: 3 heavy cruisers sunk 3 heavy cruisers damaged 1 destroyer sunk 1 destroyer damaged A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Clarence Ekstrom was a Vi
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