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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.
- October 25, 1944
- US strategic victory
- East of Samar
Battle off Samar: October 25, 1944. Despite its losses in the Sibuyan Sea, the Japanese Center Force steamed to counter the U.S. Allied forces during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. In the early...
Oct 31, 2019 · A Japanese heavy cruiser dead in the water (possibly Chikuma), with a destroyer standing by, during the Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944. A TBM Avenger from one of the American escort carriers is in the foreground.
The Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944. than in those two morning hours . . . off Samar. Early in the morning after the Battle of Surigao Strait, a frantic call for help came from Rear Admiral Clifton Sprague’s Taffy 3, one of three formations of escort carriers screened by the nine destroyers of Squadron 47 and destroyer escorts—no match ...
Wednesday, October 25, 1944 —a gloomy overcast punctuated by rain squalls gave the predawn sky a dirty yellow-gray hue. Six small United States carriers and seven escort ships moved through the somber seas east of the Philippine island of Samar.
American aircraft press home attacks against the heavy Japanese warships that suddenly appeared near Taffy 3 off Samar on October 25, 1944. The Japanese cruiser Chokai was hit by American torpedoes and is shown far right sinking during the battle.
USS St. Lo is hit by a Japanese kamikaze during the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944. Ninety minutes after the battle began, the Japanese force began to close in. As the range between ships drew ever closer, allowing the American destroyers to open fire, the battle grew in intensity.
