25 October 1944
Battle off Samar
Kurita's battleships and cruisers surprise American escort carriers off Samar after passing through San Bernardino Strait.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Samar in Japan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Kurita's battleships and cruisers surprise American escort carriers off Samar after passing through San Bernardino Strait.
Kurita's Center Force attacks American escort carriers off Samar before he orders the force to withdraw.
Ugaki commands Battleship Division One, including Yamato and Nagato, during the Battle off Samar.
Suzuki commands Battleship Division Three, including Kongo and Haruna, during the Battle off Samar.
Hashimoto commands Cruiser Division Five, including Haguro, during the Center Force attack off Samar.
Shiraishi commands Cruiser Division Seven as its cruisers engage American forces off Samar.
Kimura commands Destroyer Squadron Ten during the late Japanese destroyer attack against Taffy 3 off Samar.
Hayakawa commands Destroyer Squadron Two during the Center Force action against American escort carriers off Samar.
Seki leads a special-attack flight against American escort carriers and is killed during the mission.
Kurita breaks off the attack off Samar and withdraws instead of continuing toward the Leyte transport anchorage.
Morishita commands Yamato when the battleship engages American escort-carrier forces during the Battle off Samar.
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