User:Sbb/Books/The Battle off Samar

The Greatest Military Mismatch in Naval History

 * The Significance of Samar and Leyte Gulf
 * Philippines Campaign (1944–45)


 * Samar Island
 * Leyte Gulf
 * "The world wonders"
 * Battle off Samar
 * Battle of Leyte Gulf


 * Admiral Sprague's Task Unit 77.4.3 ("Taffy 3")
 * Clifton Sprague
 * USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70)
 * USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73)
 * USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68)
 * USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71)
 * USS St. Lo (CVE-63)
 * USS White Plains (CVE-66)
 * USS Heermann (DD-532)
 * USS Hoel (DD-533)
 * USS Johnston (DD-557)
 * USS Dennis (DE-405)
 * USS John C. Butler (DE-339)
 * USS Raymond (DE-341)
 * USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)


 * Admiral Kurita's Center Force
 * Takeo Kurita
 * Japanese battleship Haruna
 * Japanese battleship Kongō
 * Japanese battleship Nagato
 * Japanese battleship Yamato
 * Japanese cruiser Chikuma
 * Japanese cruiser Chōkai
 * Japanese cruiser Haguro
 * Japanese cruiser Kumano
 * Japanese cruiser Noshiro
 * Japanese cruiser Suzuya
 * Japanese cruiser Tone
 * Japanese cruiser Yahagi
 * Japanese destroyer Fujinami
 * Japanese destroyer Nowaki


 * Technical Data — Types of US Navy Ships
 * Casablanca class escort carriers
 * Fletcher class destroyers
 * John C. Butler class destroyer escorts


 * Technical Data — Types of Japanese Navy Ships
 * Nagato class battleships
 * Yamato class battleships
 * Kongō class battlecruisers
 * Mogami class cruisers
 * Myōkō class cruisers
 * Takao class cruisers
 * Tone class cruisers
 * Kagerō class destroyers
 * Asashio class destroyers


 * US Weapons Used at Samar
 * Aircraft
 * Grumman F4F Wildcat
 * Grumman TBF Avenger
 * Guns
 * 5"/38 caliber gun
 * Bofors 40 mm gun
 * 1.1"/75 caliber gun
 * Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
 * Torpedoes
 * Mark 13 torpedo
 * Mark 15 torpedo
 * Depth charge
 * Hedgehog anti-submarine spigot mortar


 * Japanese Weapons Used at Samar
 * Guns
 * 46 cm (18.1 in)/45 caliber Type 94 gun
 * 36 cm (14 in)/45 caliber gun
 * 25 mm (10 in) AT/AA gun
 * 20 cm (8 in)/50 caliber gun
 * 15.5 cm (6.1 in)/60 caliber DP gun
 * 15 cm (6 in)/50 caliber gun
 * 12.7 cm (5 in)/50 caliber DP gun
 * Torpedoes
 * Type 93 torpedo
 * Kaiten suicide torpedo


 * Further Reading
 * The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
 * Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships