The Battle off Samar was one of the final large-scale naval engagements of the Pacific Theater, marking the last stand of Japan’s once-mighty fleet. On October 25, 1944, during the larger Battle of ...

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The destroyer was wrecked during a battle off Samar Island Oct. 25, 1944, when US forces were attempting to liberate the Philippines, then a US colony, from Japanese occupation. “Lying at 6,895 ...