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 ...

Taffy 3 were under-gunned and under-armored for such a battle and as such this became one of the greatest last stands in Naval history. The force of the Imperial Japanese Navy was made out of 11 ...

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 ...