Eighty years ago today, the USS Indianapolis went down in 12 minutes after being struck by two torpedoes from a Japanese ...

Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 11 a.m. to noon The Battle of Leyte Gulf Coronado Library 640 Orange Avenue, Coronado, 92118 Get Directions ...

A few months later, Settle and his ship were engaged in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, which is considered the largest naval battle in the history of sea warfare. It was some of the fiercest fighting ...

Peter Suciu March 15, 2021 Leyte Gulf The Battle at Leyte Gulf: The Biggest Naval Battle Ever Broke Japan Here’s What You Need to Remember: Leyte was “the last great naval battle” of World ...

On Oct. 26, 1944, after four days of furious fighting, the World War II battle of Leyte Gulf, largest air-naval clash in history, ended with a decisive U.S. victory over the Japanese.

Thomas Cutler ("The Battle of Leyte Gulf at 75"), Trent Hone ("Mastering the Art of Command"), and Paul Stillwell ("Battleship Commander") discussed the 1944 Pacific Theater Battle of Leyte Gulf ...

The ship was named after the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of World War II, in which the US Navy defeated the Japanese navy off the coast of Leyte Island in the Philippines. Built ...

The Battle of Leyte Gulf holds important lessons for a hypothetical China-U.S. naval clash – and Chinese strategists know it. An explosion on the USS St. Lo (CVE-63) after she was hit by a ...

NORFOLK, Va. - Downtown Norfolk's MacArthur Memorial hosted an event on Saturday commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The battle was a key U.S. victory during World War ...

Indeed, Johnston would play a pivotal role in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines, during what historians have since come to call the “Battle off Samar.” ...