I.J.N. Warship Specifications

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Dedicated to the men who manned the ships
and the embarked composite squadrons
of Task Unit 77.4.3 (Taffy III)
on October 25, 1944

Online since June 4, 1996

_{BOSAMAR logo: USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE 73)
takes a pounding}_{from the IJN heavy cruiser CHIKUMA}

^{U.S. Archives Photograph}

This section contains statistics and photographs on all Japanese warships
which were attached to the IJN Centre Force at the time it sortied
from Brunei Bay, Borneo on 22 October 1944.
Their trek was long and the attrition rate was high.

The following Japanese warship classes took part in the Battle Off Samar:

YAMATO Class battleship

KONGŌ Class battleship

NAGATO Class battleship

ATAGO Class heavy cruiser

MOGAMI Class heavy cruiser

TONE Class heavy cruiser

NACHI Class heavy cruiser

AGANO Class light cruiser

KAGERŌ Class destroyer

SHIMAKAZE Class destroyer

YŪGUMO Class destroyer

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