C.V. Woodward, who wrote the first full account of the battle, said, “Rarely in all naval history has a power staked so much on one operation as the Japanese did at Leyte Gulf and rarely has any ...

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 ...

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.

As dawn painted the Pacific red, the heavy cruiser Maya prowled the seas as a symbol of Imperial Japan’s naval dominance. In ...

A Fresh Look at the Greatest Sea Battle. This new look at America’s retaking the Philippines from the Japanese in the fall of 1944 focuses on the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in ...

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 ...

80 years ago Saturday, Gen. MacArthur and the United States won the Battle of Leyte Gulf, liberating the Philippines from Japanese control during World War II. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

In late 1944, during the fierce Battle of Leyte Gulf, USS Princeton was locked in combat, her Hellcats swarming the skies to repel waves of Japanese aircraft threatening the fleet. As the US ...

Named after the legendary World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippine Sea in 1944, Leyte Gulf was built in 1985 and commissioned in 1987.

“Our Leyte Gulf team was ready when called upon to execute all three interdictions,” said Capt. Nathan Diaz, ... The Battle of Leyte Gulf, fought in 1944 in the Philippine Sea.