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Admiral Sprague credited with degrading Japanese gun accuracy. More effective were the attacks by the destroyers and destroyer escorts against the Japanese ships. All the while, Kurita's force was under attack by Taffy 3 aircraft and aircraft from the two other U.S. carrier units to the south.
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1152:List of U.S. Navy losses in World War II
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30:For other ships with the same name, see
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148:18 June 1942
109:Chapin Bay,
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2762:Steamer Bay
2748:Shipley Bay
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2671:Nehenta Bay
2664:Gambier Bay
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2629:Kalinin Bay
2608:Wake Island
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2566:Mission Bay
2545:Liscome Bay
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1994:Marine Lynx
1980:Marine Carp
1777:Lunga Point
1763:Windham Bay
1742:Takanis Bay
1728:Steamer Bay
1714:Shipley Bay
1700:Sargent Bay
1693:Saginaw Bay
1686:Rudyerd Bay
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1637:Nehenta Bay
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1574:Wake Island
1539:Guadalcanal
1532:Mission Bay
1511:Liscome Bay
1417:11 November
1398:11 November
1374:11 November
1334:11 November
1075: /
990:Fanshaw Bay
954:Kalinin Bay
866:flank speed
556:Operations:
536:27 aircraft
405:9,000
329:(full load)
258:Hull symbol
175:Yard number
91:(1943–1944)
85:(1942–1943)
2918:1943 ships
2897:Categories
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2755:Sitkoh Bay
2713:Petrof Bay
2650:Kitkun Bay
2636:Kasaan Bay
2587:Natoma Bay
2580:Manila Bay
2559:Corregidor
2538:Casablanca
2522:Casablanca
2433:LST(H)-464
2185:Rockingham
2178:Rockbridge
2157:Meriwether
1967:transports
1749:Thetis Bay
1721:Sitkoh Bay
1679:Petrof Bay
1616:Kitkun Bay
1602:Kasaan Bay
1553:Natoma Bay
1546:Manila Bay
1525:Corregidor
1504:Casablanca
1490:Casablanca
1412:Wreck Site
1354:21 October
1277:Smith 2014
1262:DANFS 2020
1158:References
999:Yukio Seki
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707:airstrikes
654:Chapin Bay
607:Casablanca
464:Complement
420:Propulsion
323:(standard)
297:Casablanca
183:Way number
83:Chapin Bay
32:USS Midway
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2839:Kwajalein
2832:Hollandia
2371:T-LST-456
2227:Bottineau
2220:Bollinger
2122:McCracken
1931:, during
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1805:Kwajalein
1798:Hollandia
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2206:San Saba
2192:Rockwall
2171:Renville
2136:Marathon
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1863:Sangamon
1791:Salamaua
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924:Johnston
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722:Eniwetok
713:VC-65's
629:kamikaze
546:Part of:
484:Armament
279:kamikaze
276:Sunk by
260:: AVG-63
244:Stricken
199:Launched
104:Namesake
52:(CVE-63)
2601:Tripoli
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2503:LST-474
2496:LST-473
2489:LST-472
2482:LST-471
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1567:Tripoli
1060:11°01′N
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618:during
614:of the
582:Awards:
223:Renamed
153:Builder
145:Awarded
129:Ordered
58:History
2657:Tulagi
2594:St. Lo
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2234:Cottle
2213:Sevier
2143:Menard
2059:Oxford
2045:Oconto
2029:-class
1964:-class
1950:Araner
1925:MARCOM
1623:Tulagi
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