Outnumbered and outgunned, the crew of the U.S.S. Johnston fought overwhelming odds before their ship sank more than 21,000 ...

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 ...

USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was famously sunk at the Battle off Samar, becoming the only American aircraft carrier sunk by naval gunfire during the war.

It's possible the wreckage is from another ship, the USS Hoel, which also sank during the Battle of Samar. The Johnston was the last US ship to go down.

The Sammy B. took part in the Battle off Samar, the final phase of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, in which the Imperial Japanese Navy suffered its biggest loss of ships and failed to ...