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11 November 1944 Contributed by Dan Muir.

However, by the first week of November the picture was clear, and the Allies began to interdict the convoys.On 8 November and 9 November, the Japanese dispatched two convoys from Manila to Ormoc Bay.Bad weather in late November made air interdiction less effective, and the U.S. Navy began to send destroyers into Ormoc Bay.

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The Battle of Ormoc Bay was a series of air-sea battles between Imperial Japan and the United States in the Camotes Sea in the Philippines from 11 November-21 December 1944, part of the Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II.The battles resulted from Japanese operations to reinforce and resupply their forces on Leyte and U.S. attempts to interdict them. Some people use "Battle of Ormoc Bay" for the November 11 air raid against TA-3 and TA-4 (see for example ). The Battle of Ormoc Bay was a series of Naval actions between November 11, 1944 until December 21, 1944. From 11 November 1944 until 21 December, the combined efforts of Third Fleet carrier planes, Marine fighter-bomber groups, a pincer movement by the Army’s 77th Division and the Prefer, N.N., 2012, Leyte 1944, Havertown: Casemate Publishers,

"In the end, it was the rather amorphous Battle of Ormoc Bay that finally brought Leyte and the entire Gulf area under firm Allied control. The final tally of ships lost in Ormoc Bay is: U.S. — 3 destroyers and 1 APD 60 (high speed transport) plus two LSMs; Japan — 6 destroyers, 20 small transports, 1 submarine, 1 patrol boat and 3 escort vessels. Battle of Ormoc Bay. The combatants were the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) versus the U. S. Navy (USN) plus aircraft from both sides. For the Japanese, maintaining control of the Philippines was essential because their loss would enable the Allies to sever … All five transports, Convoy TA-9 landed some 4,000 troops at Palompon, but escorting destroyers entered the bay on 11 December where two, By fighting this series of engagements in Ormoc Bay, the U.S. Navy was eventually able to prevent the Japanese from further resupplying and reinforcing their troops on Leyte, contributing significantly to the victory in the land battle. After gaining naval control over the Western Pacific in mid-1944, the On 8–9 November, the Japanese dispatched two convoys from Bad weather in late November made air interdiction less effective, and the U.S. Navy began to send destroyers into Ormoc Bay. The final tally of ships lost in Ormoc Bay is: U.S. — three destroyers, one Historian Irwin J. Kappes argued that naval historians have unjustly neglected the importance of these engagements, writing:"In the end, it was the rather amorphous Battle of Ormoc Bay that finally brought Leyte and the entire Gulf area under firm Allied control. An Allied patrol plane radioed a message to the division noting that a surfaced Japanese Another U.S. destroyer sweep on the night of 29–30 November in search of a reported convoy resulted only in the destruction of a few barges.A convoy of three transports departed Manila on 1 December, escorted by destroyers The convoy was docked at Ormoc City when it was engaged at 00:09 on 3 December by three ships of U.S. Destroyer Division 120 (DesDivThe U.S. ships sank the transports as they were unloading but came under heavy attack from This convoy carried 4,000 troops destined for Ormoc Bay, but which were unloaded at San Isidro, 30 miles north of Ormoc, after receiving news of the U.S. troop landings near Ormoc.

One of few runs was during the Battle of Ormoc Bay and this was going on while the ground forces were already moving in Leyte and slowly to Ormoc city. Others for the December 2–3 battle with TA-7 in which Cooper and Kuwa were sunk (see for example and the US Navy's own ).

The final tally of ships lost in Ormoc Bay is: U.S. – three destroyers, one Historian Irwin J. Kappes argued that naval historians have unjustly neglected the importance of these engagements, writing: All five transports, Convoy TA-9 landed some 4,000 troops at Palompon, but escorting destroyers entered the bay on 11 December where two, By fighting this series of engagements in Ormoc Bay, the U.S. Navy was eventually able to prevent the Japanese from further resupplying and reinforcing their troops on Leyte, contributing significantly to the victory in the land battle. After gaining naval control over the Western Pacific in mid-1944, the On 8–9 November, the Japanese dispatched two convoys from Bad weather in late November made air interdiction less effective, and the U.S. Navy began to send destroyers into Ormoc Bay. A convoy of three transports departed Manila on 1 December, escorted by destroyers The convoy was docked at Ormoc City when it was engaged at 00:09 on 3 December by three ships of U.S. Destroyer Division 120 (DesDiv 120) under the command of Commander John C. Zahm (The U.S. ships sank the transports as they were unloading but came under heavy attack from This convoy carried 4,000 troops destined for Ormoc Bay, but which were unloaded at San Isidro, 30 miles north of Ormoc, after receiving news of the U.S. troop landings near Ormoc. Over 100 veterans and wives came together to remember the series of battles that took place in November and December 1944 at Ormoc Bay on the western side of Leyte Island in the Philippines. From 11 November 1944 until 21 December, the combined efforts of Third Fleet carrier planes, Marine fighter-bomber groups, a pincer movement by the Army’s 77th Division and the Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea!I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.

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