Strength 6 escort carriers (Taffy 3) + 4 battleships, 10 escort carriers (Taffy 1 6 heavy cruisers, and 2), 2 light cruisers, 3 destroyers, 11 destroyers, 4 destroyer escorts, 30 aircraft (in kamikaze ~400 aircraft from Taffy 1, 2, and 3 attack) Casualties and losses 2 escort carriers sunk 3 heavy cruisers sunk 2 destroyers sunk 3 heavy cruisers damaged 1 destroyer escort sunk 1 destroyer damaged 23 aircraft lost 52 aircraft 4 escort carriers damaged Number of dead or 1 destroyer damaged wounded unknown, but 2 destroyer escorts damaged possibly between 250 and 1,583 killed and missing 750, or more 913 wounded
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