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To: kiryandil
I've forgotten more about the battle off Samar than you'll ever know, twink.

Including forgetting that all the destroyers and destroyer escorts did man up and slug it out apparently.

Here comes the line of Demoscat battleships and cruisers...

LOL! You must really be afraid of them then.

56 posted on 12/27/2021 4:36:01 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg; Lazamataz
Doodle! wrote: Including forgetting that all the destroyers and destroyer escorts did man up and slug it out apparently.

"Destroyer escort USS Dennis was positioned alone as the final destroyer escort between the screen of destroyers and destroyers escorts and the escort carriers being shielded."

So, no "slugging it out" for the Dennis.

Stick to your Civil War threads, Doodle.

If you were more careful and let your mouth run less, you would have realized that "all" was a bridge too far.

They had to have one last screen if the front line failed.  winking face

But, let us say their names, while we're on the subject:

destroyers

USS Johnston
USS Hoel
USS Heermann

destroyer escorts

USS Samuel B. Roberts
USS Dennis 
USS John C. Butler 
USS Raymond

And a hat-tip to Jared Schmeck for doing his forefathers proud by taking on Fascist Joe and his Goebbels Media machine.

61 posted on 12/27/2021 5:23:26 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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