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Originally Posted by machine shop tom  Hey, Slip, have you read "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors"? (Hornfischer)? I can't recommend it highly enough. Another good reference to the Battle off Samar is in "The Little Giants" (Y'Blood).
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You know I have, Tom. You and I talked about it a while back.
It is great book.
The more I read and study about that fight, the more impressed I get with what those men accomplished. Those skippers turned those little ships into the fray knowing full well that they were probably going to die and take their crew with them. But they went anyway.
Ziggy Sprague did everything right that day and I am sure that type of battle had never been discussed, much less planned for. Lets see, lets run a scenerio where a group of 6 slow jeep carriers provisioned with ground attack ordinance, screened by 3 destroyers and 4 destroyer escorts, are attacked by 4 battleships, 6 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers and 11 destroyers. Naw, that'll never happen. Besides, if it did, the carriers and escorts will be toast. Un...be...lievable.