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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:marine
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gptkbp:alliedShipsInvolved
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gptkb:USS_California
gptkb:USS_Maryland
gptkb:USS_Mississippi
gptkb:USS_Pennsylvania
gptkb:USS_Tennessee
gptkb:USS_West_Virginia
destroyers and PT boats
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gptkbp:casualtiesAllied
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39 killed
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gptkbp:casualtiesJapanese
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over 4,000 killed
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Kiyohide_Shima
gptkb:Shoji_Nishimura
gptkb:Jesse_B._Oldendorf
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gptkbp:conflict
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:date
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October 25, 1944
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Battle_off_Samar
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of Surigao Strait
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gptkbp:location
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Surigao Strait, Philippines
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gptkbp:notableFor
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use of radar-directed gunfire by US Navy
last battleship-versus-battleship action in history
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gptkbp:objective
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prevent Japanese Southern Force from entering Leyte Gulf
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Battle_of_the_Sibuyan_Sea
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gptkbp:relatedEvent
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gptkb:Philippines_campaign_(1944–1945)
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:shipsSunk
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gptkb:Yamashiro
gptkb:Fuso
gptkb:Mogami
gptkb:Asagumo
gptkb:Michishio
gptkb:Shigure_(damaged)
gptkb:Yamagumo
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gptkbp:significance
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decisive defeat for Japanese Southern Force
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gptkbp:tactics
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crossing the T
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Kiyohide_Shima
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Royal_Netherlands_Navy
gptkb:World_War_II_destroyers
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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