Ormoc Bay is a large bay in the island of Leyte in the Philippines. The bay is an extension of the Camotes Sea. The city of Ormoc lies at the head of the bay and exports rice, copra and sugar.
The World War II Battle of Ormoc Bay took place from November 11 until mid-December in Ormoc Bay during late 1944. It consisted of a series of almost daily destroyer skirmishes and air battles. It was decisive in determining the final outcome of the Battle of Leyte. The city of Ormoc was mostly destroyed during the battle and the current city is built on its ruins.
The Battle of OrmocBay was a series of air-sea battles between Imperial Japan and the United States in the Camotes Sea in the Philippines from 9 November-21...
Ormoc (IPA: [ʔoɾˈmok]), officially the City of Ormoc (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Ormoc; Waray: Syudad han Ormoc; Filipino: Lungsod ng Ormoc), is a 1st class...
OrmocBay is a large bay in the island of Leyte in the Philippines. The bay is an extension of the Camotes Sea. The city of Ormoc lies at the head of...
confirmed the identity of the wreck. In December 2017, Petrel explored OrmocBay and discovered the wrecks of the American destroyers USS Ward, USS Cooper...
most through the port of Ormoc on the west coast, despite heavy losses to reinforcement convoys, including engagements at OrmocBay, because of relentless...
for a series of amphibious landings in OrmocBay—engagements collectively referred to as the Battle of OrmocBay. The Imperial Japanese Navy had suffered...
Leyte Gulf: October 1944 Battle off Samar: 25 October 1944 Battle of OrmocBay: November–December 1944 Battle of Luzon: January–August 1945 Battle of...
early December, Ward transported Army personnel during the landings at OrmocBay, Leyte. On the morning of 7 December, three years to the day after she...
USS Ward, the wrecks of the Battle of Surigao Strait and the Battle of OrmocBay. In 2018, Petrel found a lost US Navy C-2A Greyhound aircraft in the Philippine...
adult bluntnose sixgill shark lurking around a World War II shipwreck in OrmocBay, Philippines at a depth of 259 m (850 ft). This was the first time the...
approached Ormoc, of what was then known as the Battle of OrmocBay. She was sunk by aircraft of Task Force 38 on 11 November in OrmocBay, west of Leyte...
Waves) Apr 1941 Jun 1942 Air attack OrmocBay, Nov 1944 Okinami (High Seas Waves) Aug 1942 Dec 1943 Air attack Manila Bay, Nov 1944 Ōnami (Big Rough Waves)...
Wakatsuki was escorting a troop convoy to Ormoc, Philippines. She was sunk by aircraft of Task Force 38 in OrmocBay, west of Leyte (10°50′N 124°35′E / 10...
6 December, it landed at Ipil and fought up the east coast of OrmocBay to seize Ormoc on 10 December. Attacking north, astride Highway No. 2, the division...
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