Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do send ASW hunter-killer squadrons to keep the Palawan Passage clear for Kurita's Striking Force.
Meanwhile, in reality, this wound up sinking or crippling 3/4ths of the Atago class (including Kurita's flagship Atago) between two subs that got away, and the last undamaged Atago-class, Choukai, sank from direct cannon fire from a carrier in Taffy-3.
... Leyte was NOT kind to the Atago class. (Well, it was an absolute slaughter all-around, but the Atago class really suffered humiliation in this one.)
Meanwhile, in reality, this wound up sinking or crippling 3/4ths of the Atago class (including Kurita's flagship Atago) between two subs that got away, and the last undamaged Atago-class, Choukai, sank from direct cannon fire from a carrier in Taffy-3.
... Leyte was NOT kind to the Atago class. (Well, it was an absolute slaughter all-around, but the Atago class really suffered humiliation in this one.)
Meanwhile, in reality, this wound up sinking or crippling 3/4ths of the Atago class (including Kurita's flagship Atago) between two subs that got away, and the last undamaged Atago-class, Choukai, sank from direct cannon fire from a carrier in Taffy-3.
... Leyte was NOT kind to the Atago class. (Well, it was an absolute slaughter all-around, but the Atago class really suffered humiliation in this one.)
I always compared what the Takao-class suffered at Leyte vs. what the New Orleans-class suffered at Savo Island
Because of Atago was completed first, there are some sources that call it the Atago-class, and others the Takao-class.
No Navy is ever consistent about that. A lot of the early sci-fi writers seem to have been Teeaboos so they take the RN convention that the first to complete (launch? commission) is the nameship. I don't actually know whether the RN themselves kept it consistent or not, but the IJN that based their traditions on them often waffled between contract order and completion date. The USN assumed the IJN was consistent, hence they called it the Nachi-class (completion order) while the IJN internally called it the Myoukou-class (contract order).
Then there's the USN's inconsistency. It's not just tradition but also technically regulation that the nameship is based on contract order, not launch date or commission date. But for at least one cruiser class, all three of those criteria were ignored and they based it on... keel-laying date. Then there's the Benson-Gleaves class destroyers--they were originally the Bristol and Livermore classes and were known as such throughout the war. It was only afterwards that they sorted out all these inconsistencies and renamed classes to fit regulations and to match how we now know them as.
Let's head to the next one!CLEAR!Naka-chan's glorious achievement♪Pretty used to this, aren't we.GWRAAAAAAAAAAAH!flooooatThe camera thisaway?
War! The great battle results of the Formosa Air Battle were false reports. The Combined Fleet Headquarters makes the decision to intercept the enemy task force at the Operation Shou-ichi front. As the first stage, the Nishimura Fleet broke through at the Surigao Strait, where after a fierce battle with the gathered enemy landing parties, the way to Leyte Gulf was opened. The time of the decisive battle draws near. The main forces of the Combined Fleet were in preparation to sortie. To save Humanity, and restore freedom to the seas....
Showdown at Operation Shou-Gou! Battle of Leyte Gulf
Episode 2 A NEW HOPE
