BATTLE OF SURIGAO STRAIT CLEAR U.S. VICTORY
Surigao Strait, Philippines • October 25, 1944 In the lightless hours on this date, October 25, 1945, 2 elderly Japanese battleships—Fuso and Yamashiro—escorted by heavy cruiser Mogami and 4 destroyers, steamed into what would become one of the most lop-sided battles in naval history. The warships made up half the Imperial Japanese Navy’s southern strike force under…