USS Hoel (DD-533), part of Taffy 3, received more than 40 hits from enemy gunfire while protecting the escort carriers during the Battle off Samar. Hoel sank, with the loss of 253 sailors.
Categories: World War II | Ships and Submarines
 
 
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