Posted on Apr 3, 2021
Wreck of USS Johnston discovered 77 years after its sinking at the Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Wreck of USS Johnston discovered 77 years after its sinking at the Battle of Leyte Gulf
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BIGGEST NAVAL BATTLE OF WWII (Part 2): The Battle of Leyte Gulf | Battle 360 | History
Love Battle 360? Stay up to date on all of your favorite History shows at http://history.com/schedule.At the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Japanese Navy catches ...
The USS Johnston was a navy kamikaze. This little destroyer and a couple other ships charged a bunch of battleships and kept firing even though they knew they could not survive. They were protecting American troops that were landing on the Philippines and they were the only defense. The Japanese were so startled by the valour of these ships that the battleships actually turned around and went back saving the soldiers on the beaches. Start video at 1:30 mark.
https://youtu.be/jFkAeQI7UuQ
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SCPO Morris Ramsey PO3 Bob McCord LT Brad McInnis
https://youtu.be/jFkAeQI7UuQ
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SCPO Morris Ramsey PO3 Bob McCord LT Brad McInnis
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Ernest Edwin Evans (August 13, 1908 – October 25, 1944) was an officer of the United States Navy who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle off Samar in World War II.
Evans, of Native American ancestry (half Cherokee and one quarter Creek), was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1931.
Cmdr. Evans, the only commanding officer the ship ever had, received the Medal of Honor (posthumously) for his “gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his own life above and beyond the call of duty” in the Battle off Samar. “The most inspirational leadership and actions of our Captain,” wrote Lt. Hagen subsequently, “inspired heroic deeds from the entire crew.” Evans was last seen alive, wounded and wearing a life jacket, in the water with other survivors on the night of 25 October 1944. One survivor reported other officers with him, clinging to 4x4-inch timbers, shoring that had evidently drifted off the ship when she sank: Lt. Joseph L. Worling, the engineer officer, a 30-year old “mustang” with a decade of enlisted service, and Lt. Walter P. Deutsch, E-V(G), USNR, 27; both had been with the ship since commissioning. None of the three were seen again.
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/j/johnston-i.html
Evans, of Native American ancestry (half Cherokee and one quarter Creek), was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1931.
Cmdr. Evans, the only commanding officer the ship ever had, received the Medal of Honor (posthumously) for his “gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his own life above and beyond the call of duty” in the Battle off Samar. “The most inspirational leadership and actions of our Captain,” wrote Lt. Hagen subsequently, “inspired heroic deeds from the entire crew.” Evans was last seen alive, wounded and wearing a life jacket, in the water with other survivors on the night of 25 October 1944. One survivor reported other officers with him, clinging to 4x4-inch timbers, shoring that had evidently drifted off the ship when she sank: Lt. Joseph L. Worling, the engineer officer, a 30-year old “mustang” with a decade of enlisted service, and Lt. Walter P. Deutsch, E-V(G), USNR, 27; both had been with the ship since commissioning. None of the three were seen again.
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/j/johnston-i.html
John Vincent Johnston of Cincinnati, Ohio, entered the Navy in September 1861 as First Master in gunboatSt. Louis.He assisted in the Union gunboat attacks that captured strategic Fort Henry on the Tennessee River on 6 February 1862. On the night of 1 April 1862, he was the Navy commander of a combined Army-Navy boat expedition fromSt. Louiswhich landed and spiked the guns of Fort No. 1 above the Confederate stronghold of Island No. 10. He was...
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PO1 Tony Holland Still Scratching My Head trying to Figure Out what Part of the Ship I'm Looking At.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
PO3 Bob McCord - Part looked like the Quarterdeck but some looked like the "Crows Nest" Considering the Size of the Ship though, It could be Part of Both.
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Let's put this into perspective. The first land operation to take back the Philippines was a large amphibous US Army operation at the Island of Leyte which is part of the Philippine archapelogo. The Japanese fleet sent her aircraft carriers Northeast of the Philippines as a diversion which caused part of our fleet to follow. The Japanese sent large battleships and heavy destroyers to disrupt the the amphibious landings. I will call this the Center Fleet. At one point in the Battle of Lyete Gulf 4 small US destroyers stood between the Center Fleet and the amphibious operations.
The CMDR of the USS Johnston Ernest Evans unilaterally attacked and went full steam ahead at the Center Fleet. The other 3 destroyers followed suit. One CMDR told his crew through the intercom that survival from this battle is not to be expected. The small US destroyers were heavily outgunned by the Center Fleet but the destroyers gave a good fight. It was said that a Japanese Captain was so moved by the heroics of the USS Johnston that he saluted her as she sank. Eventually US Naval Air Power became involved in the battle and the Center Fleet turned around to disengage from the battle.
The CMDR of the USS Johnston Ernest Evans unilaterally attacked and went full steam ahead at the Center Fleet. The other 3 destroyers followed suit. One CMDR told his crew through the intercom that survival from this battle is not to be expected. The small US destroyers were heavily outgunned by the Center Fleet but the destroyers gave a good fight. It was said that a Japanese Captain was so moved by the heroics of the USS Johnston that he saluted her as she sank. Eventually US Naval Air Power became involved in the battle and the Center Fleet turned around to disengage from the battle.
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