tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post2287159493334265393..comments2024-03-28T04:08:45.199-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Remembering the largest naval battle in historyPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-62220928396708300512011-10-25T18:20:18.392-05:002011-10-25T18:20:18.392-05:00Taffy 3 was the first to my mind as well after hav...Taffy 3 was the first to my mind as well after having read "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" a few years back. Seems the dust in the room gets stirred up, just like now, every time I think about it.<br /><br />"This is going to be a fighting ship. I intend to go in harm's way, and anyone who doesn't want to go along had better get off right now." <br /><br />- Cmdr. Evans, USS Johnston, CommandingMatthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414687981098467556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-31991330155320950232011-10-24T11:30:35.062-05:002011-10-24T11:30:35.062-05:00Ironically, this was a subject of discussion last ...Ironically, this was a subject of discussion last week, while I was overseas... And Anon is correct, in the first battle (of four of Leyte Gulf, Taffy 3 was the decisive factor. Ironically, they had just been transfered from Halsey's TF 38 earlier that week.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13955607666196408652011-10-24T10:38:37.786-05:002011-10-24T10:38:37.786-05:00On a related note, if'n you ever make it anywh...On a related note, if'n you ever make it anywhere near Fredricksburg, TX (not too far out of San Antonio), make sure to stop in to the Nimitz Museum. You can go view the Admiral's birth house nearby either before or after the museum.<br /><br />Let me know if you need a guide. ;)<br /><br /><br /><br />tweakerSpeakerTweakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520767686388236987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-53682726369364815352011-10-24T09:26:06.268-05:002011-10-24T09:26:06.268-05:00Admiral Sprague's Task Unit 77.4.3 ('Taffy...Admiral Sprague's Task Unit 77.4.3 ('Taffy 3') saved Macarthur's landing fleet, not to mention Halsey's bacon. This lopsided US victory missed being a disaster by just a few missed communications by the Japanese, and the incredible heroism and aggressiveness of Sprague's jeep carriers and destroyers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com