| This Fleet was lead by [[Wikipedia:Takeo_Kurita|Takeo Kurita]] who lead the main fleet that was part of the attack group intended to stage the main assault against the US fleet invading the Island of Leyte. His plan was to invade the American Fleet forces invading Leytw by coming from the North of Samar. During his attempt to traverse the waters he ran into several obstacles which causes several ships in the fleet to sink, but upon passing the San Bernadino Strait was when the Main Forces experienced taking a heavy hit from group of the 3rd Fleet Carrier Task Force that was located at Samar taking out most of Kurita's main forces. | | This Fleet was lead by [[Wikipedia:Takeo_Kurita|Takeo Kurita]] who lead the main fleet that was part of the attack group intended to stage the main assault against the US fleet invading the Island of Leyte. His plan was to invade the American Fleet forces invading Leytw by coming from the North of Samar. During his attempt to traverse the waters he ran into several obstacles which causes several ships in the fleet to sink, but upon passing the San Bernadino Strait was when the Main Forces experienced taking a heavy hit from group of the 3rd Fleet Carrier Task Force that was located at Samar taking out most of Kurita's main forces. |
− | This ships that he had within his fleet were: [[Yamato]], [[Musashi]] (sunk), [[Nagato]], [[Myoukou]], [[Haguro]], [[Maya]] (Sunk), [[Choukai]] (Sunk), [[Takao]] (Sunk), [[Atago]] (Sunk), [[Noshiro]], [[Hatsushimo]], [[Asashimo]], [[Naganami]], and [[Fujinami]] | + | This ships that he had within his fleet were: [[Yamato]], [[Musashi]] (sunk), [[Nagato]], [[Myoukou]], [[Haguro]], [[Maya]] (Sunk), [[Choukai]] (Sunk), [[Takao]], [[Atago]] (Sunk), [[Noshiro]], [[Hatsushimo]], [[Asashimo]], [[Naganami]], and [[Fujinami]] |