Taffy 3 was a group of Escort Carriers, Destroyers and Destroyer Escorts that
were tasked with guarding the invasion force of the Phillippines during
World War II.  One of the reasons they were guarding the invasion force
was because the main part of the US fleet was chasing a decoy Japanese
fleet of carriers.

It ended up facing a Japanese group of Battleships, Cruisers and Destroyers
that included the Yamato.  It put up a huge fight but took lots of damage.  It
put up so much of a fight that the Japanese turned around.

Taffy 3






USS White Plains (CVE-66)



USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68)



USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70)



USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71)



USS Gabier Bay (CVE-73)



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