Battle of Ormoc Bay

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Battle of Ormoc Bay
Part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II
Leyte campaign, November–December 1944
Date 9 November–21 December 1944 Location Camotes Sea, Philippines Result American victory
Belligerents
United States	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Douglas MacArthur	Tomoyuki Yamashita
Casualties and losses
6 ships sunk	29 ships sunk 1 submarine sunk 1 patrol boat sunk

The Battle of Ormoc Bay was a series of air-sea battles between Imperial Japan and the United States in the Camotes Sea in the Philippines from 9 November-21 December 1944, at Ormoc, part of the Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II. The battles resulted from Japanese operations to reinforce and resupply their forces on Leyte and U.S. attempts to interdict them.