Battle of Ormoc Bay

Battle of Ormoc Bay
Part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II

Leyte campaign, November–December 1944
Date9 November–21 December 1944
Location
Result American victory
Belligerents
 United States  Japan
Commanders and leaders
United States Douglas MacArthur Empire of Japan 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.