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USS Johnston (DD-557) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy in World War II, the first Navy ship named after Lieutenant John V. Johnston. The ship is known for her action in the Battle off Samar. The small "tincan" destroyer, armed with torpedoes, and guns no larger than 5 inches (127 mm), led an attack by a handful of light ships which had inadvertently been left unprotected in the path of a Japanese fleet with battleships and cruisers. The actions of Johnston—sunk in the battle—and the lightly armed and lightly armored Escort Carrier Task Unit 77.4.3 ("Taffy 3"), of which she was a member, helped stop Admiral Kurita's Center Force from attacking the U.S. landing forces and inflicted greater damage on the Japanese attackers than they suffered.[citation needed] Johnston's wreck is the deepest surveyed shipwreck after having been rediscovered and identified in March 2021. (Wikipedia)
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