Cika wannan jumla:
Yaƙin Gulf na Leyte, wanda aka ɗauka a matsayin babban yaƙin jirgin ruwa a tarihi, an yi yaƙi a ranar 24 zuwa 25 ga Oktoba, 1944 a cikin ruwan tsibirin Philippine ta hanyar abubuwan da ke cikin Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Imperial Japan (ta haɗu da IJN na 2nd Fleet, 3rd Fleet da 5th Fleet) da kuma Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Amurka (ta haɗu da USN na 3rd Fleet da 7th Fleet). Daga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe guda biyar da aka yi a yaƙin gaba ɗaya, an lissafa rundunonin da suka sa hannu a manyan yaƙe-yaƙe uku a nan.