On 24 October 1944, as the result of a string of complicated events, a group of diminutive U.S. escort carriers and their even smaller screening vessels found themselves facing a formidable Japansese fleet consisting of battleships (one of them the largest in the world), heavy and light cruisers, and destroyers. It was as though David had shown up to fight Goliath and had forgotten his slingshot.

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