- Leyte (disambiguation)
Leyte may refer to:
In the Philippines
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Leyte (island) , the fourth largest island in the Visayas group of the Philippines.
*Leyte Gulf , the body of water immediately east of the island of Leyte.
*Leyte , a province of the Philippines that occupies the northern three-quarters of the island of Leyte.
*Leyte, Leyte , a municipality in the province of Leyte.
*Southern Leyte , a province of the Philippines that occupies the southern quarter of the island of Leyte.World War II battles
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Battle of Leyte , the October - December 1944 reconquest of the island by American troops and Filipino guerrillas.
*Battle of Leyte Gulf , also known as the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, was the largest naval battle in modern historyUnited States Navy Ships
*USS|Leyte|ARG-8, a "Luzon"-class internal combustion engine repair ship that commissioned in 1944, and was renamed "Maui" in May 1945, decommissioned in 1946, and scrapped in 1972.
*USS|Leyte|CV-32, an "Essex"-class aircraft carrier that commissioned in 1946, decommissioned in 1959, and scrapped in 1970.
*USS|Leyte Gulf|CG-55, a "Ticonderoga"-class guided missile cruiser that commissioned in 1987 and is currently serving in the navy.
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