Reddit reviews The World Wonder'd: What Really Happened Off Samar

Let me put in a plug for Robert Lundgren's THE WORLD WONDER'D: What Really Happened Off Samar, a salvo-by-salvo account of the battle between Kurita and Taffy 3.

http://www.amazon.com/The-World-Wonderd-Really-Happened/product-reviews/160888046X

Just one final comment:

> (In theory; the furthest any warship hit another while both were on the move was the HMS Warspite against an Italian cruiser at 24km)

Traditionally the title for longest hit has been given to Warspite, but there's some recent scholarship you might find interesting that suggests that Yamato hit USS White Plains at 34k off Samar.

Lundgren argued that it's Yamato that did that really, with 3 of her 18-inch shell caused direct hit on Johnston. She also unleashed barrage that put Hoel in sinking condition.

Summary of that book here