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"The carriers at Samar were clearly Enterprise-class carriers. "

Kurita thought they were. Part of the issue was that the IJN didn't have recognition pictures for the Casablanca class CVEs. Add in the stress of combat and very dodgy viewing condidtions, and "mistakes were made."

I'd recommend Lundgren's "The World Wondered, What Really Happened  Off Samar" to anyone looking for the history of the battle, along with the standard "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors."