Pacific Naval Surface Battles
Pacific Naval Surface Battles
This section lists the naval battles between the United States and Japan in chronological order during World War II.
Image: 80-G-384160: Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944. Possibly USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) receives attack by the Japanese surface units. U.S. Navy Photograph.
1942 Naval Surface Battles
1942 January 24: Battle of the Balikpanan
1942 February 4: Battle of Makassar Strait
1942 February 18: Battle of Badung Strait
1942 February 27: Battle of the Java Sea
1942 February 28: Battle of the Sunda Strait
1942 March 1: Battle off Bawean Island
1942 May 4-8: Battle of the Coral Sea
1942 June 4-7: Battle of Midway
1942 August 9: Battle of Savo Island
1942 August 24: Battle of the Eastern Solomons
1942 October 11: Battle of Cape Esperance
1942 October 26: Battle of Santa Cruz Islands
1942 November 12-15: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
1942 November 30: Battle of Tassafaronga
1943
1943 January 29: Battle of Rennell Island
1943 March 2-5: Battle of the Bismarck Sea
1943 March 26: Battle of the Komandorski Islands (Aleutians)
1943 July 5-6: Battle of Kula Gulf
1943 July 12-13: Battle of Kolombangara
1943 August 6-7: Battle of Vella Gulf
1943 October 6-7: Battle of Vella LaVella
1943 November 1-2: Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
1943 November 25: Battle of Cape St. George
1944
1944 June 18: Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944 October 23-26: Battle of Leyte Gulf
USN Submarines at Palawan (October 23)
Battle of Sibuyan Sea (October 24)
Battle of Surigao Strait (October 25)
