Idaho firing off Okinawa, Enterprise underway in 1944, and Kembu Maru burning in the Bismarck Sea.

Idaho firing off Okinawa, Enterprise underway in 1944, and Kembu Maru burning in the Bismarck Sea. Three photographs, not one fight.

The fights

Battles.

Open a fight to see the ships, and the map where one has been drawn. The same fights, by year.

1941-11-19Sydney and KormoranIndian Ocean, west of Western Australia · 2 ships · map 1941-12-07Attack on Pearl HarborPearl Harbor, Oahu · 95 ships · map 1941-12-07Bombardment of MidwayOff Sand Island, Midway · 2 ships · map 1941-12-10Loss of Prince of Wales and RepulseSouth China Sea, off Kuantan, Malaya · 4 ships · map 1941-12-11Battle of Wake IslandWake Island · 22 ships · map 1942-01-20Sinking of I-124Off Darwin · 5 ships · map 1942-01-24Battle of BalikpapanBalikpapan anchorage, Makassar Strait, east Borneo · 11 ships · map 1942-02-04Air attack in the Bali SeaBali Sea, about 07°28' S, 115°37' E · 11 ships 1942-02-19Battle of Badung StraitBadung Strait, off Bali, on the night of 19-20 February 1942 · 14 ships · map 1942-02-19Raid on DarwinDarwin harbor, Northern Territory · 5 ships 1942-02-27Battle of the Java SeaJava Sea, off the north coast of Java between Surabaya and Tuban, about 6 to 7 degrees south, 112 degrees east · 33 ships · map 1942-02-27Loss of LangleySouth of Java, then off Christmas Island on 1 March 1942 · 3 ships 1942-03-01Battle of Sunda StraitBantam Bay, at the eastern entrance of Sunda Strait · 25 ships · map 1942-03-01The loss of EdsallAbout 200 miles south-southeast of Christmas Island · 8 ships · map 1942-03-03The loss of PerchJava Sea, north of Surabaya · 5 ships 1942-03-11Evacuation of MacArthur from CorregidorFrom Corregidor to Cagayan, on Mindanao · 4 ships 1942-04-05Indian Ocean RaidOff Ceylon, 5 and 9 April 1942 · 21 ships 1942-04-18The Doolittle RaidLaunched about 650 nautical miles east of Japan; targets in Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, Kobe and Osaka · 16 ships · map 1942-05-08Battle of the Coral SeaCoral Sea, south of the Louisiade Islands · 43 ships · map 1942-06-03Aleutian IslandsDutch Harbor, Attu, and Kiska · 20 ships · map 1942-06-04Battle of MidwayNorthwest of Midway · 80 ships · map 1942-08-07Landings on Guadalcanal and TulagiGuadalcanal and Tulagi · 28 ships · map 1942-08-09Battle of Savo IslandIronbottom Sound, off Savo Island · 23 ships · map 1942-08-24Battle of the Eastern SolomonsEast of the Solomons · 20 ships · map 1942-09-15I-19's attack, 15 September 1942Southeast of Guadalcanal · 9 ships · map 1942-10-11Battle of Cape EsperanceOff Cape Esperance and Savo Island, Guadalcanal · 19 ships · map 1942-10-26Battle of the Santa Cruz IslandsPacific north of the Santa Cruz Islands, about 8 to 9 degrees south, 163 to 167 degrees east · 63 ships · map 1942-11-13Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, night actionOff Guadalcanal, near Savo Island · 28 ships · map 1942-11-15Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleship nightOff Savo Island, Guadalcanal · 20 ships · map 1942-11-30Battle of TassafarongaOff Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal · 19 ships · map 1942-12-12Loss of TeruzukiOff Savo Island, Guadalcanal · 4 ships · map 1943-01-29Battle of Rennell IslandBetween Rennell Island and Guadalcanal, southern Solomon Islands · 14 ships · map 1943-03-02Battle of the Bismarck SeaBismarck Sea, on the way from Rabaul to Lae · 24 ships · map 1943-03-06Battle of Blackett StraitKula Gulf, between Kolombangara and New Georgia · 8 ships · map 1943-03-26Battle of the Komandorski IslandsSouth of the Komandorski Islands, about 180 miles west of Attu · 15 ships · map 1943-07-06Battle of Kula GulfKula Gulf, between Kolombangara and New Georgia · 17 ships · map 1943-07-13Battle of KolombangaraAbout twenty miles east of the north end of Kolombangara · 23 ships · map 1943-08-02Loss of PT-109Blackett Strait, between Kolombangara and Arundel · 19 ships · map 1943-08-06Battle of Vella GulfVella Gulf, between Vella Lavella and Kolombangara · 10 ships · map 1943-08-18Battle off HoraniuOff the north coast of Vella Lavella · 8 ships · map 1943-10-06Battle of Vella LavellaNorthwest of Vella Lavella · 12 ships · map 1943-11-02Battle of Empress Augusta BayEmpress Augusta Bay, Bougainville · 22 ships · map 1943-11-20Gilbert Islands, November 1943Tarawa and Makin · 15 ships · map 1943-11-25Battle of Cape St. GeorgeOff Cape St. George, New Ireland · 4 ships · map 1943-11-25Loss of I-19About 50 miles west of Makin · 2 ships · map 1944-01-14Loss of SazanamiAbout 300 miles southeast of Yap · 3 ships · map 1944-01-19Haddock and UnyoAbout 140 miles east-southeast of Guam · 1 ships · map 1944-01-31Marshall IslandsKwajalein, Roi-Namur, Majuro, and Eniwetok · 84 ships · map 1944-02-17Operation Hailstone, the raid on TrukTruk Lagoon (Chuuk), Caroline Islands · 67 ships · map 1944-06-19Battle of the Philippine SeaThe Philippine Sea · 41 ships · map 1944-08-07Loss of NagaraWest of the Amakusa Islands, 7 August 1944 · 2 ships 1944-09-17Loss of UnyoAbout 220 miles southeast of Hong Kong · 3 ships · map 1944-09-24Loss of YaeyamaSouth of Mindoro, in the Calamian Islands · 1 ships · map 1944-10-23Palawan PassagePalawan Passage, on the morning of 23 October 1944 · 5 ships 1944-10-24Battle of the Sibuyan SeaThe Sibuyan Sea, west of Leyte · 29 ships · map 1944-10-25Battle of Surigao StraitSurigao Strait, Leyte Gulf · 96 ships · map 1944-10-25Battle off Cape EngañoOff Cape Engaño, north of Luzon · 41 ships · map 1944-10-25Battle off SamarOff Samar, east of Leyte · 51 ships · map 1944-11-08Loss of GrowlerOff Mindoro · 2 ships · map 1944-11-29Loss of ShinanoOff Japan, early on 29 November 1944 · 2 ships 1945-01-24The loss of ShigureGulf of Siam, east of Kota Bharu · 2 ships · map 1945-02-19Iwo JimaIwo Jima · 47 ships · map 1945-04-01OkinawaOkinawa · 154 ships · map 1945-04-07Operation Ten-GoSouthwest of Nagasaki, on the way to Okinawa · 11 ships · map 1945-07-30Sinking of IndianapolisPhilippine Sea, on the way from Guam to Leyte · 2 ships · map