1941–1945
The war, year by year.
These are the fights in this catalog, in date order. The earliest is Sydney and Kormoran, 1941-11-19. The latest is Sinking of Indianapolis, 1945-07-30. A year on the ships page also matches a launch or a commissioning, not only a battle.
1941-11-19Sydney and KormoranIndian Ocean, west of Western Australia · 2 ships · map1941-12-07Attack on Pearl HarborPearl Harbor, Oahu · 84 ships · map1941-12-07Bombardment of MidwayOff Sand Island, Midway · 2 ships · map1941-12-10Loss of Prince of Wales and RepulseSouth China Sea, off Kuantan, Malaya · 3 ships · map1941-12-11Battle of Wake IslandWake Island · 21 ships · map
1942-01-20Sinking of I-124Off Darwin · 5 ships · map1942-01-24Battle of BalikpapanBalikpapan anchorage, Makassar Strait, east Borneo · 9 ships · map1942-02-27Battle 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 · map1942-03-01Battle of Sunda StraitBantam Bay, at the eastern entrance of Sunda Strait · 23 ships · map1942-03-01The loss of EdsallAbout 200 miles south-southeast of Christmas Island · 8 ships · map1942-03-03The loss of PerchJava Sea, north of Surabaya · 5 ships1942-05-08Battle of the Coral SeaCoral Sea, south of the Louisiade Islands · 40 ships · map1942-06-03Aleutian IslandsDutch Harbor, Attu, and Kiska · 16 ships · map1942-06-04Battle of MidwayNorthwest of Midway · 72 ships · map1942-08-07Landings on Guadalcanal and TulagiGuadalcanal and Tulagi · 28 ships · map1942-08-09Battle of Savo IslandIronbottom Sound, off Savo Island · 23 ships · map1942-08-24Battle of the Eastern SolomonsEast of the Solomons · 15 ships · map1942-09-15I-19's attack, 15 September 1942Southeast of Guadalcanal · 8 ships · map1942-10-11Battle of Cape EsperanceOff Cape Esperance and Savo Island, Guadalcanal · 18 ships · map1942-10-26Battle of the Santa Cruz IslandsPacific north of the Santa Cruz Islands, about 8 to 9 degrees south, 163 to 167 degrees east · 62 ships · map1942-11-13Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, night actionOff Guadalcanal, near Savo Island · 27 ships · map1942-11-15Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleship nightOff Savo Island, Guadalcanal · 20 ships · map1942-11-30Battle of TassafarongaOff Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal · 19 ships · map1942-12-12Loss of TeruzukiOff Savo Island, Guadalcanal · 4 ships · map
1943-03-02Battle of the Bismarck SeaBismarck Sea, on the way from Rabaul to Lae · 24 ships · map1943-03-06Battle of Blackett StraitKula Gulf, between Kolombangara and New Georgia · 8 ships · map1943-07-06Battle of Kula GulfKula Gulf, between Kolombangara and New Georgia · 17 ships · map1943-08-02Loss of PT-109Blackett Strait, between Kolombangara and Arundel · 19 ships · map1943-08-06Battle of Vella GulfVella Gulf, between Vella Lavella and Kolombangara · 10 ships · map1943-08-18Battle off HoraniuOff the north coast of Vella Lavella · 8 ships · map1943-10-06Battle of Vella LavellaNorthwest of Vella Lavella · 12 ships · map1943-11-02Battle of Empress Augusta BayEmpress Augusta Bay, Bougainville · 22 ships · map1943-11-20Gilbert Islands, November 1943Tarawa and Makin · 5 ships · map1943-11-25Battle of Cape St. GeorgeOff Cape St. George, New Ireland · 3 ships · map
1944-01-14Loss of SazanamiAbout 300 miles southeast of Yap · 3 ships · map1944-01-19Haddock and UnyoAbout 140 miles east-southeast of Guam · 1 ships · map1944-01-31Marshall IslandsKwajalein, Roi-Namur, Majuro, and Eniwetok · 75 ships · map1944-06-19Battle of the Philippine SeaThe Philippine Sea · 18 ships · map1944-09-17Loss of UnyoAbout 220 miles southeast of Hong Kong · 2 ships · map1944-09-24Loss of YaeyamaSouth of Mindoro, in the Calamian Islands · 1 ships · map1944-10-24Battle of the Sibuyan SeaThe Sibuyan Sea, west of Leyte · 27 ships · map1944-10-25Battle of Surigao StraitSurigao Strait, Leyte Gulf · 96 ships · map1944-10-25Battle off SamarOff Samar, east of Leyte · 38 ships · map1944-11-08Loss of GrowlerOff Mindoro · 2 ships · map
1945-01-24The loss of ShigureGulf of Siam, east of Kota Bharu · 2 ships · map1945-02-19Iwo JimaIwo Jima · 19 ships · map1945-04-01OkinawaOkinawa · 96 ships · map1945-04-07Operation Ten-GoSouthwest of Nagasaki, on the way to Okinawa · 10 ships · map1945-07-30Sinking of IndianapolisPhilippine Sea, on the way from Guam to Leyte · 2 ships · map
In this catalog
On the most battle pages.
A count of battle pages that list the ship. It is not a count of every action in the war.