Battle off Cape Engaño

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle off Cape Engaño was a World War II naval engagement in October 1944 in which U.S. carrier forces decimated a Japanese decoy carrier group during the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf.

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Label Occurrences
Battle off Cape Engaño canonical 24
Action off Cape Engaño 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
aircraftTypeUsed carrier-based dive bombers ⓘ
carrier-based fighters ⓘ
carrier-based torpedo bombers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
surface form: Action off Cape Engaño
belligerent Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
commander Jisaburō Ozawa ⓘ
William Halsey Jr. ⓘ
surface form: William F. Halsey Jr.
conflict World War II ⓘ
consequence contributed to overall Allied victory in the Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
further weakened Japanese naval aviation ⓘ
date 1944-10-25 ⓘ
endDate 1944-10-25 ⓘ
JapaneseCarrierSunk Chitose ⓘ
Chiyoda ⓘ
Zuihō ⓘ
Zuikaku ⓘ
JapaneseFormation Northern Force ⓘ
decoy carrier group ⓘ
JapaneseWarshipSunk Akizuki ⓘ
Hatsuzuki ⓘ
Isuzu (damaged and later scuttled) ⓘ
Shimotsuki ⓘ
Tama ⓘ
Wakatsuki ⓘ
location Philippine Sea ⓘ
off Cape Engaño, Luzon, Philippines ⓘ
notableFeature Japanese carriers used primarily as a decoy with few aircraft aboard ⓘ
destruction of the last remaining Japanese fleet carriers as an effective force ⓘ
objective lure U.S. Third Fleet away from Leyte landings ⓘ
partOf Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
partOfOperation U.S. invasion of Leyte ⓘ
result decisive United States victory ⓘ
startDate 1944-10-25 ⓘ
strategicContext Japanese attempt to repel U.S. landings on Leyte ⓘ
U.S.BattleshipParticipated USS Alabama ⓘ
USS Iowa ⓘ
USS Massachusetts (BB-59) ⓘ
surface form: USS Massachusetts

USS New Jersey ⓘ
USS South Dakota (BB-57) ⓘ
surface form: USS South Dakota
U.S.CarrierParticipated USS Enterprise (CV-6) ⓘ
USS Essex ⓘ
USS Franklin ⓘ
USS Intrepid ⓘ
USS Lexington (CV-16) ⓘ
U.S.Flagship USS Iowa ⓘ
USS New Jersey ⓘ
U.S.Formation U.S. Navy Task Force 58 ⓘ
surface form: Fast Carrier Task Force
U.S.TaskForce U.S. Navy Task Force 58 ⓘ
surface form: Task Force 38

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Leyte Gulf → hasPart → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Zuikaku → participatedIn → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Zuikaku → sunkIn → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Zuikaku → notableEngagement → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Battle off Cape Engaño → alsoKnownAs → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
this entity surface form: Action off Cape Engaño
First Fleet → notableEngagement → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Northern Force → engagement → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Tama → participatedIn → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Tama → sunkIn → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Isuzu (damaged and later scuttled) → navalBattle → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Isuzu (damaged and later scuttled) → engagement → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Japanese carrier Zuikaku → participatedIn → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
subject surface form: Zuikaku
Japanese carrier Zuikaku → sunkDuring → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
subject surface form: Zuikaku
Japanese carrier Zuikaku → flagshipDuring → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
subject surface form: Zuikaku
Japanese carrier Zuiho → sunkIn → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Hatsuzuki → participatedIn → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Hatsuzuki → sunkIn → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Zuihō → tookPartIn → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Zuihō → sunkIn → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Battle of Cape Engaño → alsoKnownAs → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Akizuki → sunkIn → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 → hasPart → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Chiyoda → sunkIn → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Chitose → sunkIn → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Japanese destroyer Yukikaze → participatedIn → Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ