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.

Aliases (1)

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	Action off Cape Engaño →
belligerent	Imperial Japanese Navy → United States Navy →
commander	Jisaburō Ozawa → 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 → USS New Jersey → 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	Fast Carrier Task Force →
U.S.TaskForce	Task Force 38 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
First Fleet → Zuikaku →	notableEngagement
Battle off Cape Engaño ("Action off Cape Engaño") →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of Leyte Gulf →	hasPart
Zuikaku →	participatedIn
Zuikaku →	sunkIn