Battle of Surigao Strait

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle of Surigao Strait was a World War II naval engagement in October 1944, notable as one of the last battleship-versus-battleship actions in history and a key Allied victory during the larger Leyte Gulf campaign.

Aliases (1)

Japanese Southern Force at Surigao Strait ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → naval battle →
belligerent	Imperial Japanese Navy → Royal Australian Navy → United States Navy →
commander	Jesse B. Oldendorf → Kiyohide Shima → Shoji Nishimura →
conflict	World War II →
date	25 October 1944 →
dateRange	24–25 October 1944 →
followedBy	Battle of Cape Engaño → Battle off Samar →
historicalSignificance	last battle in history in which battleships fired at each other in a battle line →
JapaneseBattleship	Fusō → Yamashiro →
JapaneseCruiser	Mogami →
JapaneseDestroyer	Asagumo → Michishio → Shigure → Yamagumo → Yamashiro escort destroyers →
JapaneseForceName	Southern Force →
JapaneseLosses	most of Southern Force sunk or disabled →
location	Philippine Sea → Philippines → Surigao Strait →
notableAs	one of the last battleship-versus-battleship engagements in history →
objective	prevent Japanese Southern Force from entering Leyte Gulf →
partOf	Battle of Leyte Gulf → Pacific War → Philippines campaign of 1944–1945 →
partOfOperation	Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 →
precededBy	Battle of the Sibuyan Sea →
result	Allied victory →
strategicSignificance	secured southern approach to Leyte Gulf →
tacticalFeature	classic crossing-the-T maneuver by U.S. battleships →
timeOfDay	fought mainly at night and dawn →
U.S.battleship	USS California (BB-44) → USS Maryland (BB-46) → USS Mississippi (BB-41) → USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) → USS Tennessee (BB-43) → USS West Virginia (BB-48) →
U.S.casualties	light →
U.S.destroyerAttack	torpedo attacks by PT boats and destroyers →
U.S.flagship	USS Louisville (CA-28) →
U.S.forceComposition	old U.S. battleships, cruisers, destroyers, PT boats →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kiyohide Shima → USS California (BB-44) → USS Maryland (BB-46) → USS Tennessee → USS Tennessee (BB-43) → USS West Virginia → USS West Virginia (BB-48) →	participatedIn
Shōji Nishimura ("Japanese Southern Force at Surigao Strait") →	commanded
Shōji Nishimura →	deathEvent
Battle of Leyte Gulf →	hasPart
First Fleet →	notableEngagement
Shōji Nishimura →	notableFor
Shōji Nishimura →	participantIn