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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Surigao Strait canonical	42
Japanese Southern Force at Surigao Strait	1
Japanese Southern Force at the Battle of Surigao Strait	1
Participation in the Battle of 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 ⓘ Shōji Nishimura ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ surface form: 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 (45)

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

Battle of Leyte Gulf → hasPart → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

USS West Virginia (BB-48) → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

USS California (BB-44) → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

USS Tennessee (BB-43) → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

USS Maryland (BB-46) → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

BB-48 → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: USS West Virginia

First Fleet → notableEngagement → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Shōji Nishimura → notableFor → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Shōji Nishimura → deathEvent → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Shōji Nishimura → commanded → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Southern Force at Surigao Strait

Shōji Nishimura → participantIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Kiyohide Shima → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

BB-43 → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Tennessee

IJN battleship Yamashiro → sunkAt → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

IJN battleship Yamashiro → notableEngagement → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

BB-44 → participatedInBattle → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: USS California

Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid → notableWork → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas C. Kinkaid

this entity surface form: Participation in the Battle of Surigao Strait

Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid → participantIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas C. Kinkaid

USS Louisville (CA-28) → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Thomas C. Kinkaid → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

USS Mississippi (BB-41) → notableEngagement → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

DD-413 → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Mustin (DD-413)

Surigao Strait → knownFor → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Surigao Strait → battleOccurred → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Navy hull number BB-43 → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Tennessee (BB-43)

Southern Force → engagement → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura → commanded → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Shōji Nishimura

this entity surface form: Japanese Southern Force at the Battle of Surigao Strait

Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Shōji Nishimura

IJN Fusō → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

IJN Fusō → sunkAt → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1 → hasPart → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Michishio → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Michishio → sunkIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Yamagumo → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Yamagumo → sunkIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Yamagumo → lostIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Yamagumo → partOfEvent → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Yamashiro escort destroyers → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

U.S. invasion of Leyte → relatedEvent → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Japanese heavy cruiser Myōkō → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Fusō → sunkIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Fusō → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Shigure → participatedIn → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Shigure → notableEngagement → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ

Japanese cruiser Mogami → battle → Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ