Battles in the Java Sea

[Diagram by types of ship] [Diagram by Task Groups]

Start: Friday February 27, 1942 Ending: Sunday March 1, 1942

Naval battles in the Sea of Java. The Japanese destroy the whole of the allied fleet defending the Dutch East Indies (today's Indonesia).

Place: Indonesia

AlliedAxis
ForcesABDA (Allied striking force, destroyed during the various battles in the sea of Java): 2 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers, 11 destroyers.
  • Takagi (Eastern covering group): 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 8 destroyers.
  • Nishimura (Eastern Attack Group): 1 light cruiser, 6 destroyers.
  • Hara (escorts the landing convoy): 1 light cruiser, 9 destroyers, 2 fleet torpedo boats, 1 mine layer.
  • Landing convoy to Java Island: 4 minesweepers, 27 transports.
  • Kurita (covers the landings): 2 heavy cruisers.
  • Japanese reinforcements to finish the allied ships South of Borneo: 2 heavy cruisers, 2 destroyers.
  • Group of destroyers guarding the Bali Strait: 4 destroyers.
Total: 12 heavy cruisers, 4 light cruisers, 42 destroyers, 4 fleet torpedo boats, 8 minesweepers, 2 mine layers, 54 transports
Losses 2 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers, 6 destroyers lost. 2 minesweepers, 8 transports lost.
5 destroyers damaged.




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