The Battle of the Komandorski Islands was a naval battle between American and Imperial Japanese forces which took place on 27 March 1943 in the North...
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Japanese cruiser Maya (category Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign)
to the Kurile Islands and the Aleutian Islands. Main Article: Battle of the Komandorski Islands On March 23, Maya departed Paramushiro alongside the heavy...
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The Commander Islands, Komandorski Islands, or Komandorskie Islands (Russian: Командо́рские острова́, Komandorskiye ostrova) are a series of islands in...
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USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) (category Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign)
leading to the Battle of the Komandorski Islands. Believing that easy pickings were in store, the American warships formed up and closed the range. Two transports...
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Campaigns on the North Pacific Rim. University of Alaska Press. ISBN 1-889963-64-X. Lorelli, John A. (1984). The Battle of the Komandorski Islands. Annapolis:...
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Boshirō Hosogaya (category Aleutian Islands campaign)
cruiser, one light cruiser and four destroyers. In the ensuing Battle of the Komandorski Islands, Hosogaya mistook shell splashes from colored dye shells...
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Sakito Maru (category Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign)
the Komandorski Islands on 27 March 1943. Sakito Maru and Asaka Maru steamed away and avoided combat in the ensuing Battle of the Komandorski Islands. Two...
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Japanese cruiser Nachi (category Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign)
of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X. Lorelli, John A. (1984). The Battle of the Komandorski Islands,...
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assigned to interdict the Japanese supply and reinforcement convoys. After the sizable naval Battle of the Komandorski Islands, the Japanese abandoned their...
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Matapan Battle of Pearl Harbor 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Midway Battle of Guadalcanal 1943 Battle of the Komandorski Islands 1944 Battle of Leyte...
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Takao-class cruiser (category Cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy)
fighting a US cruiser task force at the battle of the Komandorski Islands. Maya engaged in a gunnery duel with the heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, and...
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Publishing PLC. ISBN 9781472832542. Lorelli, John A. (1984). The Battle of the Komandorski Islands. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 0-87021-093-9...
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March 26, the Battle of the Komandorski Islands ensued after the United States Navy imposed a naval blockade on the two islands to reduce the opportunities...
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Kiska (redirect from History of Kiska)
operation across the Kuril Islands. The U.S. Navy began operations to deny Kiska supply which would lead to the Battle of the Komandorski Islands. During October...
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Asiatic-Pacific theater (redirect from Asian and Pacific theatre of World War II)
1942–43 Battle of the Komandorski Islands, March 1943 Attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941 Battle of Guam, 8–10 December 1941 Battle of Wake Island, 8–23...
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February 1945 Battle of Okinawa 1 April 1945 North Pacific theater Aleutian Islands Campaign 1942–43 Battle of the Komandorski Islands 26 March 1943 Pearl...
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Charles McMorris (category Aleutian Islands campaign)
War II, most notably commanding forces at the Battle of the Komandorski Islands during the Aleutian Islands Campaign. Born in Wetumpka, Alabama, McMorris...
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Cruz Islands Battle of Guadalcanal (7 August 1942 – 9 February 1943) 1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea (2–4 March) Battle of the Komandorski Islands (27...
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Omaha-class cruiser (category World War II cruisers of the United States)
Indies (most notably, the Battle of Makassar Strait), and Richmond's engagement in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands. None of the ships were wartime...
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Task Force 16 (category Battle of Midway)
the Battle of Rennell Island. In March 1943, TG 16.6 fought the Battle of the Komandorski Islands, then bombarded Attu in April, and the whole force...
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following unsatisfactory performance in Battle of the Komandorski Islands Died on Tinian prob. by suicide August 1944 Died of illness September 1944 six months...
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USS Monaghan (DD-354) (category Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign)
Japanese in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands. Although outnumbered, the Americans fired guns and torpedoes so effectively that the Japanese were...
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Harbor on Amaknak Island, opening the Aleutian Islands campaign of World War II. The bombing marked the first aerial attack by an enemy on the continental United...
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Battle of the Komandorski Islands Guadalcanal Campaign 1942-08-07 – 1943-02-09 Battle of Guadalcanal 1942-08-09 Battle of Savo Island 1942-08-24 – 1942-08-25...
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Campaigns on the North Pacific Rim. University of Alaska Press. ISBN 1-889963-64-X. Lorelli, John A. (1984). The Battle of the Komandorski Islands. Annapolis:...
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from the Chukchi aliat, or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain of 14 main...
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Bertram J. Rodgers (category Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
in the United States Navy during World War II. He received his Navy Cross as captain of USS Salt Lake City in the battle of the Komandorski islands, during...
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soil. As part of a diversionary plan for the Battle of Midway, the Japanese took control of two of the Aleutian Islands (Attu and Kiska Island). They hoped...
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in the attack on Pearl Harbor. She was later involved in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands, and remained active in northern waters under the IJN...
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Japanese destroyer Ikazuchi (1931) (category Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign)
from December to the end of February 1943, Ikazuchi returned to the north Pacific, and was present at the Battle of the Komandorski Islands on 26 March but...
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