27 Feb 1942
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- At the Battle of the Java Sea, Nachi launched scouting missions with her two floatplanes. She was surprised by the Allied Striking Force in the evening, but was able to escape without damage. ww2dbase [Nachi | Dutch East Indies Campaign, Java | Java Sea | CPC]
28 Feb 1942
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- Japanese submarine I-153 sank British freighter City of Manchester south of Java, Dutch East Indies; 3 were killed, 6 were captured by I-153's crew, and 128 were rescued by USS Whippoorwill and USS Lark. ww2dbase [Java Sea | CPC]
- During the battle of the Java Sea, the Dutch light cruiser De Ruyter was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro, 375 crew lost their lives. Although a listed war grave the ship was salvaged illegally some time between 2002 and 2016. ww2dbase [Dutch East Indies Campaign, Java | Java Sea | HM]
- USS S-38 picked up 58 survivors of destroyer HMS Electra, which sank the day prior at the Battle of the Java Sea. ww2dbase [S-38 | Java Sea | CPC]
1 Mar 1942
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- USS Permit fired three torpedoes at a Japanese destroyer in the Java Sea; all three torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Permit | Java Sea | CPC]
- At the Battle of the Java Sea, slightly damaged cruiser HMS Exeter, destroyer HMS Encounter, and destroyer USS Pope at 0850 hours. At 1245 hours, Nachi fired once again on HMS Exeter by gunfire. She departed the area at the end of the day with 90 Allied prisoners of war on board. ww2dbase [Dutch East Indies Campaign, Java | Nachi | Java Sea | CPC]
- HMS Exeter was sunk during the Second Battle of the Java Sea shortly after 1200 hours. ww2dbase [Dutch East Indies Campaign, Java | Exeter | Java Sea | AC]
2 Mar 1942
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- Japanese destroyer Ikazuchi rescued 442 survivors of HMS Exeter, HMS Encounter, and USS Pope which had been sunk during the Second Battle of the Java Sea on the previous day. ww2dbase [Ikazuchi | Java Sea | CPC]
- USS S-38 spotted Japanese light cruiser Kinu in the Java Sea before dawn. She fired four torpedoes and claimed one hit, but Japanese records showed no damage to Kinu on that date. Japanese destroyers counterattacked with depth charges, causing no damage. S-38 escaped the area in the mid-afternoon. In the evening, she came upon a Japanese destroyer and fired two torpedoes at the target; both torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [S-38 | Dutch East Indies Campaign, Java | Java Sea | CPC]
4 Mar 1942
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- USS S-39 (SS-144; Lieutenant J. W. Coe) fired four Mark 10 torpedoes at Japanese fleet oiler Erimo south of Belitung Island in western Java Sea, scoring three hits. Erimo's commanding officer, Captain Soma, beached Erimo to prevent sinking. The light cruiser Yura rescued survivors, but four crewmen were lost. Erimo was abandoned as a constructive total loss. ww2dbase [S-39 | Yura | Java Sea | CPC, HM]
25 Sep 1943
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
26 Sep 1943
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
29 Nov 1943
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- The Japanese ship, Suez Maru, carrying troops as well as 200 Japanese, 422 British, and 127 Dutch sick and wounded, was torpedoed by submarine USS Bonefish in the Java sea. Many were trapped in the holds and drowned, but others take to the water. A Japanese minesweeper in escort picked up nearly 300 of its own nationals but left between 200 and 250 Allied prisoners threshing in the sea. The minesweeper then began shooting the defenceless swimmers. One unconfirmed source claimed there was one survivor, British soldier Kenneth Thomas, who was picked up 24 hours later by Australian minesweeper HMAS Ballarat en route to Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), though most other sources noted that all prisoners perished. 69 Japanese were killed in the sinking. ww2dbase [Java Sea | AC, CPC]
30 Dec 1943
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
2 Nov 1944
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
2 Jan 1945
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
27 May 1945
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
29 May 1945
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- USS Boarfish attacked a Japanese convoy in the Java Sea between Sumatra and Java with four torpedoes and observed at least one explosion against an oiler; she was severely damaged in the subsequent depth charge counterattack, but she would be able to set sail for home. ww2dbase [Boarfish | Java Sea | CPC]
30 Jun 1945
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
16 Jul 1945
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
- Submarine USS Blenny (Commander W. H. Hazzard, USN) fired 12 torpedoes at the 2,400-ton Japanese gunboat Nankai (former Dutch minelayer Regulus), scoring 4 hits and sinking her in the Java Sea. Two hours later, she engaged and damaged 300-ton Japanese submarine chaser Ch-1 with her deck gun. The Japanese crew abandoned the damaged ship in a lifeboat, which was approached by USS Blenny; only one survivor allowed himself to be picked up, while all others jumped into the water. Blenny sank CH-1 with machine gun fire. ww2dbase [Blenny | Java Sea | CPC, HM]
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