Battle of the Komandorski Islands

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The Battle of the Komandorski Islands was a 1943 naval engagement in the North Pacific between U.S. and Japanese forces, notable for being fought entirely with surface ships and helping to cut Japanese supply lines to the Aleutian Islands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf naval battle ⓘ
aircraftUsed none in direct combat ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Komandorski Islands (Aleutian Islands campaign) ⓘ
belligerent Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
campaign Aleutian Islands campaign ⓘ
commanderJapan Boshiro Hosogaya ⓘ
commanderUS Charles H. McMorris ⓘ
conflictIn World War II ⓘ
consequence Japanese surface resupply to Aleutians largely curtailed ⓘ
countryInvolved Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan

United States ⓘ
date 1943-03-27 ⓘ
endDate 1943-03-27 ⓘ
followedBy Allied operations to recapture Attu and Kiska ⓘ
JapaneseCasualties one cruiser heavily damaged ⓘ
JapaneseShipInvolved Abukuma ⓘ
Japanese destroyers ⓘ
Maya ⓘ
Nachi ⓘ
Tama ⓘ
location North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Ocean

near Komandorski Islands ⓘ
off Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
notableFor being fought entirely with surface ships ⓘ
helping to cut Japanese supply lines to the Aleutian Islands ⓘ
long-range daylight surface engagement ⓘ
objectiveJapan resupply Japanese garrisons in the Aleutian Islands ⓘ
objectiveUS intercept Japanese supply convoy to Aleutians ⓘ
outcome Japanese convoy turned back ⓘ
partOf Aleutian Islands campaign ⓘ
precededBy Japanese occupation of Attu and Kiska ⓘ
region Aleutian Islands region ⓘ
linked to: Aleutian Islands
result United States victory ⓘ
startDate 1943-03-27 ⓘ
strategicSignificance secured Allied control over sea lines to the Aleutians ⓘ
theater North Pacific theater of World War II ⓘ
timeOfDay daylight ⓘ
typeOfEngagement surface ship action ⓘ
USCasualties several ships damaged ⓘ
USFlagship USS Richmond ⓘ
USShipInvolved USS Bailey ⓘ
USS Coghlan ⓘ
USS Dale ⓘ
USS Monaghan ⓘ
linked to: USS Spence

USS Richmond ⓘ
USS Salt Lake City ⓘ

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Battle of Attu → precededBy → Battle of the Komandorski Islands ⓘ
USS Salt Lake City → battle → Battle of the Komandorski Islands ⓘ
World War II naval battles → notableBattle → Battle of the Komandorski Islands ⓘ
Japanese destroyer Kasumi → participatedIn → Battle of the Komandorski Islands ⓘ
Maya → participatedIn → Battle of the Komandorski Islands ⓘ
Battle of the Komandorski Islands → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Komandorski Islands (Aleutian Islands campaign) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Komandorski Islands
USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) → participatedIn → Battle of the Komandorski Islands ⓘ
subject linked to: CA-25
USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) → participatedIn → Battle of the Komandorski Islands ⓘ
subject linked to: Swayback Maru
Suzuya → participatedIn → Battle of the Komandorski Islands ⓘ
subject linked to: heavy cruiser Suzuya
Japanese light cruiser Tama → participatedIn → Battle off the Komandorski Islands ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Komandorski Islands