Cape Matapan

By Jack Sweetman
June 1995
Late on 28 March 1941, three British battleships formed a line to fire on the Fiume, Zara, and four destroyers at point-blank range.

Pearl Harbor

By Jack Sweetman
June 1995
On “a day that will live in infamy,” as President Franklin D. Roosevelt said of 7 December 1941, the Japanese achieved tactical success at Pearl Harbor but ensured ultimate defeat.

Java Sea

By Jack Sweetman
June 1995
As formidable as the unified ABDA Command was in early 1942, the Japanese destroyed the striking force in the Battle of the Java Sea.

Coral Sea

By Jack Sweetman
June 1995
The first carrier air battle in history resulted in the first serious defeat of the Japanese in the war.

Savo Island

By Jack Sweetman
June 1995
The savage night action in August 1942 off Guadalcanal has been called the worst defeat in U.S. naval history.

The Komandorskis

By Jack Sweetman
June 1995
In a relatively little-known gunnery action, the Salt Lake City (CA-25) was disabled by her own engineering department. The crew restored populsion in time to fire the final shots.

Leyte Gulf

By Jack Sweetman
June 1995
While the battle of Leyte Gulf dealt the Imperial Japanese Navy a crushing blow, the victory came at a cost to U.S. forces.

Operation Barney

By Jack Sweetman
June 1995
The powerful U.S. submarine offensive against Japan, which culminated in “Operation Barney," a night attack off the China coast in early 1945.