25 October 1944
Battle off Cape Engano
Ozawa's carrier force functions as the decoy and suffers severe losses to American carrier aircraft off Cape Engano.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Cape Engano in Japan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Ozawa's carrier force functions as the decoy and suffers severe losses to American carrier aircraft off Cape Engano.
Matsuda commands Carrier Division Four, built around the hybrid battleships Ise and Hyuga, in Ozawa's decoy force.
Amano commands Destroyer Division Sixty-One in the screen of Ozawa's Northern Force during the Cape Engano battle.
Nakase commands the hybrid battleship Ise, which survives repeated American air attacks during the Cape Engano action.
Hashimoto commands Hatsuzuki during her final action against American surface ships while covering the retreat of Ozawa's force.
Ogata commands Akizuki when the destroyer is sunk during American attacks on Ozawa's Northern Force.
Kishi commands the light carrier Chitose when American carrier aircraft sink her off Cape Engano.
Jyo commands the light carrier Chiyoda, which is crippled by air attack and later sunk by American surface ships.
Sugiura commands the light carrier Zuiho when she is sunk by American carrier aircraft during the battle off Cape Engano.
Ozawa loses his flagship Zuikaku and other carriers to American air attacks off Cape Engano.
Kaizuka commands the carrier Zuikaku when American carrier aircraft sink her during the battle off Cape Engano.
Edo commands the screening force protecting elements of Ozawa's Northern Force during the battle off Cape Engano.
Mutaguchi commands the light cruiser Oyodo as it operates with Ozawa's Northern Force off Cape Engano.
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