Third Battle of Wake Island (Naval)

Third Battle of Wake Island Beginning: February 26 1942 End: February 26 1942 Location: Off Wake Island Outcome: Japanese Victory Combatants Empire of Japan United States Commanders Hideo Yano Sean Borrow Strength 2 Battleships 1 Heavy Cruiser 1 Light Cruiser 4 Destroyers 1 Battleship 5 Destroyers numerous transports Casualties None 1 Battleship, 1 Destroyer, 3 transports sunk

Wake island had already been a hotly contested piece of sand and coral and this is where the battle took a turn against the United States. After repulsing a mid December invasion attempted the Island was lost on Christmas eve after the Americans had to weathered nearly a month of air raids. The recapture by the Americans led to an attack by a large Japanese bombardment surface force.

The Japanese were able to bombard the islands recently arrived defenders.

Japanese Ships

Battleships IJN Nagato,IJN Yamashiro. Heavy Cruiser IJN Furutaka. Light Cruiser IJN Abukuma and 4 Destroyers

Allied Ships

Battleships USS New Mexico and 5 Destroyers

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