The

Battle of the Philippine Sea The Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19–20, 1944) was a major naval battle of World War II that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions. It took place during the United States' amphibious invas ...

was fought 19–20 June 1944 in the waters west of the

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by elements of the

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and of the

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's Pacific Fleet. The battle resulted from the Japanese reaction to the American invasion of the island of Saipan. Instead of attacking the troop transports off Saipan, Admiral Toyoda chose to engage the American carrier forces in what he intended to be the long-awaited “decisive battle” that would crush U.S. naval power. The outcome was a disaster for the Japanese Navy. The battle exacted a terrible toll from the Japanese naval air arm, costing them most of their few remaining experienced pilots. The Combined Fleet was no longer capable of serious offensive operations after this engagement. Historian Samuel Eliot Morison characterized it this way: ''This was the greatest carrier battle of the war. The forces engaged were three to four times those in preceding actions like Midway, and victory was so complete that the Japanese could never again engage on such a scale. ... above all the skill, initiative, and intrepid courage of the young aviators made this day one of the high points in the history of the American spirit.'' Since the Japanese assumed the tactical offensive, their forces are listed first.

Forces deployed

Losses in parentheses

Japanese order of battle

Mobile Fleet
Vice Admiral

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in ''Taihō''

"A" Force

752nd Kokutai Nakajima B6N2 Tenzan in formation

''Sortied 13 June from Tawi Tawi anchorage off NE Borneo''Morison 1953, p. 221
Vice Admiral Ozawa : Carrier Division 1 (Vice Adm. Ozawa) :: 3 fleet carriers ::: () ::: () ::: ::: Air Unit :::: 79 Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighters :::: 70

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"Judy" dive bombers :::: 7

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"Val" dive bombers :::: 51 Nakajima B6N "Jill" torpedo bombers : Cruiser Division 5 (Rear Adm. Shintaro Hashimoto) :: 2 heavy cruisers: , : Screen (Rear Adm.

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in ''Yahagi'') :: 1 light cruiser: :: 9 destroyers ::: 1 ''Asashio''-class (6 × 5 in. main battery): ::: 3 ''Kagerō''-class (6 × 5 in. main battery): , (), ::: 4 ''Akizuki''-class (8 × 3.9 in. main battery): , , , ::: 1 ''Mutsuki''-class (4 × 4.7 in. main battery): ()

"B" Force

''Sortied 13 June from Tawi Tawi anchorage off NE Borneo''
Rear Admiral Takaji Joshima : Carrier Division 2 (Rear Admiral Joshima) :: 2 converted carriers ::: ::: () :: 1 light carrier ::: ::: Air Unit :::: 81 Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighters :::: 27 Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" dive bombers :::: 9 Aichi D3A "Val" dive bombers :::: 18 Nakajima B6N "Jill" torpedo bombers : 1 old battleship: : 1 heavy cruiser: : Screen :: 10 destroyers ::: 2 ''Asashio''-class (6 × 5 in. main battery): , ::: 2 ''Kagerō''-class (6 × 5 in. main battery): , ::: 2 ''Yūgumo''-class (6 × 5 in. main battery): , ::: 4 ''Shiratsuyu''-class (5 × 5 in. main battery): (), , , ()

Van Force

''Sortied 12 June from Batjan anchorage off SW Halmahera Island''
Vice Admiral

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in heavy cruiser ''Atago''
: Carrier Division 3 (Rear Adm. Sueo Obayashi) :: 3 light carriers ::: ::: ::: ::: Air Unit :::: 62

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"Zeke" fighters :::: 17

Nakajima B5N The Nakajima B5N ( ja, 中島 B5N, Allied reporting name "Kate") was the standard carrier-based torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) for much of World War II. Although the B5N was substantially faster and more capable than its Al ...

"Kate" torpedo bombers :::: 9

Nakajima B6N The Nakajima B6N ''Tenzan'' ( ja, 中島 B6N 天山, "Heavenly Mountain", World War II Allied names for Japanese aircraft, Allied reporting name: "Jill") was the Imperial Japanese Navy's standard Aircraft carrier, carrier-borne torpedo bomber du ...

"Jill" torpedo bombers : Battleship Division 1 (Vice Adm.

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) :: 2 super battleships: , : Battleship Division 3 (Vice Adm. Yoshio Suzuki) :: 2 old battleships: , : Cruiser Division 4 (Vice Adm. Kurita) :: 4 heavy cruisers: , , , : Screen (Rear Adm.l Mikio Hayakawa in ''Noshiro'') :: 1 light cruiser: :: 1 super destroyer (41 knots, 15 torpedo tubes): :: 8 destroyers: ::: 7 ''Yūgumo''-class (6 × 5 in. main battery): , , , , , (), ::: 1 ''Kagerō''-class (6 × 5 in. main battery):

Supply Forces

''Sortied with Ozawa's carrier forces 13 June from Tawi Tawi anchorage off NE Borneo''
: 1st Supply Force :: 4 oilers ::: ''Hayasui'', ''Nichiei Maru'', ''Kokuyo Maru'', ''Seiyo Maru'' () :: 4 destroyers ::: 1 (6 × 5 in. main battery): ::: 1 (5 × 5 in. main battery): ::: 1 (4 × 4.7 in. main battery): ::: 1 (3 × 4.7 in. main battery): : 2nd Supply Force :: 2 oilers ::: ''Genyo Maru'' (), ''Azusa Maru'' :: 2 destroyers ::: 1 ''Kagerō''-class (6 × 5 in. main battery): ::: 1 ''Mutsuki''-class (4 × 4.7 in. main battery):

Submarine Forces

Vice Admiral

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at Saipan
: 7 1st-class submarines :: (), (), , , , (), () : ''Deployed in two parallel rows SW to NE north of the Admiralties and Bismarcks'' : 17 2nd-class submarines :: (), , (), , (), , , (), (), (), (), , , (), , (), ()

American order of battle

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Morison 1953, pp. 412-415
Admiral Raymond A. Spruance in heavy cruiser Task Force 58 – Fast Carrier Forces
Vice Admiral

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in fleet carrier

Task Group 58.1

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: Carrier Division 13 : Rear Admiral

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:: 2 fleet carriers ::: (Capt. William D. Sample) :::: Air Group 2 (Cmdr. Jackson D. Arnold) ::::: 36

F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American Carrier-based aircraft, carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier Grumman F4F Wildcat, F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United St ...

fighters (Lt. Cmdr. W.A. Dean) ::::: 33

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dive bombers (Lt. Cmdr. G.B. Campbell) ::::: 4

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, 14

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torpedo bombers (Lt. Cmdr. L.M.D. Ford) ::::: 4 F6F-xN Hellcat night fighters (Lt. R.L. Reiserer) ::: (Capt. Ralph E. Jennings) :::: Air Group 1 (Cmdr. J.M. Peters) ::::: 41 F6F Hellcat fighters (Lt. Cmdr. B.M. Strean) ::::: 40 SB2C Helldiver, 4 SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers (Lt. Cmdr. J.W. Runyan, USNR) ::::: 1 TBF Avenger, 16 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers (Lt. Cmdr. W.F. Henry) ::::: 4 F6F-xN Hellcat night fighters (Lt. A.C. Benjes) :: 2 light carriers ::: (Capt. John Perry) :::: Air Group 24 (Cmdr. E.M. Link) ::::: 26 F6F Hellcat fighters (Lt. Cmdr. Link) ::::: 3 TBF Avenger, 6 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers (Lt. R.M. Swensson) ::: (Capt. Valentine H. Schaeffer) :::: Air Group 50 (Lt. Cmdr. J.C. Strange, USNR) ::::: 24 F6F Hellcat fighters (Lt. Cmdr. Strange) ::::: 9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers (Lt. Cmdr. L.V. Swanson) : Cruiser Division 10 (Rear Admiral Leo H. Thebaud) :: 3 heavy cruisers ::: (Capt. W.C. Calhoun) ::: (Capt. E.E. Herrmann) ::: (Capt. A.R. Early) : Screen :: 2 anti-aircraft light cruisers (Rear Admiral Thebaud) ::: (Capt. Guy W. Clark) ::: (Capt. William K. Phillips) :: 14 destroyers (Capt. Clark) ::: 9 ''Fletcher''-class (5 × 5 in. main battery): , , , , , , , , ::: 4 ''Gridley''-class (4 × 5 in. main battery): , , , ::: 1 ''Bagley''-class (4 × 5 in. main battery):

Task Group 58.2

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) at sea in 1945 (NH 42373)

: Carrier Division 3 : Rear Admiral Alfred E. Montgomery :: 2 fleet carriers ::: (Capt. T.P. Jeter) :::: Air Group 8 (Cmdr. R.L. Shifley) ::::: 37 F6F Hellcat fighters (Lt. Cmdr. W.M. Collins) ::::: 33 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers (Lt. Cmdr. J.D. Arbes) ::::: 13 TBF Avenger, 5 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers (Lt. Cmdr. K.F. Musick) ::::: 4 F6F-xN Hellcat night fighters (Lt. Cmdr. E.P. Aurand) ::: (Capt.

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) :::: Air Group 14 (Cmdr. W.C. Wingard) ::::: 34 F6F Hellcat fighters (Lt. Cmdr. E.W. Biros, USNR) ::::: 32 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers (Lt. Cmdr. J.D. Blitch) ::::: 18 TBF Avenger torpedo bombers (Lt. Cmdr. H.S. Roberts, USNR) ::::: 4 F6F-xN Hellcat night fighters (Lt. J.H. Boyum) :: 2 light carriers ::: (Capt. S.J. Michael) :::: Air Group 31 (Lt. Cmdr. R.A. Winston) ::::: 24 F6F Hellcat fighters (Lt. Cmdr. Winston) ::::: 1 TBF Avenger, 8 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers (Lt. E.E. Wood, USNR) ::: (Capt.

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) :: 3 light cruisers ::: (Capt.

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) ::: (Capt. Charles J. Wheeler) ::: (Capt. Daniel M. McGurl) : Screen :: 12 destroyers ::: 9 ''Fletcher''-class (5 × 5 in. main battery): , , , , , , , , ::: 3 ''Farragut''-class (4 × 5 in. main battery): , ,

Task Group 58.3

USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway at sea on 22 November 1943

: Carrier Division 2 : Rear Admiral John W. Reeves :: 2 fleet carriers ::: (Capt. Matthias B. Gardner) :::: Air Group 10 (Cmdr. W.R. Kane) ::::: 31 F6F Hellcat fighters (Lt. R.W. Schumann) ::::: 21

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dive bombers (Lt. Cmdr.

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) ::::: 9 TBF Avenger, 5 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers (Lt. Cmdr. W.I. Martin) ::::: 3

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night fighters (Lt. Cmdr. R.E. Harmer) ::: (Capt. E.W. Litch) :::: Air Group 16 (Cmdr. E.M. Snowden) ::::: 37 F6F Hellcat fighters (Lt. Cmdr.

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) ::::: 34 SBD Dauntless dive bombers (Lt. Cmdr. Weymouth) ::::: 17 TBF Avenger, 1 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers (Lt. Cmdr. N.A. Sterrie, USNR) ::::: 4 F6F-xN Hellcat fighters (Lt. W.H. Abercrombie, USNR) :: 2 light carriers ::: (Capt. Harold M. Martin) :::: Air Group 51 (Lt. Cmdr. C.L. Moore) ::::: 24 F6F Hellcat fighters (Lt. Cmdr. Moore) ::::: 6 TBF Avenger, 2 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers (Lt. Cmdr. D.J. Melvin) ::: (Capt. W.H. Buracker) :::: Air Group 27 (Lt. Cmdr. E.W. Wood – KIA) ::::: 24 F6F Hellcat fighters (Lt. Cmdr. Wood) ::::: 9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers (Lt. Cmdr. S.M. Haley, USNR) : 1 heavy cruiser :: (Capt. E.R. Johnson) : Cruiser Division 12 (Rear Admiral

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) :: 3 light cruisers ::: (Capt. H.D. Hoffman) ::: (Capt. A.G. Shepard) ::: (Capt.

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) : Screen :: 1 anti-aircraft light cruiser ::: (Capt. R.C. Alexander) :: 16 destroyers ::: All ''Fletcher''-class (5 × 5 in. main battery): , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Task Group 58.4

USS Vincennes (CL-64) underway in San Francisco Bay on 29 August 1945 (NH 98189)

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: Carrier Division 12 : Rear Admiral William K. Harrill :: 1 fleet carrier ::: (Capt.

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) :::: Air Group 15 (Cmdr.

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) ::::: 38 F6F Hellcat fighters (Lt. Cmdr. C.W. Brewer -- KIA) ::::: 36 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers (Lt. Cmdr. J.H. Mini) ::::: 15 TBF Avenger, 5 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers (Lt. Cmdr. V.G. Lambert) ::::: 4 F6F-xN Hellcat night fighters (Lt. R.M. Freeman) :: 2 light carriers ::: (Capt. W.M. Dillon) :::: Air Group 32 (Lt. Cmdr. E.C. Outlaw) ::::: 23 F6F Hellcat fighters (Lt. Cmdr. Outlaw) ::::: 7 TBF Avenger, 2 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers (Lt. D.A. Marks) ::: (Capt. H.W. Taylor) :::: Air Group 25 (Lt. Cmdr. R.H. Price) ::::: 23 F6F Hellcat fighters (Lt. Cmdr. Price) ::::: 3 TBF Avenger, 6 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers (Lt. R.B. Cottingham, USNR) : Cruiser Division 14 (Rear admiral Wilder D. Baker) :: 3 light cruisers ::: (Capt. A.D. Brown) ::: (Capt. W.W. Behrens) ::: (Capt. J.G. Crawford) : Screen :: 1 anti-aircraft light cruiser ::: (Capt. L.J. Hudson) :: 14 destroyers ::: 6 ''Fletcher''-class (5 × 5 in. main battery): , , , , , ::: 1 ''Mahan''-class (5 × 5 in. main battery): ::: 3 ''Gleaves''-class (4 × 5 in. main battery): , , ::: 4 ''Benham''-class (4 × 5 in. main battery): , , ,

Task Group 58.7

Commander, Battleships, Pacific Fleet : Vice Admiral

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: Battleship Division 6 (Vice Admiral Lee) :: 2 ::: (Capt. Frank P. Thomas) ::: (Capt. Thomas R. Cooley) : Battleship Division 7 (Rear Admiral

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) :: 2 ::: (Capt. John L. McCrea) ::: (Capt. Carl F. Holden) : Battleship Division 8 (Rear Admiral Glenn B. Davis) :: 1 ::: (Capt. Thomas J. Keliher Jr.) : Battleship Division 9 (Rear Admiral

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) :: 2 ::: (Capt. Ralph S. Riggs) ::: (Capt. Fred D. Kirtland) : Cruiser Division 6 (Rear Admiral C. Turner Joy) :: 3 heavy cruisers ::: (Capt. J.J. Mahoney) ::: (Capt. J.E. Hurff) ::: (Capt. Harvey Overesch) : Screen :: 14 destroyers ::: 1 ''Porter''-class (8 × 5 in. main battery): ::: 9 ''Fletcher''-class (5 × 5 in. main battery): , , , , , , , , ::: 3 ''Bagley''-class (4 × 5 in. main battery): , , ::: 1 ''Mahan''-class (5 × 5 in. main battery):

Seventh Fleet Submarines

Rear Admiral Ralph W. Christie (HQ at

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)
: Southeast of Mindanao :: 3 ''Gato''-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft): ''Hake'', ''Bashaw'', ''Paddle'' : IJN anchorage at

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:: 3 ''Gato''-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft): ''Harder'', ''Haddo'', ''Redfin'' : Off Luzon :: 2 ''Gato''-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft): ''Bluefish'', ''Jack'', ''Flier''

Task Force 17

Patrol Submarines
Vice Admiral

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(HQ at

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: At the Bonins :: 2 ''Balao-class'' (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft): ''Archerfish'', ''Plaice'' :: 1 ''Gar''-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft): ''Gar'' :: 1 ''Sargo''-class (8 tubes: 4 forward, 4 aft): ''Swordfish'' :: 1 ''Porpoise''-class (6 tubes: 4 forward, 2 aft): ''Plunger'' : Southeast of Formosa and eastward :: 2 ''Balao''-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft): ''Pintado'', ''Pilotfish'' :: 1 ''Gato''-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft): ''Tunny'' : East and Southeast of the Marianas :: 2 ''Gato''-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft): ''Albacore'', ''Finback'' :: 1 ''Balao''-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft): ''Bang'' :: 1 ''Salmon''-class (8 tubes: 4 forward, 4 aft): ''Stingray'' :: 1 ''Sargo''-class (8 tubes: 4 forward, 4 aft): ''Seawolf'' : Ulithi and the Philippines :: 3 ''Gato''-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft): ''Flying Fish'', ''Muskallunge'', ''Cavalla'' :: 2 ''Balao''-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft): ''Seahorse'', ''Pipefish'' : Off Surigao Strait :: 1 ''Gato''-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft): ''Growler''

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* * * * {{cite book , last = Watts , first = A.J. , year = 1966 , title = Japanese Warships of World War II , publisher = Ian Allen Ltd. , location = Shepperton, Surrey , isbn = 0-7110-0215-0 World War II orders of battle