Top Results for Philippine Sea
Top Ranked
Best
1
HIJMS Taihō was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the only ship of her class. During the Battle of the Philippine Sea on 19 June 1944, she was struck by a torpedo fired by the American submarine USS Albacore. The initial damage appeared manageable, but efforts to ventilate leakin...
8.22
Great
Why this score
Armored carrier sunk by single torpedo aftermath, design controversy, and Philippine Sea context support strong reputation.
Scoring methodology
2
The Battle of the Philippine Sea was a major US-Japanese naval engagement fought on June 19 and 20, 1944, during the Mariana Islands campaign. US carrier aviation defeated the Japanese Mobile Fleet, sinking three Japanese aircraft carriers and destroying several hundred aircraft. The battle, commonl...
You've reached the end — 2 items
