First created on 27 February 2000
Updated 18 May 2008
Allied Forces
ABDA Combined Striking Force
Rear Admiral K.W.F.M.
Doorman RNN
Heavy Cruisers
Houston
Capt. A.H. Rooks USN
Hit by dud 8in (20.3 cm) shell
Exeter
Capt. O.L. Gordon RN
Hit by two 8in (20.3
cm) shells
Light Cruisers
Java
Capt. Ph.B.M. Van Straelen RNN
Sunk by 24in torpedo,
512 crewmen killed
De Ruyter (F)
Cdr. E.E.B. Lacomblé RNN
Hit by two dud 8in
(20.3 cm) shells
Sunk by 24in torpedo,
345 killed, including Adm. Doorman
Perth
Capt. H.M.L. Waller RAN
Destroyer Division 58
Cdr. T.H. Binford USN
John D. Edwards
Lt. Cdr. H.E. Eccles USN
Paul Jones
Lt. Cdr. J.J. Hourihan USN
Destroyer Division 59
Cdr. E.N. Parker USN
John D. Ford
Cdr. Parker
Alden
Lt. J.E. Cooper USN
Pope
Lt. Cdr. W.C. Blinn USN
British Destroyers
Cdr. C.W. May, RN
Electra
Cdr. C.W. May
Sunk by gunfire, 54
survivors rescued by USS S-38
Jupiter
Lt. Cdr. N.V.J.T. Thew, RN
Sunk by what is believed
to have been a Dutch mine
Encounter
Lt.Cdr. E.V. St. J. Morgan, RN
Destroyer Group 3
Evertsen
Lt. Cdr. W.M. de Vries RNN
Destroyer Group 1
Lt. Cdr. F.J.E. Krips
Witte De With (F) Lt.
Cdr. P. Schotel RNN
Lightly damage when own depth charge
exploded alongside
Kortenaer
Lt. Cdr. A. Kroese, RNN
Sunk by 24in torpedo,
113 survivors rescued by HMS Encounter
Imperial Japanese Navy
Eastern Attack Group
Rear Admiral Shoji
Nishimura
Destroyer Squadron 4
CL Naka (F)
DesDiv 2
Capt. Masao Tachibana
Yudachi
Samidare
Murasame
Harusame
DesDiv 9
Capt. Yasuo Sato
Minegumo
Hit by 4.7in (12 cm)
shells, 4 wounded
Asagumo
Hit by 4.7in (12 cm)
shells, 4 killed, 19 wounded
Eastern Covering Group
Rear Admiral Takeo
Takagi
Cruiser Division 5
Nachi (F)
Haguro
Desron 4, Desdiv 24
Yamakaze
Lt. Comm. Shuichi Hamanaka
Kawakaze
Desdiv 7
Sazanami
Lt. Comm. Hiroshi Uwai
Ushio
Comm. Yoshitake Uesugi
Destroyer Squadron 2
Rear Admiral Raizo
Tanaka
Jintsu (F)
Hit by a 4.7 in (12 cm) shell,
one killed and four wounded
Desdiv 16
Capt. Shiro Shibuya
Yukikaze—Comm. Kenjiro Tobita
Tokitsukaze—Comm. Giichiro Nakahara
Hit by 4.7in (12 cm) shell,
no casualties
Amatsukaze—Lt. Comm. Tameichi Hara
Hatsukaze—Comm. Kameshirou Takahashi
Notes:
1) During the first hour of action up
to 1720 on 27 February 1942, the Japanese fired 1,271 8in (20.3 cm), 141
5.5in (14 cm) and 39 torpedoes. Five 8in (20.3 cm) and one torpedo
hit.
2) During the second hour of battle, the
Japanese fired 302 8in (20.3 cm), 50 5.5in (14 cm), 515 5in (12.7 cm) and
98 torpedoes. Of these, one 5.5in (14 cm) may have hit Electra.
3) During action during the night, Haguro
and Nachi launched 12 torpedoes which sank DeRuyter and Java. The
Japanese cruisers also fired 46 8in (20.3 cm) rounds but none are believed
to have hit anything.
Sources:
1. History of United States Naval Operations
in World War II, Vol. 3 by Samuel Eliot Morison
2. The Imperial Japanese Navy by Paul
S. Dull
3. De koninklijke Marine in de Tweede
Wereldoorlog by Bosscher
4. Verdreven doch niet verslagen
5. The US Navy Against the Axis:
Surface Combat 1941-1945 by Vincent P. O'Hara