Philippine Sea in WW2 History | World War II Database

3 Mar 1942

Pacific Ocean

USS Grayback fired a torpedo at a Japanese transport in the Philippine Sea off Tinian, Mariana Islands; the torpedo missed. ww2dbase [Grayback | Philippine Sea | CPC]

5 Mar 1942

Pacific Ocean

USS Grayback sank a Japanese transport and an escort vessel in the Philippine Sea off Guam, Mariana Islands, hitting them with 2 of 3 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Grayback | Philippine Sea | CPC]

25 Mar 1942

Pacific Ocean

USS Grayback fired a torpedo a Japanese patrol vessel in the Philippine Sea off Ryukyu Islands, Japan; the torpedo missed. ww2dbase [Grayback | Philippine Sea | CPC]

12 May 1942

Pacific Ocean

Shokaku made rendezvous with Kuroshio, Oyashio, and Hayashio in the Philippine Sea; Ushio and Yugure were released as her escorts. Shokaku avoided more US submarines during her final leg home. However, with the high speeds and gashed bow, the ship took on so much water that she nearly capsized en route. ww2dbase [Yugure | Shokaku | Philippine Sea | CPC]

21 Jul 1943

Pacific Ocean

USS Haddock fired 8 torpedoes at a convoy, sinking transport Saipan Maru and damaging 3 others in the Philippine Sea with a total of 7 hits. ww2dbase [Haddock | Philippine Sea | CPC]

18 Dec 1943

Pacific Ocean

USS Grayback attacked a four-freighter Japanese convoy escorted by three armed vessels in the Philippine Sea after nightfall and into the next date, sinking freighter Gyokurei Maru, sinking escort vessel Numakaze, and damaging several other ships; 6 torpedoes were expended in this attack, 4 of which hit. ww2dbase [Grayback | Philippine Sea | CPC]

19 Dec 1943

Pacific Ocean

USS Grayback sank a Japanese patrol vessel in the Philippine Sea, hitting her with 3 of 4 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Grayback | Philippine Sea | CPC]

16 Jan 1944

Pacific Ocean

USS Whale made contact with a Japanese convoy she had been searching for for the past two days in the Philippine Sea, sinking Denmark Maru with 1 of 3 torpedoes fired, but suffered damage from depth charges. USS Seawolf herded Tarushima Maru toward USS Whale, and USS Whale successfully sank Tarushima Maru with torpedoes. ww2dbase [Whale | Philippine Sea | CPC]

17 Jan 1944

Pacific Ocean

USS Whale claimed sinking a Japanese freighter in the Philippine Sea, hiting her with 3 of 9 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Whale | Philippine Sea | CPC]

27 Feb 1944

Pacific Ocean

USS Grayback sank freighter Ceylon Maru, hitting her with 1 of 2 torpedoes. She was sunk by the subsequent depth charging by aircraft and anti-submarine craft 100 kilometers southeast of Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Grayback | Philippine Sea | CPC]

7 Sep 1944

Pacific Ocean

USS Barbero attacked a Japanese trawler east of the Philippine Islands; the torpedo missed. ww2dbase [Barbero | Philippine Sea | CPC]

12 Sep 1944

Pacific Ocean

USS Miami operated off the Philippine Islands in indirect support of the Palau Islands campaign. ww2dbase [Miami | Philippine Sea | CPC]

13 Sep 1944

Pacific Ocean

USS Miami operated off the Philippine Islands in indirect support of the Palau Islands campaign. ww2dbase [Miami | Philippine Sea | CPC]

14 Sep 1944

Pacific Ocean

USS Miami operated off the Philippine Islands in indirect support of the Palau Islands campaign. ww2dbase [Miami | Philippine Sea | CPC]

15 Sep 1944

Pacific Ocean

USS Miami operated off the Philippine Islands in indirect support of the Palau Islands campaign. ww2dbase [Miami | Philippine Sea | CPC]

7 Oct 1944

Pacific Ocean

USS Wasp made rendezvous with Task Force 38 in the Philippine Sea in the evening. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | Philippine Sea | CPC]

8 Oct 1944

Pacific Ocean

USS Wasp refueled from an oiler in the Philippine Sea. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | Philippine Sea | CPC]

25 Oct 1944

Pacific Ocean

In the Battle off Samar in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, destroyers USS Hoel and Heerman launched three Mark XV torpedoes at two different Japanese cruisers and missed. The torpedoes went on to advance on the battleship Yamato, the Japanese force flagship. Yamato’s evasive action took the force commander, Admiral Takeo Kurita, so far from the action that he effectively lost his ability to command the battle and likely contributed to his ultimate decision to break off the engagement and withdraw his force. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | Takeo Kurita | Yamato | Hoel | Mark XV | Philippine Sea | DS]

Photo(s) dated 25 Oct 1944

Yamato during the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct 1944

USS Kitkun Bay prepared to launch FM-2 Wildcat fighters during Battle off Samar, 25 Oct 1944; note shell splashes in background

Yamato in action off Samar, Philippine Islands, 25 Oct 1944; photo taken by aircraft of escort carrier USS Kadashan Bay

See all photos dated 25 Oct 1944

6 Nov 1944

Pacific Ocean

USS Haddock fired 4 torpedoes at a transport in the Philippine Sea between Taiwan and the Philippine Islands, claiming 1 hit on a transport. ww2dbase [Haddock | Philippine Sea | CPC]

1 Dec 1944

Pacific Ocean

USS Segundo arrived on station in the Luzon Strait ww2dbase [Segundo | Luzon Strait, Philippine Sea | CPC]

2 Feb 1945

Pacific Ocean

The Japanese Army SB craft formerly known as Navy landing ship No. 115 was sunk by US aircraft in the Luzon Strait north of Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | Luzon Strait, Philippine Sea | CPC]

5 Jun 1945

Pacific Ocean

As the US 3rd Fleet steamed through a typhoon southeast of Japan, the leading 25-feet of USS Bennington's flight deck collapsed and hung drooping over her bow. ww2dbase [Bennington | Philippine Sea | DS]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis

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