Battle of Sagami Bay

July 22–23, 1945 · Battle site

Result American victory

US warships attacked a Japanese coastal convoy off the Bōsō Peninsula at night in the closing weeks of the war. It was the last surface action of the Pacific War.

Allies

Axis

Strength and losses

Ships
c. 9

Units

United States Navy Albert Kautz Alexander Slidell MacKenzie Andrew Hull Foote Arthur Dewey Struble Admiral Aubrey Fitch Admiral Bowman H. McCalla C. Douglas Dillon Carleton H. Wright Rear Admiral Catesby ap Roger Jones Lieutenant Charles Dwight Sigsbee Charles Henry Davis Chester W. Nimitz Fleet Admiral Christopher W. Grady Admiral Clifton Sprague Admiral Cyrus Vance Lieutenant Daniel Patterson Captain David Conner David Dixon Porter David E. Jeremiah Admiral David Farragut Donald Rumsfeld Captain Edmund Muskie Lieutenant Endicott Peabody Erik S. Kristensen Eugene R. Black Sr. Foster Furcolo Francis Cherry Frank Kelso Admiral Franklin Buchanan Admiral Frederick C. Sherman Vice Admiral George Busbee George C. Read George Dewey Admiral of the Navy George Dominic Murray Admiral George McMillin Goodwin Knight H. Struve Hensel Harry W. Hill Admiral Henry Glass Henry H. Bell Henry Kent Hewitt Admiral Henry L. Roosevelt Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Thompson Jr. Husband E. Kimmel Rear Admiral Isaac Chauncey Commodore James Florio Lieutenant Commander James Forrestal Lieutenant James Lawrence Captain James Oren Ellis, Jr. Admiral James V. Allred James W. Nicholson Rear Admiral Jeremy Michael Boorda Admiral Jesse Elliott Captain Joe Kernan John A. Volpe John Adolphus Dahlgren John Connally John Downes John Lorimer Worden John Marston John McCain Captain John N. Mitchell John Rodgers John Rodgers (naval officer, born 1772) Commodore John Taylor Wood John W. Weeks Jonathan Howe Admiral Joseph J. Clark Admiral Joseph Metcalf, III Vice Admiral Joshua Barney Josiah Tattnall General Leighton W. Smith, Jr. Admiral Leo Ryan Lewis Compton Mahlon Tisdale Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher Admiral Michael Mullen Admiral Michael P. Murphy Lieutenant Neil Armstrong Norman Scott Rear Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry Commodore Paul A. Dever Ralph Austin Bard Raphael Semmes Richard Dale Commodore Richard Helms Richard Valentine Morris Commodore Richard Wainwright Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner Admiral Robert B. Meyner Robert C. Giffen Vice Admiral Robert Henley Captain Robert L. Ghormley Vice Admiral Rodman M. Price Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter Vice Admiral Roy L. Johnson Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont Sidney Souers Rear Admiral Stansfield Turner Admiral Stephen Decatur Commodore Theodore Douglas Robinson Theodore Stark Wilkinson Admiral Thomas Cassin Kinkaid Admiral Thomas Hinman Moorer Admiral Thomas S. Gates Jr. Lieutenant Commander Thomas Truxtun Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones Truman H. Newberry U. S. Grant Sharp, Jr. Admiral W. John Kenney Warren Anderson (businessman) Warren Christopher William Bainbridge Commodore William D. Leahy Fleet Admiral William French Smith William H. P. Blandy Admiral William H. Webster Lieutenant William Halsey Jr. Fleet Admiral William J. Crowe Admiral William P. Rogers Lieutenant Commander William Raborn Vice Admiral William Thomas Sampson Contrammiraglio William Wallace Wotherspoon Major General Winfield Scott Schley Frank Jack Fletcher Admiral · 1906–1947 Raymond A. Spruance Admiral · 1907–1948 Arthur W. Radford Admiral · 1916–1957 Gerald Ford Lieutenant Commander · 1942–1946 Melvin Laird Lieutenant (junior grade) · 1942–1946 Richard Nixon Commander · 1942–1946 Clark Clifford Captain · 1944–1946 Robert F. Kennedy Seaman Apprentice · 1944–1946