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Unfortunately commercial salvage divers had discovered Pope previously and save for a skeleton, little now remains of her wreck. [5] With her location/identification now being finally confirmed, all ships lost during the Battle of the Java Sea and subsequent engagements have now been discovered/located and positively identified.
The Second Battle of the Java Sea was the last naval action of the Netherlands East Indies campaign, of 1941–42. It occurred on 1 March 1942, two days after the first Battle of the Java Sea . It saw the end of the last Allied warships operating in the waters around Java , allowing Japanese forces to complete their conquest of the Dutch East ...
The Battle of the Java Sea (Indonesian: Pertempuran Laut Jawa, Japanese: スラバヤ沖海戦, romanized: Surabaya oki kaisen, lit. 'Surabaya open-sea battle') was a decisive [2] naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II.
The Second Battle of the Java Sea was fought, resulting in Japanese victory. The cruiser HMS Exeter and the destroyers HMS Encounter and USS Pope were sunk. The Battle of Sunda Strait ended in Japanese victory. The Allies lost 1 heavy cruiser, 1 light cruiser and 1 destroyer while the Japanese lost 1 minelayer and 4 troopships sunk or grounded.
USS Pope Crippled by aircraft carrier Ryūjō, finished off by heavy cruisers Myōkō and Ashigara, 1 March 1942 USS Porter Sunk by downed US torpedo bomber shot down by fighters from light carrier Zuihō , Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands October 26 1942.
On February 18, De Ruyter departed the Java coast alongside the light cruiser HNLMS Java and the destroyers USS Pope, USS John D. Ford, and HNLMS Piet Hein in another attempt to disrupt Japanese troop convoys destined to Bali Indonesia consisting of two troop transports escorted by four destroyers of the Asashio class which was spotted by ...
During her brief wartime career, Pope played a significant part in three major engagements fought by the venerable Asiatic Fleet destroyers—the battles of Balikpapan, Badung Strait, and the Java Sea. In the former, Pope delivered close-range attacks that momentarily helped to delay the Japanese landings at Balikpapan.
Pages in category "World War II shipwrecks in the Java Sea" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. ... USS Pope (DD-225) S. USS S-36; HMS ...