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The Java Sea covers the southern section of the 1,790,000 km 2 (690,000 sq mi) Sunda Shelf. A shallow sea, it has a mean depth of 46 m (151 ft). It measures about 1,600 km (990 mi) east-west by 380 km (240 mi) north-south [4] and occupies a total surface area of 320,000 km 2 (120,000 sq mi).
When a combined command was finally created in January 1942, he was bypassed for the post of commander of the navy, in favour of Admiral Thomas C. Hart of the United States Navy. Helfrich's mission to defend Java at all costs clashed with Hart's desire to conserve as many naval units as possible.
These are certainly the shipwrecks of De Ruyter, Java and Kortenaer. However, it has become clear that the De Ruyter and Java are reversed in relation to the positions recorded earlier during the battle.2 An analysis of video, photo and multibeam data from the KDF dive trip provides convincing evidence of systematic salvage at all three locations.
The strait is notoriously difficult to navigate because of this shallowness, very strong tidal currents, sandbanks, and man-made obstructions such as oil platforms off the Java coast. [ 3 ] For centuries, the strait was an important shipping route, especially during the period when the Dutch East India Company used it as the gateway to the ...
The Eastern limits of the Philippine Sea [P 1] and Japan Sea [P 2] and the Southeastern limit of the Sea of Okhotsk. [P 3] On the North. The Southern limits of the Bering Sea [P 4] and the Gulf of Alaska. [P 5] On the East. The Western limit of Coastal waters of Southeast Alaska and Br. Columbia, [P 6] and the Southern limit of the Gulf of ...
Since it is relatively shallow, with the depth of 50 metres (160 ft) or less, the volume transported by the current is relatively small. [12] A 2007–2008 study by a group of Indonesian and Chinese researchers found that the transport volume averaged 500,000 m 3 /second (or 0.5 Sv) with a net southward direction (i.e. to the Java Sea). [13]
The British submarine force expanded its areas of operation in the last months of the war. In late 1944, the 8th Flotilla—with 11 British and Dutch submarines—was transferred to Fremantle and operated in the Java Sea and surrounding areas under the command of the U.S 7th Fleet. The 4th Flotilla and the newly formed 2nd Flotilla remained at ...
On 10 July 1945, while in the Java Sea, Ensign John Thomas Beahan, a gunnery officer, was inspecting a .50-caliber gun on the deck of the USS Blueback (SS 326) when it unexpectedly fired two rounds, fatally striking him in the chest. Beahan was buried at sea two days later. [5] [6] [7] Beahan was only Blueback's non-combat casualty. [citation ...