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Maps presented here have been prepared with the kind permission of Curious World Maps, used worldwide for illustrating news and documentary reports on television and the internet. Navigation charts are edited from charts published by the Defense Mapping Agency.

Orientation Maps
orientation thumbsNordic SeasAtlantic CrossingCaribbean SeaNorth AfricaMediterranean SeaJava SeaCoral SeaNew GuineaPacific IslandsPhilippine IslandsJapan and southern approachesAleutian Islands

ORIENTATION MAPS
Orientation maps are linked from the globe images at top and the thumbnail images at right to locate place names identified elsewhere on this site. Orientation maps include the
Nordic Seas, Atlantic Crossing, Caribbean Sea, North Africa, Mediterranean Sea, Java Sea, Coral Sea, New Guinea, Pacific Islands, Philippine Islands, Japan and southern approaches and Aleutian Islands.

AREA MAPS
Area maps provide additional detail regarding the
Solomon Islands, Sicily, Italy and the South of France.

OTHER MAPS AND CHARTS
In addition to images linked from this page, maps and charts may be found as follows:
 • Operations of individual ships: on home pages for most selected ships and accompanying first-person accounts for
Bennett and Newcomb.

Solomon Islands, 1942–43
solomon islands thumbsSolomon IslandsRennell IslandThe "Slot"GuadalcanalGuadalcanalNew GeorgiaNew GeorgiaVella GulfVella Gulf

 • Descriptions of events: The Battle of Rennell Island, the Battle of Tassafaronga, the Battle of Vella Gulf, the Battle of Cape St. George, the Battle of Surigao Strait and the entry into Japanese home waters, Sagami Wan and Tokyo Bay (below).

TRACK CHARTS
Modern digital technology makes possible a degree of accuracy that far surpasses that available to writers of deck logs, after action reports, etc. at the time of an event. Often, multiple sources do not agree on positions; even multiple charts from single sources may be discrepant.
   A major objective in preparing track charts for this site, therefore, has been to depict information from trusted sources in a consistent manner. In some cases, this involves scanning and tracing originals. In others it involves replotting courses using information given in deck logs and then attempting to correct for turning radii, known positions, etc.

Battle of Surigao Strait,
25 October 1944
Battle of Surigao StraitBattle of Surigao Strait 1, approachBattle of Surigao Strait 2, DesRon 54 attacksBattle of Surigao Strait 3, DesRon 24 attacksBattle of Surigao Strait 4, DesRon 56 attacksBattle of Surigao Strait 2, navigation chart

   Amendments and corrections are always welcome.

 

 

 

 

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Sagami Wan and Tokyo Bay, 1945
3Db approachjapan thumbApproaching JapanSagami WanSagami Wan navigation chartTokyo BayTokyo Bay navigation chart

Pacific theaterAtlantic theater

 

 


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