sunda strait battle
Nine Royal Australian Navy personnel supported by their Army and Air Force colleagues from the Australian contingent on Exercise. On March 1 1942 the Battle of Sunda Straitpart of the larger Battle of the Java Seatook place when the Allied cruisers HMAS Perth and USS Houston encountered a Japanese amphibious landing force near Bantam. Pin On History I Like On the night of 28 February 1 March 1942 the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth and the American heavy cruiser USS Houston faced a major Imperial Japanese Navy IJN task force. . After a fierce battle of several hours duration both Allied ships were sunk. The Battle of Sunda Strait was a naval battle which occurred during World War II. The Battle of Sunda Strait was a naval battle which occurred during World War II in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra. On 17th August 2016 as USNS MERCY passed through the waters of the Sunda Strait where the battle