Battle of Badung Strait

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Battle of Badung Strait
Part of World War II, Pacific War
HNLMS De Ruyter off Java in 1942.
Date 19–20 February 1942 Location Badung Strait off Bali in the Dutch East Indies Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Netherlands  United States  United Kingdom	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Karel Doorman[1]	Kyuji Kubo[2]
Strength
3 cruisers 7 destroyers 2 submarines 20 aircraft	4 destroyers 2 transports
Casualties and losses
1 cruiser damaged 1 destroyer sunk 1 destroyer damaged and — later scuttled —	25 killed 83 wounded 3 destroyers damaged 1 transport damaged

The Battle of Badung Strait was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the night of 19/20 February 1942 in Badung Strait (not to be confused with the West Java city of Bandung) between the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDA) and the Imperial Japanese Navy. In the engagement, the four Japanese destroyers defeated an Allied force that outnumbered and outgunned them, sinking the Dutch destroyer Piet Hein and escorting two transports to safety. The battle demonstrated the Japanese Navy's considerable superiority over the Allies in night fighting which lasted until the Battle of Cape St. George.