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| | Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for Battle of Makassar Strait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | A fleet of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command, under the command of Admiral Karel Doorman, was on its way to intercept a Japanese invasion convoy when it was attacked by 37 Japanese dive-bombers and forced to retreat. |
 | | The ADBA force consisted of the cruisers HNLMS De Ruyter (flagship), HNLMS Tromp, USS Houston, and USS Marblehead escorted by the Dutch destroyers Bankert, Piet Hein, Van Ghent, and the United States destroyers Barker, Bulmer, Edwards, and Stewart. |
 | | In early February 1942 these ships were patrolling the Makassar Strait between Borneo and Celebes. |
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