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| | WW2DB: Battles at Java Sea |
 | | The Japanese convoy was escorted by two heavy cruisers Nachi and Haguro, two light cruisers Naka and Jintsu, and fourteen destroyers Yudachi, Samidare, Murasame, Harusame, Minegumo, Asagumo, Yukikaze, Tokitsukaze, Amatsukaze, Hatsukaze, Yamakaze, Kawakaze, Sazanami, and Ushi, all under the command of Rear Admiral Shoji Nishimura of the Japanese 3rd Fleet. |
 | | Light cruiser HMAS Perth and heavy cruiser USS Houston survived the Battle of the Java Sea and reached Tanjung Priok. |
 | | The termination of the Java battles witnessed the Japanese not only securing the vast resources of the Southwest Pacific, but also firmly establishing a defensive perimeter along the arc of large islands stretching from Singapore south and east through Sumatra, Java, the northern shore of New Guinea, and finally Rabaul in New Britain. |
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