Operation Hailstone

Operation Hailstone
	Part of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
	; Japanese ships burning off Dublon Island.
Date	17–18 February 1944
Location	Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands7°20′21″N 151°53′05″E / 7.3393°N 151.8846°E
Result	American victory
Belligerents
United States	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Marc Mitscher	Masami Kobayashi
Strength
5 fleet carriers; 4 light carriers; 6 battleships; 10 cruisers; 28 destroyers; 10 submarines; 560 aircraft;	5 cruisers; 8 destroyers; 5 other warships; 50 merchant ships; 350 planes;
Casualties and losses
40 killed; 1 fleet carrier damaged; 1 battleship slightly damaged; 25 aircraft destroyed;	4,500+ killed; 2 light cruisers sunk; 4 destroyers sunk; 3 auxiliary cruisers sunk; 6 auxiliary ships sunk; 32 merchant ships sunk; 9 vessels damaged; 250+ aircraft destroyed;

Operation Hailstone was a massive United States Navy air and surface attack on Truk Lagoon on 17–18 February 1944, conducted as part of the American offensive drive against the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific Ocean theatre.

^ Morison 1961, p. 330

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[1] Morison 1961, p. 330

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