Attack on Yokosuka

Attack on Yokosuka
Part of Pacific War, World War II
Japanese battleship Nagato in 1945
Date 18 July 1945 Location Yokosuka, Japan Status Allied victory
Belligerents
United States  United Kingdom	Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
William Halsey John S. McCain Bernard Rawlings
Units involved
Third Fleet Task Force 37 Task Force 38	Imperial Japanese Navy
Casualties and losses
14 aircraft 18 aircrew killed	1 destroyer 1 submarine 2 escort vessels sunk 1 battleship damaged 5 small ships damaged 43 aircraft destroyed 77 aircraft damaged

The attack on Yokosuka was an air raid conducted by the United States Navy on 18 July 1945 during the last weeks of the Pacific War. The Japanese battleship Nagato was the raid's main target, though anti-aircraft positions and other warships at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal were also attacked. Other U.S. Navy and Royal Navy aircraft struck airfields in the Tokyo area.

While Nagato was only lightly damaged, the American aircraft sank a destroyer, a submarine and two escort vessels and damaged five small vessels. The Allied pilots also claimed the destruction of several locomotives and 43 Japanese aircraft as well as damage to another 77 aircraft. Japanese anti-aircraft guns shot down twelve American and two British aircraft.