What the records say
- When
- 16 Jul 1863
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 33.95° N, 130.95° E
- Description
- 1863 naval engagement
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Shimonoseki Straits
1863 American naval victory in Japan
The Battle of Shimonoseki Straits was a naval engagement fought on July 16, 1863, by the United States Navy warship USS Wyoming against the powerful daimyō Mōri Takachika of the Chōshū clan based in Shimonoseki.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Shimonoseki Straits: The screw sloop Wyoming 1859 engages with the Chōshū Domain fleet before withdrawing”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Japon : le navire américain Wyoming essuie des pertes face au clan Chōshū à la bataille navale de Shimonoseki”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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