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Battle off Onekotan
Part of Japan Campaign, World War Two
Date 26 June 1945 Location off Onekotan, Kuril Islands, Result American victory
Belligerents
United States	Japan
Commanders and leaders
	unknown
Strength
4 destroyers	4 submarine chasers 1 guardboat
Casualties and losses
none	3 submarine chasers sunk 1 guardboat sunk 1 submarine chaser damaged

The Action off Onekotan was a naval engagement between a United States naval squadron and a Japanese naval force on 26 June 1945 off Onekotan in the Kuril Islands during World War Two.

Background

By June of 1945, most major Japanese naval vessels had been destroyed in combat with Allied naval forces and those left in operation were largely inoperable due to severe fuel shortages. With limited fuel supplies to power their remaining warships, the Japanese navy resorted to utilizing small submarine chasers and patrol boats as escorts to defend their convoys against Allied attacks.

Battle

The American destroyer's engaged the convoy after picking it up on their radar. The Japanese squadron, replied erratically with anti-aircraft gun fire aimed at what the Japanese believed were attacking aircraft.

Order of battle

American force
Ship	Rate	Guns	Navy	Commander	Casualties			Notes
					Killed	Wounded	Total
USS Bearss	Fletcher-class destroyer	Captain H. D. Rozendal	File:Naval Ensign of the United States.svg		0	0	0
USS Porter	Fletcher-class destroyer		File:Naval Ensign of the United States.svg		0	0	0	.
USS John Hood	Fletcher-class destroyer		File:Naval Ensign of the United States.svg		0	0	0
USS Jarvis	Fletcher-class destroyer		File:Naval Ensign of the United States.svg		0	0	0

Japanese force
Ship	Type	Guns	Navy	Commander	Casualties			Notes
					Killed	Wounded	Total
CH 73	Submarine Chaser				unknown	unknown		sunk
CH 198	Submarine Chaser				unknown	unknown		Damaged
CH 206	Submarine Chaser				unknown	unknown		sunk
CH 209	Submarine Chaser				unknown	unknown		sunk
Sources: Macmillan pp. 29–37, James pp. 273–289