Editing Battle of the Java Sea (section)

===The end of ABDA fleet===
[[File:USS Edsall (DD-219) under fire and sinking on 1 March 1942 (80-G-178997).jpg|thumb|[[USS Edsall (DD-219)|USS ''Edsall'']] sinking, taken from ''[[Japanese cruiser Tone (1937)|Tone]]'']]
With the complete destruction of Admiral Doorman's fleet across the battles of the Java Sea and Sunda Strait, plus the death of Doorman himself by the hand of ''Haguro's'' torpedo battery, ABDA fleet as a whole was completely disbanded, and there was one thing left for the remaining allied warships stuck in the Dutch East Indies-run. All of the former ABDA fleet warships desperately fled the crumbling Dutch East Indies in hopes of reaching the safety of Australia. Many reached the ports of Sydney and Darwin successfully; among these lucky ships were the only allied survivors to the Java Sea battle, the four American destroyers ''John D. Edwards'', ''John D. Ford'', ''Alden'', and ''Paul Jones'', which while underway in the [[Bali Strait]] encountered the Japanese destroyers ''[[Japanese destroyer Hatsuharu (1933)|Hatsuharu]], [[Japanese destroyer Nenohi (1932)|Nenohi]], [[Japanese destroyer Wakaba (1934)|Wakaba]],'' and ''[[Japanese destroyer Hatsushimo (1933)|Hatsushimo]]'' and after a brief gunfight which inflicted no damage to either side successfully escaped to [[Fremantle]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alden (Destroyer No. 211) |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/alden.html |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=public1.nhhcaws.local |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=IJN Hatsushimo: Tabular Record of Movement |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/hatsus_t.htm}}</ref>

However, many were not as lucky, Japanese forces raced to hunt down and destroy any allied vessels attempting to hide, starting immediately after the battle of Sunda Strait when the Japanese destroyers ''Fubuki'' and ''Hatsuyuki'' located the Dutch oil tanker ''Augustina'' and the British minesweepers ''Rahman'' and ''Sin Aik Lee'', sinking all three vessels without a fight. Simultaneously, land-based aircraft sank the seaplane tender [[USS Langley (CV-1)|USS ''Langley'']], while dive bombers from the aircraft carrier ''[[Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū|Sōryū]]'' sank the fleet oilier [[USS Pecos (AO-6)|USS ''Pecos'']]. and helped to sink the destroyer [[USS Edsall (DD-219)|USS ''Edsall'']] alongside gunfire from the battleships ''[[Japanese battleship Hiei|Hiei]]'' and ''[[Japanese battleship Kirishima|Kirishima]]'' and the heavy cruisers ''[[Japanese cruiser Tone (1937)|Tone]]'' and ''[[Japanese cruiser Chikuma (1938)|Chikuma]]''. Later, the destroyers ''[[Japanese destroyer Kasumi (1937)|Kasumi]]'', ''[[Japanese destroyer Shiranui (1938)|Shiranui]]'', and ''[[Japanese destroyer Isokaze (1939)|Isokaze]]'' sank the Dutch freighter ''Modjokerto'', the destroyer ''[[Japanese destroyer Hayashio|Hayashio]]'' captured the Dutch cargo ship ''Speelman'', and finally on 5 March the heavy cruiser ''Chikuma'' and the destroyer ''[[Japanese destroyer Urakaze (1940)|Urakaze]]'' sank the Dutch freighter ''Enggano''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IJN Soryu: Tabular Record of Movement |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/soryu.htm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=IJN Urakaze: Tabular Record of Movement |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/urakaz_t.htm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=主要兵器 |first=大日本帝国軍 |date=2018-02-03 |title=初雪【吹雪型駆逐艦 三番艦】Hatsuyuki【Fubuki-class destroyer】 |url=https://japanese-warship.com/destroyer/hatsuyuki/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=大日本帝国軍 主要兵器 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=主要兵器 |first=大日本帝国軍 |date=2018-02-04 |title=天津風【陽炎型駆逐艦 九番艦】その1Amatsukaze【Kagero-class destroyer】 |url=https://japanese-warship.com/destroyer/amatsukaze/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=大日本帝国軍 主要兵器 |language=ja}}</ref>

Perhaps most notably was a mass raid conducted from 1-4 March by the heavy cruisers ''[[Japanese cruiser Takao (1930)|Takao]], [[Japanese cruiser Atago|Atago]]'', and ''[[Japanese cruiser Maya|Maya]]'' and the destroyers ''[[Japanese destroyer Nowaki (1940)|Nowaki]]'' and ''[[Japanese destroyer Arashi|Arashi]]'', which claimed 15 ships sunk or captured, known by Japanese sources as the battle of Tjilatjap, which started on the 1st when ''Nowaki'' and ''Arashi'' sank the Dutch cargo ships ''Tomohon'' and ''Pageri'', then later sank the British minesweeper ''Scott Harley'' and the Dutch freighter ''Toradjo'' and captured the Dutch freighter ''Bintoehan''. The next day, ''Takao'' and ''Atago'' sank the destroyer [[USS Pillsbury (DD-227)|USS ''Pillsbury'']], while ''Maya, Nowaki'', and ''Arashi'' sank the destroyer [[HMS Stronghold|HMS ''Stronghold'']]'','' while on the 3rd ''Nowaki'' and ''Arashi'' sank the gunboat [[USS Asheville (PG-21)|USS ''Asheville'']]. Finally on the 4th, all five ships raided a convoy destined for Australia, together sinking the sloop [[HMAS Yarra (U77)|HMAS ''Yarra'']], the oil tanker ''Fancol'', the depot ship ''Anking'', and the minesweepers ''M-3'' and ''M-51'' and captured the freighters ''Duymaer van Twist'' and ''Tjisaroea''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IJN ATAGO: Tabular Record of Movement |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/atago_t.htm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=IJN MAYA: Tabular Record of Movement |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/maya_t.htm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=主要兵器 |first=大日本帝国軍 |date=2018-02-04 |title=野分【陽炎型駆逐艦 十五番艦】その1Nowaki【Kagero-class destroyer】 |url=https://japanese-warship.com/destroyer/nowaki/ |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=大日本帝国軍 主要兵器 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=主要兵器 |first=大日本帝国軍 |date=2018-02-04 |title=嵐【陽炎型駆逐艦 十六番艦】その1Arashi【Kagero-class destroyer】 |url=https://japanese-warship.com/destroyer/arashi/ |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=大日本帝国軍 主要兵器 |language=ja}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |title=Netherland ship losses of all causes during 1914-1945 |url=https://www.world-war.co.uk/warloss_29hol.php}}</ref>