Editing Battle of the Java Sea (section)

==== Destroyer on destroyer action ====
[[File:HMS Electra.jpg|thumb|[[HMS Electra (H27)|HMS ''Electra'']] on parade]]
The American destroyers ''Alden'', ''John C Edwards'', ''John C Ford'', and ''Paul Jones'' fired their torpedoes at ''Haguro'' and ''Nachi'', but none made their mark. Simultaneously, the British destroyers attempting to cover the crippled ''Exeter'' were engaged by the Japanese destroyers ''Asagumo'' and ''Minegumo''. ''Minegumo'' stayed at a longer range and took part in a 1v2 against ''Jupiter'' and ''Encounter'', lightly damaging them with near misses, but failed to score any direct hits. ''Asagumo'' and ''Electra'', by contrast, engaged each other at point blank range. ''Asagumo'' took several 4.7-inch (12 cm) shells, temporarily leaving her dead in the water, killing five sailors and injuring 16 others. ''Asagumo'', however, inflicted more damage than she received, a hail of 5-inch (127 mm) gunfire destroying ''Electra's'' A and X turrets, engine room, communications, and electrical power, and setting ''Electra'' on fire. ''Electra'' desperately let out a spread of eight torpedoes at her opponent, but none hit, and in response ''Minegumo'' switched fire from the other destroyers and joined ''Asagumo'' in pounding the already crippled ''Electra''. Western sources sometimes credit ''Jintsū'' with assisting ''Asagumo'', but Japanese records do not support this. ''Electra's'' remaining guns were destroyed, flooding overwhelmed damage control, and fires burned out of control under ''Asagumo's'' and ''Minegumo's'' bombardment. ''Electra's'' crew finally abandoned ship and left her to sink. ''Encounter'' and ''Jupiter'' had been repelled by ''Minegumo's'' gunfire and retreated to assist ''Exeter''.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=主要兵器 |first=大日本帝国軍 |date=2018-02-03 |title=朝雲【朝潮型駆逐艦 五番艦】Asagumo【Asashio-class destroyer】 |url=https://japanese-warship.com/destroyer/asagumo/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |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=2018-02-03 |title=峯雲【朝潮型駆逐艦 八番艦】Minegumo【Asashio-class destroyer】 |url=https://japanese-warship.com/destroyer/minegumo/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=大日本帝国軍 主要兵器 |language=ja}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=IJN Asagumo: Tabular Record of Movement |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/asagum_t.htm}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=IJN Minegumo: Tabular Record of Movement |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/minegu_t.htm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=HMS Electra, destroyer |url=https://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-21E-Electra.htm |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=www.naval-history.net}}</ref><ref name=":9">Hornfischer (2006) Chapter 11</ref><ref>Dull (2007) p 82-86</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Alden (Destroyer No. 211) |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/alden.html |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=public2.nhhcaws.local |language=en-US}}</ref>