The Palawan Passage is a natural waterway in the southeastern South China Sea to the west of the island of Palawan in the Philippine Islands. It is deep and relatively free of navigational hazards, making it an important shipping route. The entire Palawan Passage lies within the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines and in waters the Government of the Philippines refers to as the West Philippine Sea.
The PalawanPassage is a natural waterway in the southeastern South China Sea to the west of the island of Palawan in the Philippine Islands. It is deep...
referred to by Morison as 'The Fight in PalawanPassage', and elsewhere, occasionally, as the 'Battle of PalawanPassage'.) As it sortied from its base in Brunei...
attack the American invasion fleet, Kurita's ships were attacked in the PalawanPassage by U.S. submarines. USS Darter damaged the heavy cruiser Takao and...
smokestack. While en route to Leyte, the force was attacked in the PalawanPassage on 23 October by the submarines USS Darter and Dace, which sank two...
cruiser 15,490 30 March 1932 23 October 1944; Sunk by USS Darter at in PalawanPassage during the Battle of Leyte Gulf Chōkai Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Takao-class...
October 1944 Accidental grounding in pursuit of Japanese cruiser Takao PalawanPassage Dorado SS-248 15 October 1943 Sunk by friendly fire air attack (PBM...
1943 Battle of Leyte Gulf IJN Atago, Maya, submarine attack in the PalawanPassage, 23 October 1944 Mogami, surface action in the Battle of Surigao Strait...
jurisdiction. The Philippine government incorporated the Kalayaan group into Palawan Province as a municipality in April 1972, and claimed in 1974 that "Its...
day two submarines that had been shadowing the force attacked in the PalawanPassage, near an area known as Dangerous Ground. Atago was one of the ships...
Dace and Darter detected Center Force entering the PalawanPassage along the northwest coast of Palawan Island. After alerting Halsey, the submarines torpedoed...
and Nagato. At 05:33 on 23 October, the fleet was attacked in the PalawanPassage by a pair of US submarines, Maya's sister-ships Atago and Takao were...
The legislative districts of Palawan are the representations of the province of Palawan and the highly urbanized city of Puerto Princesa in the various...
1943 Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-176. Darter SS-227 Gato class PalawanPassage, Philippines 24 October 1944 Accidentally grounded and scuttled after...
continued on her way to her patrol area in the northern approaches to the PalawanPassage in the Philippine Islands. Blackfin operated in Philippine waters as...
kilometres, Royal Captain Shoal is centered at 9°01’N 116°40’E near the PalawanPassage. It is located 16 nautical miles southeast of Northeast Investigator...
Chandos Publishing. "NGA Chart 93046 - Mantangule Island to Eran Bay (PalawanPassage)". nauticalchartsonline.com. NGA, USA. Retrieved 2 September 2016....
when she launched torpedoes at a heavily escorted tanker north of PalawanPassage in the Philippine Islands. Again her crew heard two distinct explosions...