List of Naval Battles - Later 20th Century

Later 20th Century

  • 1950 Battle of Incheon
  • 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
  • 1967
    • June 8 - USS Liberty incident - Israeli forces pioneer anti-ship use of napalm to disable American technical research ship during the Six-Day War
    • October 21 - Egyptian Navy Komar-class missile boats sink Israeli destroyer INS Eilat in the first combat use of P-15 Termit surface to surface missiles
  • 1968 - January 23 - North Korean Navy captures United States Navy technical research ship Pueblo
  • 1971
    • December 3 - Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi lost with all hands off Vishakapatnam, in Bay of Bengal during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. The Indian Navy claims that the submarine was sunk by two depth charges from the destroyer INS Rajput. Pakistan however has maintained that PNS Ghazi sank when the mines it was laying were accidentally detonated.
    • Operation Trident (Indo-Pakistani War)
    • Operation Python (Indo-Pakistan War)
  • 1972
    • April 19 - Battle of Đồng Hới - United States cruiser-destroyer force engages North Vietnamese forces
    • May 9 - Operation Pocket Money - United States Navy mines Hai Phong harbor
    • May 10 - Operation Custom Tailor - United States Navy attacks Hai Phong
  • 1973
    • October 7 - Battle of Latakia - Israelis defeat Syrians
    • October 8–9 - Battle of Baltim - Israelis defeat Egyptians
  • 1974 - January Battle of Hoang Sa - Chinese Navy defeat South Vietnamese navy at Paracels Islands.
  • 1980 - Operation Morvarid - Iranian navy decisively defeats Iraqi navy (Destruction of 80% of the Iraqi Navy).
  • 1982 - May - Falklands War: British defeat Argentines to recapture the Falkland Islands. Argentine light cruiser ARA General Belgrano and British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield sunk. (first sinking by a nuclear-powered submarine in war, one of 2 and last submarine kills since World War II).
  • 1986 - Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986) - US Navy engages Libyan Navy in a fleet action.
  • 1988 - April 18 Operation Praying Mantis - U.S. Navy defeats Iranian naval forces in retaliation for the mining of the USS Samuel B. Roberts during a patrol mission.
  • 1998 - February 23 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash off Sri Lanka, killing more than 60.
  • 1999 - June 9–15 First Battle of Yeonpyeong South Korean flotilla defeats North Korean flotilla.

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