History
The Luzon Strait was part of the Japanese invasion route in December 1941. On December 8 (the same day as the Pearl Harbor attack, because of the date line), they landed on Batanes. On December 10, they occupied Camiguin Island of Babuyan (not to be confused with Camiguin Island just north of Mindanao) in a soon-abandoned attempt to establish a seaplane base, and on the same day landed at Aparri, Cagayan on Luzon.
Subsequently, many US submarines hunted Japanese convoys passing through the strait on their way from the East Indies to Japan.
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