Fuel shortages on one side in this battle led to them using an especially flammable type of oil that contributed to their high casualty rate.
Fuel shortages on one side in this battle led to them using an especially flammable type of oil that contributed to their high casualty rate. This lack of fuel also led a battle plan, called Operation A-Go, to be drawn up intended for a fight much further to the west. At the end of this battle, at least 88 planes fell into the ocean after running out of fuel, but most pilots were saved when Marc Mitscher made the risky move of turning on the lights on his ships. One ship was sunk during this battle by a single torpedo from the Albacore and another was sunk by the Cavalla  -these were the carriers Taiho and Shokaku. This battle began when the Combined Fleet was intercepted as it attempted to relieve the land forces at the contemporaneous battle of Saipan, and the ease with which Raymond Spruance's 5th Fleet gunned down nearly 600 planes in this battle led to its famous nickname. For 10 points, name this June 1944 carrier battle between the US and Japan that was fought in a body of water northeast of Manila.
Fuel shortages on one side in this battle led to them using an especially flammable type of oil that contributed to their high casualty rate.
Battle of the {Philippine Sea} or the Great {Marianas Turkey Shoot}