Battle of Shimonoseki Straits
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Battle of Shimonoseki Straits
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The Battle of Shimonoseki Straits was a naval engagement fought on July 16, 1863, by the United States Navy warship USS Wyoming against the powerful daimyō Mōri Takachika of the Chōshū clan based in Shimonoseki. USS Wyoming under Captain David McDougal, sailed into the strait and single-handedly engaged the US-built but poorly manned Japanese fleet. Engaged for almost two hours before withdrawing, McDougal sank two enemy vessels severely damaged the other one, and inflicted some forty Japanese c
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2023-12-05T09:32:53Z
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