Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Richmond K. Turner

Battles of Richmond K. Turner

Admiral in the United States Navy (1885-1961)

Richmond K. Turner is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1945: 8 battles and 5 campaigns across 5 present-day countries, most in Solomon Islands (6), Kiribati (2), Marshall Islands (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,194 km apart end to end, 766 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (13).

Battle of Savo IslandNew Georgia CampaignBattle of Wickham AnchorageLandings on RendovaGilbert and Marshall Islands CampaignBattle of MakinBattle of KwajaleinMariana and Palau Islands campaignSolomon Islands CampaignGuadalcanal campaignBattle of TarawaBattle of SaipanBattle of OkinawaSolomon Islands CampaignGuadalcanal campaignBattle of TarawaBattle of SaipanBattle of OkinawaManilaTaipei5000 km8.517N, 150.488E
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 3 engagements1943: 6 engagements6 in 19431944: 3 engagements1945: 1 engagements19421945
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Solomon Islands Campaign, 1942Battle of Savo Island, 1942Guadalcanal campaign, 1942New Georgia Campaign, 1943Battle of Wickham Anchorage, 1943Landings on Rendova, 1943Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign, 1943Battle of Tarawa, 1943Battle of Makin, 1943Battle of Kwajalein, 1944Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, 1944Battle of Saipan, 1944Battle of Okinawa, 194519421945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1942Solomon Islands CampaignSolomon IslandsAllied victory
1942Battle of Savo IslandSavo Island, Solomon Islands37 km NJapanese victory
1942Guadalcanal campaignGuadalcanal, Solomon Islands37 km SEAllied victory
20 June 1943New Georgia CampaignNew Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands310 km WAllied victory
30 June 1943Battle of Wickham AnchorageVangunu, Solomon Islands84 km EAmerican victory
1943Landings on RendovaNew Georgia, Solomon Islands82 km NWAllied victory
1943Gilbert and Marshall Islands CampaignMicronesia2,093 km NEAllied victory
20 November 1943Battle of TarawaBetio, Kiribati776 km SEAllied victory
21 November 1943Battle of MakinMakin, Kiribati184 km NAmerican victory
31 January 1944Battle of KwajaleinKwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands841 km NWAmerican victory
1944Mariana and Palau Islands campaignMicronesia1,759 km WAmerican victory
15 June 1944Battle of SaipanSaipan, United States763 km NWAmerican victory
1945Battle of OkinawaOkinawa Islands, Japan2,229 km NWAllied victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/us-people/t/turner-richmond-k/80-g-309643., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.