Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 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 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1945: 8 battles across 5 present-day countries, most in Solomon Islands (3), Kiribati (2), Marshall Islands (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 8,117 km apart end to end, 1,160 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (3), Pacific War (2).

New Georgia CampaignBattle of Wickham AnchorageBattle of MakinBattle of Savo IslandBattle of TarawaBattle of KwajaleinBattle of SaipanBattle of OkinawaBattle of Savo IslandBattle of TarawaBattle of KwajaleinBattle of SaipanBattle of OkinawaManilaTaipei5000 km8.683N, 150.488E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 1 engagements1943: 4 engagements4 in 19431944: 2 engagements1945: 1 engagements19421945
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Savo Island, 1942New Georgia Campaign, 1943Battle of Wickham Anchorage, 1943Battle of Tarawa, 1943Battle of Makin, 1943Battle of Kwajalein, 1944Battle of Saipan, 1944Battle of Okinawa, 194519421945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1942Battle of Savo IslandSavo Island, Solomon IslandsJapanese victory
20 June 1943New Georgia CampaignNew Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands282 km WAllied victory
30 June 1943Battle of Wickham AnchorageVangunu, Solomon Islands84 km EAmerican victory
20 November 1943Battle of TarawaBetio, Kiribati2,003 km NEAllied victory
21 November 1943Battle of MakinMakin, Kiribati184 km NAmerican victory
31 January 1944Battle of KwajaleinKwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands841 km NWAmerican victory
15 June 1944Battle of SaipanSaipan, United States2,495 km WAmerican 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.