Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Thomas Cassin Kinkaid

Battles of Thomas Cassin Kinkaid

United States Navy admiral, 1888 to 1972

Thomas Cassin Kinkaid is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1945: 6 battles and 2 naval actions across 4 present-day countries, most in Philippines (4), Solomon Islands (1), United States (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 18,480 km apart end to end, 2,640 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (6), World War II (1), South West Pacific theater of World War II (1).

Operation CartwheelBattle of the Sibuyan SeaInvasion of PalawanBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsBattle of AttuBattle of LeyteBattle of Leyte GulfBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsBattle of AttuBattle of LeyteBattle of Leyte GulfŌsakaManilaSeoulTaipeiBengaluruBangkokChengduÜrümqiKabulTashkent5000 km22.123N, 145.828E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 2 engagements1943: 2 engagements1944: 3 engagements3 in 19441945: 1 engagements19421945
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 1942Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 1942Battle of Attu, 1943Operation Cartwheel, 1943Battle of Leyte, 1944Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 1944Invasion of Palawan, 194519421945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
24 August 1942Battle of the Eastern SolomonsSolomon IslandsAmerican victory
25 October 1942Battle of the Santa Cruz IslandsSanta Cruz Islands439 km EBoth sides claim victory; see Aftermath
11 May 1943Battle of AttuAttu Island, Alaska, United States6,867 km NAllied victory
30 June 1943Operation CartwheelMelanesia, Papua New Guinea6,645 km SWAllied victory
17 October 1944Battle of LeyteLeyte, Philippines3,457 km NWAllied victory
23 October 1944Battle of Leyte GulfLeyte Gulf, Philippines97 km SEAllied victory
24 October 1944Battle of the Sibuyan SeaSibuyan Sea, Philippines408 km NWAllied victory
1945Invasion of PalawanPhilippines567 km SWAllied 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, Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.