The U.S. learned Know of the Japanese plan Arranging through signals intelligence , and sent Sending two United States Navy carrier task forces and a joint Australian-U.S. cruiser force to oppose Response the offensive .

The Action of 11 January 1944 was a minor naval action that resulted in Causation the sinking Motion_directional of the light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy by the British Royal Navy submarine .

`` Tally-Ho '' was patrolling Patrolling from her base at Trincomalee , Ceylon searching Scrutiny for Japanese vessels and on 9 January , sighted Know the Japanese light cruiser `` Kuma '' off Penang .

She was able to plot the Japanese 's route in and out of Penang and to take up a suitable position to intercept Attack the cruiser .

On the morning of 11 January , `` Tally-Ho '' 's commander , Leslie Bennington , spotted Know a Mitsubishi F1M2 `` Pete '' floatplane flying Motion westwards along the route on which the cruiser that had been sighted Know on 9 January was to be expected .

It was felt Change_sentiment that this heralded the approach Arriving of the cruiser .

Just before 09:00 , the officer of the watch Perception_active sighted Know the masts of the cruiser on the port bow .

At one point it was rumored that China had even dispatched Sending a warship to Mexican waters ( the cruiser `` Hai Chi '' , which was anchored in Cuba at the time ) .

iran air flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from tehran to dubai via bandar abbas , that was shot down Use_firearm on 3 july 1988 by an unk surface-to-air missile fired Use_firearm from , a guided missile cruiser of the united states navy .

While the F-14s had been supplied Supply to Iran in an air-to-air configuration , the crew of the guided missile cruiser had been briefed Know that the Iranian F-14s were equipped Supply with air-to-ground ordnance .

According to the Iranian government , the cruiser negligently shot down Use_firearm the aircraft , which was transmitting IFF squawks in Mode III , a signal that identified Check it as a civilian aircraft , and not Mode II as used Using by Iranian military aircraft .

Late in the day `` Bismarck '' briefly turned on Military_operation her pursuers ( `` Prince of Wales '' and the heavy cruisers and ) to cover Filling the escape of her companion , the heavy cruiser to continue further into the Atlantic .

The pursuit of `` Goeben '' and `` Breslau was a naval action that occurred Coming_to_be in the Mediterranean Sea at the outbreak Process_start of the First World War when elements of the British Mediterranean Fleet attempted Hold to intercept the German `` Mittelmeerdivision '' consisting of the battlecruiser and the light cruiser .

The action was supported Supporting by Royal Navy gunfire , led by the light cruiser , with the destroyers , , and .

the united states navy armored cruiser mysteriously exploded Use_firearm and sank Removing in havana harbor ; political pressures from the democratic party Social_event pushed Motion mckinley into a war that he had wished to avoid Preventing_or_letting .

The third submarine attempted to torpedo Attack the heavy cruiser , but instead sank Motion_directional the converted ferry , killing Killing 21 sailors .

The action of 8 May 1941 was a single ship action fought Hostile_encounter during the Second World War Hostile_encounter by the British heavy cruiser and the `` Kriegsmarine '' ( German Navy ) auxiliary cruiser ( `` Raider F '' to the Admiralty and to the `` Kriegsmarine '' ) .

The action of 8 May 1941 was a single ship action fought Hostile_encounter during the Second World War Hostile_encounter by the British heavy cruiser and the `` Kriegsmarine '' ( German Navy ) auxiliary cruiser ( `` Raider F '' to the Admiralty and to the `` Kriegsmarine '' ) .

The bombardment Attack was initiated Process_start by the German light cruiser `` Emden '' at the outset of the war Military_operation in 1914 .

After ten minutes of firing Use_firearm , `` Emden '' had hit Attack five of the tanks and destroyed Destroying 346,000 gallons of fuel , and the cruiser then successfully retreated Escaping .

On 9 March , they encountered Hostile_encounter and sank Killing the British steamer `` Behar '' , with the heavy cruiser picking up Choosing over 100 survivors .

During the air campaign , a US cruiser was sunk Motion_directional in the Battle Hostile_encounter of Rennell Island .