The Japanese also sank Motion_directional or damaged Damaging three cruisers , three destroyers , an anti-aircraft training ship Sending , and one minelayer .

She was flanked Defending by destroyers and `` Tally-Ho '' could not get Getting within range .

Also , about forty ships — two light cruisers , four destroyers , nine auxiliary ships , and about two dozen cargo vessels — were sunk Motion .

The Germans ' initial attack Attack involved Cause_to_be_included 410,000 men ; just over 1,400 tanks , tank destroyers , and assault guns ; 2,600 artillery pieces ; 1,600 anti-tank guns ; and over 1,000 combat aircraft , as well as large numbers of other armored fighting Hostile_encounter vehicles ( AFVs ) .

To counter Attack the German submarines , the Allies moved Motion shipping into convoys guarded Defending by destroyers , blockades Besieging such as the Dover Barrage and minefields were laid , and aircraft patrols Patrolling monitored Scrutiny the U-boat bases .

The losses Earnings_and_losses led to Causation merchant ships Sending being made Manufacturing the priority over destroyers and small warships .

The Japanese soldiers landed Self_motion from four destroyers near Koromokina Lagoon on the night of 7 November and engaged Hostile_encounter two battalions of U.S. Marines from the 3rd and 9th Marine Regiments under the command Control of Major General Allen H. Turnage .

The second phase was the shadowing and harassment of `` Bismarck '' during the night of 26/27 May by British destroyers , with no serious damage Damaging to any ship .

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

In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident when the destroyers and of the United States Navy engaged Participation North Vietnamese ships , sustaining light damage as they gathered Come_together electronic intelligence while in the international waters of the Gulf of Tonkin , U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered Request Operation `` Pierce Arrow '' which was conducted Action on 5 August 1964 .

Many troops were able to embark Self_motion from the harbour 's protective Preventing_or_letting mole onto thirty-nine British Royal Navy destroyers , four Royal Canadian Navy destroyers , at least three French destroyers , and a variety of civilian merchant ships Sending , while others had to wade Self_motion out from the beaches , waiting for hours in shoulder-deep water .

Many troops were able to embark Self_motion from the harbour 's protective Preventing_or_letting mole onto thirty-nine British Royal Navy destroyers , four Royal Canadian Navy destroyers , at least three French destroyers , and a variety of civilian merchant ships Sending , while others had to wade Self_motion out from the beaches , waiting for hours in shoulder-deep water .

Many troops were able to embark Self_motion from the harbour 's protective Preventing_or_letting mole onto thirty-nine British Royal Navy destroyers , four Royal Canadian Navy destroyers , at least three French destroyers , and a variety of civilian merchant ships Sending , while others had to wade Self_motion out from the beaches , waiting for hours in shoulder-deep water .

On the Axis side , the Germans launched attacks Attack at sea in the autumn and winter against British aircraft carriers and destroyers , sinking Motion_directional several including the carrier with the loss of 519 lives .

The outcome of the battle Hostile_encounter was a strategic victory Earnings_and_losses for the Allies—the German blockade failed—but at great cost Cost : 3,500 merchant ships and 175 warships were sunk Earnings_and_losses in the Atlantic for the loss Earnings_and_losses of 783 U-boats ( the majority being Type VII submarines ) and 47 German surface warships , including 4 battleships ( `` Scharnhorst '' , `` Bismarck '' , `` Gneisenau '' , and `` Tirpitz '' ) , 9 cruisers , 7 raiders , and 27 destroyers .

The withdrawal was carried out Action on the nights of 1 , 4 , and 7 February by destroyers .