. "2 cruisers sunk" . "10 transports" . . "3 destroyers sunk" . . "2,300 sailors killed" . . . "The Battle of the Java Sea was a decisive naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II.Allied navies suffered a disastrous defeat at the hand of the Imperial Japanese Navy, on 27 February 1942, and in secondary actions over successive days. The American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM) Strike Force commander\u2014Rear-Admiral Karel Doorman\u2014was killed."@en . "1942-02-27Z"^^ . . "Japanese victory" . "Battle of the Java Sea"@en . "3 light cruisers" . . "14 destroyers" . "9 destroyers" . "2 heavy cruisers" . "2 light cruisers" . .