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a naval battle
1.Leon received his baptism of fire in a naval battle when he was eighteen years old.
2.a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the US fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte.
3.a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet.
4.a naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by the allied fleet.
5.a naval battle in 1805 off the SW coast of Spain; the French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the English under Nelson (who was mortally wounded).
6.a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the US fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape.
9.a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers.
10.World War II naval battle; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943.

