USS Sealion Sinks Japanese Battleship Kongō in Formosa Strait, November 21, 1944
World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait.
Date: November 21, 1944
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