| Coral Sea 3-8.5.42 |
Midway 3-7.6.42 |
Solomon Is 23-25.8.42 |
Santa Cruz 26-27.10.42 |
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| US | Japan | US | Japan | US | Japan | US | Japan | |
| Aircraft carriers | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Light carriers | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Battleships | - | - | - | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Heavy cruisers | 7 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 10 |
| Light cruisers | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Destroyers | 13 | 15 | 15 | 46 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 29 |
| Submarines | 11 | 7 | ||||||
| Aircraft | 143 | 146 | 360 | 248 | 176 | 168 | 231 | 212 |
| - Carrier-based | 143 | 146 | 233 | 248 | 176 | 168 | 171 | |
| - Land-based | 127 | 60 | ||||||
| Philippine Sea 19-20.6.44 |
Leyte Gulf 24-25.10.44 |
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| US | Japan | US | Japan | |
| Aircraft carriers | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| Light carriers | 8 | 4 | 26 | 3 |
| Battleships | 7 | 5 | 12 | 9 |
| Heavy Cruisers | 8 | 11 | 29 | 19 |
| Light Cruisers | 13 | 2 | ||
| Destroyers | 69 | 28 | 111 | 35 |
| Submarines | 28 | 24 | ||
| Aircraft | 956 | 973 | 1400 | 416 |
| - Carrier-based | 956 | 473 | 1400 | 116 |
| - Land-based | 540 | 300 | ||
Source: John Ellis, The World War II Databook; The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia.