Battle of the Three Navies
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| Battle of the Three Navies | |||||||
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| Part of World War I in Timeline-191 | |||||||
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 United States of America |
 Empire of Japan Great Britain |
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| Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of the Three Navies is a fictional battle between the navies of the United States and those of Great Britain and Japan in Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory (Timeline-191) series during the Great War (World War I). It is equivalent in importance to the Battle of Jutland in our timeline.
The battle was fought in 1916 south of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), which the U.S. had seized from Great Britain in 1914 at the beginning of the Great War. The result of the fighting was a draw.
The most notable event in the battle was the "Death Ride of the battleship USS Dakota," whose steering gear became jammed during the battle, forcing the Dakota to sail between the British and Japanese lines (probably a reference to the "Windy Corner" of the HMS Warspite during the Battle of Jutland). The battleship survived the action with noted fanfare.
