ABDA was a short lived multi national collaboration that ended in disaster .
The main objective of the command, led by General Sir Archibald Wavell,[1] was to maintain control of the "Malay Barrier" (or "East Indies Barrier"), a notional line running down the Malayan Peninsula, through Singapore and the southernmost islands of Dutch East Indies.
Here is a list of ships according to Wikipedia that were under ABDA campaign - how could ABDA have been better ?
American Edit
USS Houston (CA-30)
USS Marblehead (CL-12)
USS Boise (CL-47)
USS Alden (DD-211)
USS Barker (DD-213)
USS Edwards (DD-265)
USS John D. Edwards (DD-216)
USS Whipple (DD-217)
USS Parrott (DD-218)
USS Edsall (DD-219)
USS Bulmer (DD-222)
USS Stewart (DD-224)
USS Pope (DD-225)
USS Peary (DD-226)
USS Pillsbury (DD-227)
USS John D. Ford (DD-228)
USS Paul Jones (DD-230)
USS Asheville (PG-21)
USS Tulsa (PG-22)
USS Holland (AS-3)
USS Canopus (AS-9)
USS Otus (ARG-20)
USS Langley (CV-1)
USS Childs (DD-241)
USS Heron (AM-10)
British Edit
HMS Prince of Wales (53)
HMS Repulse (1916)
HMS Exeter (68)
HMS Dragon (D46)
HMS Danae (D44)
HMS Durban (D99)
HMS Emerald (D66)
HMS Electra (H27)
HMS Encounter (H10)
HMS Express (H61)
HMS Isis (D87)
HMS Jupiter (F85)
HMS Scout
HMS Tenedos (H04)
HMS Thanet (H29)
HMS Stronghold
Dutch Edit
HNLMS De Ruyter (1935)
HNLMS Tromp (1937)
HNLMS Java (1921)
HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (1909)
HNLMS Evertsen (1926)
HNLMS Kortenaer (1927)
HNLMS Piet Hein (1927)
HNLMS Van Ghent (1926)
HNLMS Banckert (1929)
HNLMS Van Nes (1930)
HNLMS Witte de With (1928)
Australian Edit
HMAS Perth (D29)
HMAS Hobart (D63)
HMAS Adelaide (1918)
HMAS Vampire (D68) (ex. HMS Vampire)
HMAS Vendetta (D69)
The main objective of the command, led by General Sir Archibald Wavell,[1] was to maintain control of the "Malay Barrier" (or "East Indies Barrier"), a notional line running down the Malayan Peninsula, through Singapore and the southernmost islands of Dutch East Indies.
Here is a list of ships according to Wikipedia that were under ABDA campaign - how could ABDA have been better ?
American Edit
USS Houston (CA-30)
USS Marblehead (CL-12)
USS Boise (CL-47)
USS Alden (DD-211)
USS Barker (DD-213)
USS Edwards (DD-265)
USS John D. Edwards (DD-216)
USS Whipple (DD-217)
USS Parrott (DD-218)
USS Edsall (DD-219)
USS Bulmer (DD-222)
USS Stewart (DD-224)
USS Pope (DD-225)
USS Peary (DD-226)
USS Pillsbury (DD-227)
USS John D. Ford (DD-228)
USS Paul Jones (DD-230)
USS Asheville (PG-21)
USS Tulsa (PG-22)
USS Holland (AS-3)
USS Canopus (AS-9)
USS Otus (ARG-20)
USS Langley (CV-1)
USS Childs (DD-241)
USS Heron (AM-10)
British Edit
HMS Prince of Wales (53)
HMS Repulse (1916)
HMS Exeter (68)
HMS Dragon (D46)
HMS Danae (D44)
HMS Durban (D99)
HMS Emerald (D66)
HMS Electra (H27)
HMS Encounter (H10)
HMS Express (H61)
HMS Isis (D87)
HMS Jupiter (F85)
HMS Scout
HMS Tenedos (H04)
HMS Thanet (H29)
HMS Stronghold
Dutch Edit
HNLMS De Ruyter (1935)
HNLMS Tromp (1937)
HNLMS Java (1921)
HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (1909)
HNLMS Evertsen (1926)
HNLMS Kortenaer (1927)
HNLMS Piet Hein (1927)
HNLMS Van Ghent (1926)
HNLMS Banckert (1929)
HNLMS Van Nes (1930)
HNLMS Witte de With (1928)
Australian Edit
HMAS Perth (D29)
HMAS Hobart (D63)
HMAS Adelaide (1918)
HMAS Vampire (D68) (ex. HMS Vampire)
HMAS Vendetta (D69)