Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - jiragen ruwa na Amurka sun kai kashi 56% na jiragen ruwa na Japan da suka nutse; ma'adanai ko jiragen sama sun hallaka mafi yawan sauran. Har ila yau, jiragen ruwa na Amurka sun yi ikirarin kashi 28 cikin 100 na jiragen ruwa na Japan da aka hallaka. Bugu da ƙari, sun taka muhimmiyar rawar gani, kamar a yakin da ake yi a cikin Tekun Philippine (Yuni 1944) da Leyte Gulf.
(Oktoba 1944) (kuma, ba zato ba tsammani, a Midway a watan Yunin 1942), lokacin da suka ba da cikakken gargadi game da kusantar da jirgin ruwan Japan. Jiragen ruwa na karkashin ruwa sun kuma ceci daruruwan masu saukar jirgin sama, ciki har da shugaban Amurka na gaba George H. W. Bush.