Battle of the Arabian Sea

The Battle of the Arabian Sea was the first naval engagement between American and Durrani forces. The Durranis attacked the American carriers with their cruisers, but the rest of the American forces surrounded and destroyed many of the cruiser, although most made a lucky escape. But the threat of chinese naval artillery and planes forced the americans to with draw.

As they were withdrawing, the Durrani submarines attempted to attack the fleet. But the Americans had learned from the disaster off Kyushu. The destroyers quickly detected and were able to drive off the Durrani subs, even sinking two. But in the process lost 3 of their own. This was the end of the battle, as the Durrani ceased attempting to attack the American fleet, and the Americans shied away from attacking the Durrani, for fear of the Chinese guns and planes. It was a victory for the URA, not as strategically decisive as Cuxhaven, as the Durranis were not a major adversary, but still a fairly major one.