Yeah and our Navy would have suffered a defeat of similar magnitude at the hands of the Russians back when they tried to pin the ISIS/MB chemical attack on Assad. We sent a large task force to the Med which turned tail and ran because it would have gotten annihilated by both Russian naval and ground based air power.
At the link:
“Japanese hits caused more damage to Russian ships relative to Russian hits on Japanese ships, setting the superstructures, the paintwork and the large quantities of coal stored on the decks on fire. (The Russian fleet often bought low-quality coal at sea from merchant vessels on most of their long voyage due to the lack of friendly fuelling ports).”