* 1942 – World War II: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.

* 1942 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean Raid.

After joining them in 1942, their son, Péter Bartók, enlisted in the United States Navy where he served in the Pacific during the remainder of the war and later settled in Florida where he became a recording and sound engineer.

* 1942 – World War II: U. S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Bush decided to join the US Navy, so after graduating from Phillips Academy earlier in 1942, he became a naval aviator at the age of 18.

The two survivors were finally evacuated by a U. S. Navy destroyer on January 31, 1942.

* HNoMS King Haakon VII, a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship in commission from 1942 to 1951

* 1942 – World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island ( the " Akutan Zero ") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.

* On 12 September 1942, Werner Hartenstein commanding the German Navy U-156 sighted and sank the British Cunard White Star passenger liner Laconia, which was serving as a troopship.

* 1942 – World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Japanese Imperial Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier.

* 1942 – During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Japanese Imperial Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō.

* 1942 – World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.

In March 1942, with the assistance of Australia, the territory became an important Allied base, and Nouméa the headquarters of the United States Navy and Army in the South Pacific.

* 1942 – World War II: Battle of Cape Esperance – On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.

In 1942, a young physician named Christian J. Lambertsen invented the first Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus ( SCUBA ) and demonstrated it to OSS – after already being rejected by the U. S. Navy – in a pool at a hotel in Washington D. C.

* 1942 – World War II: U. S. Navy aircraft carrier is torpedoed at Guadalcanal.

Authorization for the Silver Star was placed into law by an Act of Congress for the U. S. Navy on August 7, 1942 and an Act of Congress for the U. S. Army on December 15, 1942.

In the film, a World War II German submarine is boarded in 1942 by disguised United States Navy submariners seeking to capture her Enigma cipher machine.

In February 1942, either he or his wife ( accounts differ ) approached the U. S. after it had entered the war, contacting U. S. Navy Lieutenant Patrick Demorest in the naval attache's office in Lisbon, who recognised Pujol's potential.

* July 25 – George S. Rentz, United States Navy Chaplain and Navy Cross winner ( d. 1942 )

The completed films included the seven-episode Why We Fight series — consisting of Prelude to War ( 1942 ), The Nazis Strike ( 1942 ), Divide and Conquer ( 1943 ), The Battle of Britain ( 1943 ), The Battle of Russia ( 1943 ), The Battle of China ( 1944 ), War Comes to America ( 1945 ) – plus Know Your Enemy: Japan ( 1945 ), Tunisian Victory ( 1945 ), and Two Down and One to Go ( 1945 ) that do not bear the Why We Fight banner ; as well as the African-American related, The Negro Soldier ( 1944 ).

* Here Comes Mr. Jordan on Lux Radio Theater: January 26, 1942

* The Lady Comes Across ( 1942 ), by Duke and Latouche ; a notable flop

* The Navy Comes Through ( 1942 )

* When Johnny Comes Marching Home ( 1942 )

* Angela Comes Home ( 1942 )

* The Navy Comes Through ( 1942 )

* The Navy Comes Through ( 1942 )

He was again nominated for an Oscar in 1942 for Here Comes Mr. Jordan.

Julius J. Epstein ( August 22, 1909 – December 30, 2000 ) was an American screenwriter, who had a long career, best remembered for the adaptation — in partnership with his twin brother, Philip, and others — of the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's that became the screenplay for the film Casablanca ( 1942 ), for which its team of writers won an Academy Award.

Philip G. Epstein ( August 22, 1909 – February 7, 1952 ) was an American screenwriter most known for his adaptation in partnership with his twin brother, Julius, and others, of the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's which became the Academy Award-winning screenplay of the film Casablanca ( 1942 ).

During the 1940s she appeared alongside some of the most popular male stars of the day, including Errol Flynn in Gentleman Jim ( 1942 ), Fredric March in The Adventures of Mark Twain ( 1944 ) and San Antonio ( 1945 ) ( in which she sang a special version of the popular ballad " Some Sunday Morning "), Humphrey Bogart in Conflict ( 1945 ) and The Two Mrs. Carrolls ( 1947 ), Cary Grant in a sanitized, fictionalized version of the life of Cole and Linda Porter in Night and Day ( 1946 ), and Bing Crosby in Here Comes the Groom ( 1951 ).

* When Johnny Comes Marching Home ( 1942 )

He also is the commentator for the Casablanca ( 1942 ), Here Comes Mr. Jordan ( 1941 ), Singin ' in the Rain ( 1952 ), and The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 ) laserdiscs.

* Freckles Comes Home ( 1942 )

*" Superman Comes to Earth " ( August 31, 1942 )

His Broadway debut was in Comes the Revelation ( 1942 ).

He would go on to receive Academy Award nominations for his writing on Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ), The Talk of the Town ( 1942 ), and Jolson Sings Again ( 1949 ), winning an Oscar for Here Comes Mr. Jordan ( 1941 ).

* The Navy Comes Through ( 1942 )

* The Navy Comes Through ( 1942 )

In 1942, his novel Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief ( 1941 ) a lurid account of the white slave trade, was banned by the British authorities after the author and publishers Jarrolds were found guilty of causing the publication of an obscene book.