Adding Taranto, Midway, and Grenada to naval history

Which additional naval battles belong among history’s most important?

Taranto and Midway are immediate additions, with the 1779 Battle of Grenada offered as another strategically important case.

The answer separates battles remembered for technical novelty from those with wider strategic impact. Taranto and Midway are immediate additions because carrier aviation reshaped the operational possibilities in each case. The 1779 Battle of Grenada is selected as a less familiar example from the American War of Independence. Together, the choices show that a list of important naval battles should include both transformations in warfare and engagements with consequences beyond the fleet action itself.