[Sailor Steve]

It all depends on how you define "great" and how you define "action". Both qualify for the title "last great battleship action", but for different reasons.

At Jutland the British had 28 battleships, 9 battlecruisers, 8 armored cruisers, 26 light cruisers and 79 destroyers. The Germans had 22 battleships, 5 battlecruisers, 11 light cruisers and 61 destroyers.

At Surigao Strait the Americans had 6 battleships, 4 heavy cruisers, 4 light cruisers, 28 destroyers and 39 PT boats. The Japanese had 2 battleships, 3 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser and 8 destroyers.

For sheer size there is no comparison. Jutland was truly "great". On the other hand action was sporadic and inconclusive, and there was no toe-to-toe duking it out between battle lines.

Surigao was less a battle than a slaughter, but it was a "great" action in that it showed just how effective night fire could be when guided by radar. The Americans fired at Yamashiro from 22,800 yards, a range at which the Japanese could not return fire. It was also the last time a battleship ever fired its guns at another battleship.