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...honor of [[USS Lexington (CV-2)|''USS Lexington'' (CV-2)]], sunk at the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]].

...e Island]], and was aboard the [[USS Lexington (CV-2)]], sunk during the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]].

...SS Saratoga (CV-3)|''USS Saratoga'' (CV-3)]]. Lexington was sunk at the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]]; the worn-out Saratoga was used as a target ship at postwar nuclear weapo

She was lost in combat at the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] in 1942, not before participating in sinking ''[[IJN Shoho]]'' and damagi

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...mmanded a cruiser-destroyer group, under [[Frank Jack Fletcher]], at the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]].

The first attempt was turned back by the U.S. Pacific Fleet at the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]]; the second resulted in the [[Papuan Campaign]], one of the longest and m

...ies began to defeat the Japanese in a series of decisive battles: in the [[Battle of the Coral Sea|Coral Sea]], at [[Battle of Midway|Midway]], on [[Battle of Imita Ridge|Imi

...before Midway, they had a tactical victory but a strategic defeat at the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] on 4-8 May, 1942, a strategic defeat in that the Japanese did not pursue

...World War II on the islands and waters of this area, beginning with the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] and the [[Gudalcanal campaign]].

...ing a significant effect, not fully understood by the two sides, was the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] in May. While the latter cost the United States more warship tonnage than

...Nimitz took the offensive to the Japanese in the [[Doolittle Raid]], the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]], and, in what is generally believed to be the turning point of [[World Wa ...Yorktown (CV-5)|USS ''Yorktown'' (CV-5)]], which had been damaged in the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]]. The Pearl Harbor naval base had estimated three months for repairs, but

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...Australia]], participating in Australia's 18th annual celebration of the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] before returning to [[San Diego, California|San Diego]] on [[31 May]] whe

...rimeter in the south and central Pacific were thwarted in the battles of [[Battle of the Coral Sea|Coral Sea]] (May 1942) and [[Battle of Midway|Midway]] (June 1942). These

...long and bloody war, Japan began to lose the initiative in 1942. At the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]], a Japanese offensive was turned back, for the first time, at sea. The Ju

...s in rout, but several major actions showed the turning of the tide. The [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] was the first engagement in which a Japanese force turned back from an in {{main|Battle of the Coral Sea}}