The Battle of the Coral Sea was not a clash of a whole fleet against another whole fleet. It was a battle of relentless air bombing and the rapid parry-&-thrust of task forces.

The federal government recognises three American ships sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1942 killing more than 600 men as having national historical significance.

The Battle of the Coral Sea (May 4–8, 1942) has always been portrayed as the prologue to Midway—a sort of Midway-lite. Like Midway, it was a battle sparked by deciphered Japanese codes.

On May 4th, airplanes launched from U.S.S. Yorktown attacked the invasion fleet at Tulagi, and the Battle of the Coral Sea was on in earnest. On the Japanese side, fleet carriers Shōkaku and ...

Refueling the aircraft carrier Yorktown on May 1, 1942, shortly before the Battle of Coral Sea. Note use of Yorktown's aircraft crane to support her end of the refueling rig.

The aircraft carrier Yorktown's Bombing Squadron Five (SBD-3 Dauntless scout bombers) spotted forward on the flight deck during operations in the Coral Sea, April 1942.

On my way to Australia last week for an investor conference, I flew over the Coral Sea, the water east and north of Sydney and Brisbane. After arrival I discovered that Australians were observing ...

The USS Lexington (CV-2) was recently found in the waters of the Coral Sea just 500 miles off the eastern coast of Australia. The aircraft carrier was scuttled following the Battle of Coral Sea in ...