Battle of Coral Sea

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle of the Coral Sea was a major 1942 naval engagement between the United States and Japan, notable as the first carrier-versus-carrier battle fought entirely by aircraft without opposing ships directly sighting or firing upon each other.

Aliases (3)

Battle of the Coral Sea ×78
Battle of the Coral Sea (support operations) ×2
Coral Sea battle ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → naval battle →
aircraftCarrierInvolved	Shōkaku → USS Lexington (CV-2) → USS Yorktown (CV-5) → Zuikaku →
aircraftLostByAllies	approximately 69 aircraft →
aircraftLostByJapan	over 80 aircraft →
alliedCommander	Aubrey Fitch → Frank Jack Fletcher →
alsoKnownAs	Coral Sea battle →
belligerent	Australia → Japan → United States →
campaign	New Guinea campaign →
casualtiesEstimate	over 600 killed →
conflictIn	Pacific War →
countryOnAlliedSide	Commonwealth of Australia → United States of America →
countryOnAxisSide	Empire of Japan →
dateEnd	1942-05-08 →
dateStart	1942-05-04 →
followedBy	Battle of Midway →
japaneseCommander	Chūichi Hara → Shigeyoshi Inoue → Takeo Takagi →
lightCarrierInvolved	Shōhō →
locatedOffCoastOf	northeastern Australia →
location	Coral Sea →
notableFor	first carrier-versus-carrier battle in history → first naval battle in which opposing ships did not sight or fire directly on each other →
operationOf	Imperial Japanese Navy → United States Navy →
partOf	World War II →
precededBy	Battle of the Java Sea →
prevented	Japanese seaborne invasion of Port Moresby →
primaryCombatantsType	aircraft carriers →
result	strategic Allied victory → tactical Japanese victory →
shipDamaged	Shōkaku →
shipSunk	Shōhō → USS Lexington (CV-2) →
significance	halted Japanese advance toward Australia → reduced Japanese carrier strength before the Battle of Midway →
strategicObjective	Japanese seizure of Port Moresby → protection of Australia by Allies →
theater	South West Pacific →
year	1942 →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Frank Jack Fletcher ("Battle of the Coral Sea") → USS Anderson (DD-411) ("Battle of the Coral Sea") → USS Chicago (CA-29) ("Battle of the Coral Sea (support operations)") → USS Hammann (DD-412) ("Battle of the Coral Sea") → USS Northampton (CA-26) ("Battle of the Coral Sea (support operations)") → USS Russell (DD-414) ("Battle of the Coral Sea") → USS Sims (DD-409) ("Battle of the Coral Sea") → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ("Battle of the Coral Sea") → Zuikaku ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	participatedIn
Combined Fleet ("Battle of the Coral Sea") → Task Force 17 ("Battle of the Coral Sea") → Zuikaku ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	notableEngagement
Aichi D3A ("Battle of the Coral Sea") → First Air Fleet ("Battle of the Coral Sea") → Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	notableOperation
Pacific War ("Battle of the Coral Sea") → World War II →	hasPart
Battle of Midway ("Battle of the Coral Sea") → Battle of the Eastern Solomons ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	precededBy
Battle of the Coral Sea ("Coral Sea battle") →	alsoKnownAs
USS Hughes (DD-410) ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	battle
Coral Sea ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	battleOccurred
Shokaku ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	damagedIn
Imperial Japanese Navy ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	engagedIn
Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	engagedInBattle
Indian Ocean raid ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	followedBy
Coral Sea ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	historicalEvent
Chester W. Nimitz ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	notableEvent
5th Carrier Division ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	operationParticipatedIn
Invasion of Rabaul ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	relatedOperation
Sims-class destroyer ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	sawActionIn
Shokaku ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	tookPartIn
Mitsubishi A6M Zero ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	usedInBattle
Nakajima B5N ("Battle of the Coral Sea") →	usedInEvent