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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of the Coral Sea	96
Battle of the Coral Sea (support operations)	3
Battle of Coral Sea canonical	1
Coral Sea battle	1
Coral Sea campaign	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
aircraftCarrierInvolved	Shokaku ⓘ surface form: 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	Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ surface form: Coral Sea battle
belligerent	Australia ⓘ Japan ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
campaign	New Guinea campaign ⓘ
casualtiesEstimate	over 600 killed ⓘ
conflictIn	Pacific War ⓘ
countryOnAlliedSide	Australia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Australia United States of America ⓘ
countryOnAxisSide	Japan ⓘ surface form: 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	Shokaku ⓘ surface form: 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 Area ⓘ surface form: South West Pacific
year	1942 ⓘ

Referenced by (102)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World War II → hasPart → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

Pacific War → hasPart → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Battle of Midway → precededBy → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Imperial Japanese Navy → engagedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Combined Fleet → notableEngagement → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Battle of Coral Sea → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Frank Jack Fletcher → participatedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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First Air Fleet → notableOperation → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Chester W. Nimitz → notableEvent → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Coral Sea → historicalEvent → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Coral Sea → battleOccurred → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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USS Yorktown (CV-5) → participatedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Shokaku → tookPartIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Shokaku → damagedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Zuikaku → participatedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Zuikaku → notableEngagement → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Battle of the Eastern Solomons → precededBy → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Aichi D3A dive bombers → notableOperation → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Aichi D3A

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Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers → usedInEvent → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Sims-class destroyers → sawActionIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Sims-class destroyer

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Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters → usedInBattle → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero

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Indian Ocean raid → followedBy → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Invasion of Rabaul → relatedOperation → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service → notableOperation → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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USS Sims (DD-409) → participatedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Second Fleet → engagedInBattle → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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USS Hughes (DD-410) → battle → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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USS Anderson (DD-411) → participatedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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USS Hammann (DD-412) → participatedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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USS Russell (DD-414) → participatedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Task Force 17 → notableEngagement → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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5th Carrier Division → operationParticipatedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Kido Butai → engagedInBattle → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Shōhō → notableEngagement → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Shōhō → sunkAtBattle → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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USS Morris (DD-417) → participatedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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USS Lexington (CV-2) → sunkIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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USS Lexington (CV-2) → tookPartIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Takeo Takagi → participatedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Chester → notableEvent → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Chester W. Nimitz

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Japanese cruiser Yubari → battle → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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US heavy cruiser USS Astoria → participatedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Astoria (CA-34)

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US heavy cruiser USS Chicago → participatedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Chicago (CA-29)

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USS Chicago → participatedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Yorktown class → notableEngagement → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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CV-5 → participatedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Yorktown (CV-5)

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CV-5 → damagedIn → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Douglas SBD Dauntless → notableEngagement → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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Grumman F4F Wildcat → notableBattle → Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ

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