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 ...

It was, in truth, the greatest battle in the history of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. It was fought below the equator, in the Coral Sea off Australia’s northeast coast.

OUT on the Coral Sea, off the northeastern coast of Australia, a mighty battle is looming. Read Today's Paper Mind Games. The Australian Plus. Subscribe. Log In. My account. The Australian Plus ...

Three American ships were sunk in the Coral Sea in 1942 with the loss of more than 600 lives. The well-preserved wrecks have been added to the National Heritage Register. It has been more than 80 ...

While the Battle of the Coral Sea raged last week, ... BATTLE OF AUSTRALIA: Morale: 100%; World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF AUSTRALIA: Morale: 100%. 1 minute read. TIME. May 18, 1942 12:00 AM GMT-4.

The Coral Sea battle occurred between May 4-8 1942 in a series of naval engagements by US and Australian and Japanese aircraft against four groups of warships.

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 ...