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	The Battle of the Coral Sea
		Fletcher was in the middle of the Coral Sea.
		Neosho was unsalvageable, and was bombed and sunk by Henley at 2:28 P.M. On the face of it, the Battle of the Coral Sea appeared to be a victory for the Japanese.
		The significance of the Battle of the Coral Sea was that the Americans had foiled the occupation of Port Moresby and the knockout of Australian air power.
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	Coral Sea Battle Group
		Coral Sea trained pilots in carrier operations off the Virginia Capes and Mayport, Fla., and in April 1953 she embarked the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives for a three-day cruise.
		Coral Sea returned to the Mediterranean from 7 July to 20 December 1954, and during this tour was visited by Generalissimo Franco as she lay off Valencia, Spain.
		Coral Sea relieved Midway in the northern part of the Arabian Sea on 5 February 1980 in connection with the continuing hostage crisis in Iran.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/batgru-43.htm (2047 words)

	Invasion of Anzio
		The ships assembled and stood by for fuelling to prepare for action; however, the great Battle of the Coral Sea was to be the first naval engagement in history in which surface ships did not exchange a shot.
		The Americans had met the enemy in open battle for the first time, they had missed a great deal due to the fogging of the windshields of the bombers, but they believed they had sunk two destroyers, a freighter, four gunboats, beached a light cruiser, and damaged another destroyer, a freighter, and a seaplane.
		She was a major loss for the Americans in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
	home.centurytel.net /amlegionlacrosse/coralsea.htm (3855 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of the Coral Sea, in early May 1942, was one of the major turning points of the Pacific War.
		Coral Sea was a strategic victory for the Allies as the Japanese threat towards Australia was stopped.
		Chapter 4: The Battle of the Coral Sea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea (1975 words)

	Evolution: Survival: Coral Reef Connections
		In this case, each species tends to evolve adaptations to the other (that is, they coevolve) in order to maximize benefits and minimize losses caused by their close association.
		Growing between corals and wrapping around the bases of branching corals, calcareous algae protect the corals from erosion, especially in high-energy areas.
		Many sea sponges have evolved chemical weaponry for use against other sessile organisms in the never-ending battle for space on the reef.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/evolution/survival/coral/partners.html (1737 words)

	A Priceless Advantage: U.S. Navy Communications Intelligence and the Battles of Coral Sea, Midway, and the Aleutians
		Battles of Coral Sea, Midway, and the Aleutians
		By intercepting, deciphering, and translating the Japanese Navy's messages that contained their order of battle, the timetables for their military operations at Port Moresby, the Aleutians, and Midway, and a myriad of vital details concerning their most secrete plans and intentions, the communications analysts were vindicated of any taint of failure from Pearl Harbor.
		During the Battle of the Coral Sea, for example, communications intelligence and aerial photography formed an enviable partnership in support of the American task force commanders.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/PTO/Magic/COMINT-CoralSea/Intro.html (634 words)

	7-8 MAY 1942: CORAL SEA
		During the Battle of the Coral Sea, a heavy explosion on board USS Lexington (CV-2) blows an aircraft over her side, 8 May 1942.
		The Battle of the Coral Sea, fought on 7-8 May 1942 in the waters southwest of the Solomon Islands and east of New Guinea, was the first of six battles between opposing aircraft carrier forces in the Pacific Theater of Operations in World War II.
		Coral Sea was a clash between carrier task forces in which the surface ships did not exchange fire, in fact never saw each other, the first such battle in history.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1942coralsea.php (997 words)

	USS Coral Sea - Actions
		Coral Sea (CVA 43) and Randolph (CVA 15), the fleet’s two attack carriers that were already oper-ating in the eastern Mediterranean, were directed to keep clear of British naval units operating there.
		On 14 April, aircraft from the carriers Coral Sea and America, as well as USAF FB-111s from Lakenheath AFB in the U.K., struck targets in Libya as part of "Operation Eldorado Canyon." The Hornets went into action for the first time, flying several ship-to-shore air strikes against Libyan shore installations that were harassing the fleet.
		The America CVBG was ordered from Singapore to the Arabian Sea; the Coral Sea CVBG left a port call in Alexandria, Egypt, ahead of time; and BB-61 Iowa broke off a port call in Marseilles, France, to steam east toward Lebanon.
	www.usscoralsea.net /pages/actions.html (8517 words)

	::The Battle of Coral Sea::
		If the Japanese had succeeded at Coral Sea, the way would have been open for the Japanese to have captured New Guinea and leave Australia isolated from Allied help and more open to a Japanese attack.
		Therefore, Yamamoto could not call on all the forces he might have needed for an attack on Midway Island as some Japanese forces were concentrated in the Coral Sea to the south-east of New Guinea.
		He therefore ordered the carriers Lexington and Yorktown to the Coral Sea along with their respective task force.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /battle_of_coral_sea.htm (1776 words)

	BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA - General RAN History (Sea Power Centre - Australia)
		The YORKTOWN group was returning to the Coral Sea after replenishing and conducting a short maintenance period at Tongatabu in the Tonga Islands.
		The deployment and operation of the American naval forces into the Coral Sea was further complicated by the fact that the Coral Sea lay in the newly created South West Pacific Area, under the control of General Douglas MacArthur.
		However, Admiral Inouye had ordered the Moresby invasion force to reverse course whilst the situation with regard to the "battleship" sightings was clarified.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/general/coralsea.html (4644 words)

	A Guadalcanal Chronology & Order of Battle
		It skipped over the Battle of the Tenaru River in August and did not provide a scenario for the November offensive that the Japanese would have mounted if so many of their forces and supplies had not been sunk at sea after the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (12-14 November 1942).
		The intensity of the battles at sea and on land was due in great part to the rough equality of the forces involved.
		Since the Battle of the Coral Sea had also been fought in the area of the Solomons (the first naval battle in history in which opposing ships didn't even see each other), a study of carrier tactics necessarily means a study of the War in this area.
	www.friesian.com /history/guadal.htm (3871 words)

	Coral Sea; naval battle that 'saved' Australia
		May 4-8, 1942 - The Battle of the Coral Sea was a major air and naval engagement during World War II, fought between the Americans, Australians and Japanese on May 7-8, 1942.
		Rear Admiral Crace's ships were ordered to repel the Japanese invasion group of 12 Transports, 5000 troops and Carrier Shoho at Jomard Passage, the gateway between Japan's base at Rabaul and the Coral Sea entry.
		We are grateful for American intervention in the Battle of the Coral Sea but the fact is that only the ANZAC force stood in the way of a Japanese capture of Port Moresby and the complete isolation of Australia from the rest of the world.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-battles/ww2/coral_sea.htm (2521 words)

	Medal of Honor, USN, Battle, Java, Sea, Rabaul, Doolittle, Coral, Midway, Makin, Guadalcanal, Cape, Esperance, ...
		First success in the Battle of the Coral Sea went to the Americans on the 7th May 1942 when their planes sank "Shoho" off the eastern tip of New Guinea.
		Battle of the Eastern Solomons - On the 24th August, Japanese and American carrier groups covering supply operations to Guadalcanal were in action to the east of the Solomons island chain.
		Battle of Cape Esperance - Off the north tip of Guadalcanal on the night of the 11th/12th October 1942, a U.S. cruiser force was in action with a similar Japanese force.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2USMoH1942.htm (8185 words)

	THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA
		Tactically the Battle of the Coral Sea may have indicated a Japanese success, but strategically it was an American victory.
		Commemorating the Battle of the Coral Sea Robert Taylor has chosen to portray the sinking of the Shóhó in his dramatic new painting.
		Captain ARTHUR J. Arthur Schultz was flying SBDs h om the Lexington with VS-2 during the Battle of the Coral Sea and attacked the Shóhó.
	www.airartnw.com /coralsea.htm (722 words)

	Coral Sea
		Operation "MO" the Port Moresby operation, under the overall command of Vice-Admiral Shigeyoshi Inouye, was to be preceded by the capture of Tulagi in the Solomons.
		Most of her aircraft were transferred to the Zuikaku before Takagi detached Shokaku at 1300, with orders to proceed to Truk.
		The battle was of great significance in the development of naval warfare since, for the first time, fleets had fought one another without direct visual contact.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/png_coralsea.html (2147 words)

	Military Families: Special
		USS Coral Sea CVA-43, went on a 7th cruise to the Mediterranean 7 July 1954, was visited by Generalissimo Franco off Valencia, Spain and participated in NATO exercises; it returned to Norfolk, 20 December 1954.
		USS Coral Sea was decommissioned on 24 April 1957; and sent to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for modernization as part of a rework plan ordered for all three Midway Carriers.
		The Coral Sea was the last of the three, receiving the most extensive overhaul: widened by eight feet with overall displacement increased to 63,600 tons.
	www.rkpuma.com /coralsea.htm (900 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea-Events of 8 May1942 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The "Lady Lex"would soon be resting on the bed of the Coral Sea with 216 dead crew members who accompanied their ship on her last journey.
		Despite clear evidence that Japan suffered a major defeat at the Battle of the Coral Sea, some writers of naval history have suggested that the outcome was inconclusive or an American tactical defeat.
		When he gave this order, Yamamoto was not aware that Vice Admiral Takagi had lost almost two thirds of his aircraft or that his task force was desperately short of fuel when he withdrew from the battle.
	www.users.bigpond.com /pacificwar/CoralSea/May.8th.html (1916 words)

	May 4 - 8, 1942 Battle of Coral Sea
		Occupy Tulagi in the southern Solomon Islands in order to establish a naval air base to control the northern part of the Coral Sea.
		In short order Lexington experiences crippled communications, loss of helm control from the bridge, smoke drawn in by blowers putting out her boiler fires and forcing the boiler room personnel to evacuate, low fire main pressure, more fires and explosions until she is dead in the water and helpless.
		The Battle of Coral Sea marks the first time in the history of naval warfare that opposing ships are never in sight of each other, and no shots are exchanged.
	www.bluejacket.com /ww2_05-04-42_coral-sea.html (2404 words)

	Coral Sea campaign rules
		Coral Sea is a simulation of the action off New Guinea in eary 1942.
		Only aircraft that were given preliminary orders to ready and were ready the previous turn may be given attack orders.
		Orders are to whole squadrons except for fighters, which can be broken into smaller units, and search planes, which may be ordered individually.
	www.metroeastgaming.org /cscamp.htm (4560 words)

	The Battle of the Coral Sea, May 7-8, 1942
		The order was sounded and the crew left without further loss of life.
		She would be the third carrier in a sea battle that would change the course of the war.
		Queen of the Flattops; The USS Lexington and the Coral Sea Battle by Stanley Johnston
	www.worldwar2database.com /html/coralsea.htm (457 words)

	The Battle for Australia - Battle of the Coral Sea
		The Battle of the Coral Sea was a series of naval engagements off the north-east coast of Australia between 4 and 8 May 1942.
		It was the first aircraft carrier battle ever fought, and the first naval battle in which the opposing forces of surface ships at no stage sighted or fired at each other.
		The battle took place in the Coral Sea, in an area separating the Solomon Islands, the eastern tip of New Guinea, and the north-eastern coast of Australia from Townsville to Horn Island.
	www.anzacday.org.au /history/ww2/bfa/coralsea.html (4073 words)

	Bowen Ault - Battle of the Coral Sea Rememberances
		Pageantry and military precision were the order of the day as an Australian Navy honor guard marched crisply to the Coral Sea monument and took up their positions.
		Bowen Ault on shores of the Coral Sea, at Cardwell, the nearset land point in Australia to where the battle took place, aproximately 200 miles offshore.
		The Battle of the Coral Sea was vital to the preservation of Australia from invasion by Japanese forces.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /people/visitors/ault (2537 words)

	A Priceless Advantage: U.S. Navy Communications Intelligence and the Battles of Coral Sea, Midway, and the ...
		It ordered the army and navy to cooperate in seizing the ports of Lae and Salamaua on the northeast coast of Papua/New Guinea.
		This location, where the Solomons Sea and the Coral Sea meet, was consistent with the reports from communications intelligence and sighting reports from MacArthur's aircraft.
		The Battle of the Coral Sea was unique in U.S. naval annals and was the scene of many cryptologic triumphs.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/PTO/Magic/COMINT-CoralSea/PartOne.html (12194 words)

	Order of Battle - The Battle of Coral Sea - 4 - 8 May 1942
		Order of Battle - The Battle of Coral Sea - 4 - 8 May 1942
		Battle Report - Pacific War: Middle Phase by Captain Walter Karig, USNR; Rhinehart and Company, 1947
		Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Fleet by Paul S. Dull; USNI Press 1978
	www.navweaps.com /index_oob/OOB_WWII_Pacific/OOB_WWII_Coral_Sea.htm (239 words)

	Amazon.com: The Battle of the Coral Sea: Books: Chris Henry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Carrier Clash: The Invasion of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Eastern Solomons August 1942 by Eric Hammel
		The strategies of Admiral Fletcher and Vice Admiral Takagi, profiles of the ships involved, the battle arena, and the aftermath of the clash are all covered in a concise format that brings to life the battle that inaugurated a new era of carrier combat.
		The Battle of the Coral Sea by Chris Henry $14.56
	www.amazon.com /Battle-Coral-Sea-Chris-Henry/dp/1591140331 (900 words)

	USS Coral Sea - Ship's Store
		Merchanidse, memorabillia and other items related to the USS Coral Sea.
		USS Coral Sea CV-43 [Turner Publishing] - Order a nice book on the Coral Sea.
		The Last Battle: The Mayaquez Incident and the End of the Vietnam War [Ralph Wetterham - Carroll & Graf] - An operation the USS Coral Sea was a part of.
	www.usscoralsea.net /pages/shipstore.html (318 words)

	List of orders of battle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of orders of battle.
		The battles are listed in chronological order by starting date (or planned start date).
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_orders_of_battle (201 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea
		Doctors, male nurses and stretcher-bearers are on standby in the sick bay forward and the Ward Rooms are converted in to surgical Theaters.
		Please note: Map references and grid lines are taken from the Map of the Coral Sea designed by Gavan Casey.
		Return to Battle of the Coral Sea home page
	home.vicnet.net.au /~gcasey/battle.html (1997 words)

	U.S.S. Coral Sea CVA-43 Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Some would say that it is not the business of the United Sates to get involved with the squabbles of the rest of the world and that such conflicts that do not affect us directly should not concern us.
		Yet this mistake allowed the American people to reevaluate their situation and take decisive actions, and even though our forces joined with their allies late in the conflict, they were the key factor enabled Europe to turn the tide in its losing battle and free itself of oppression.
		Every aspect of its organization, whether Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Marines is essential in maintaining Americas status as the greatest protector of the free world and in reigning in those who would disrupt peace and liberty for selfish or corrupt ends.
	www.usscoralsea.org /Scholarship/2002essay.htm (782 words)

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