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Description: English: Battle of the Coral Sea, 6 - 8 May 1942. If you view it at full resolution, you will see an animation for the 6, 7 and 8 May. 6 May: —I— American Refueling group, Sims and Neosho —II— American Task force Fox, Lexington and Yorktown —I— Japanese Invasion group, Shoho —II— Japanese Shokaku and Zuikaku 7 May: —III— American Cruiser group --- American carrier based bombers --- Japanese carrier based bombers --- Allied land based bombers --- Japanese land based bombers 1. Sims sunk, Neosho damaged. 2. Shoho sunk by carrier aircraft. 3. Cruiser force attacked, no damage. 8 May: 4.Lexington and Yorktown damaged. 5. Shokaku damaged. 6. Lexington sunk. 7. Neosho scuttled 11 May by Henley. Sources of information include: Lundstrom, John B. (2006) Black Shoe Carrier Admiral: Frank Jack Fletcher at Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, pp. 142, 151, 163, & 184 ISBN: 1-59114-475-2. Morison, Samuel Eliot (1949 (reissue 2001)) Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, May 1942–August 1942, vol. 4 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, pp. 36 & 47 ISBN: 0-252-06995-1. Willmott, H. P. (1983) The Barrier and the Javelin: Japanese and Allied Pacific Strategies February to June 1942, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, pp. 227-231 ISBN: 0-87021-535-3.
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