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However, with their air groups too battered to support a further advance, the Japanese were brought to a standstill. Allied forces were forced to withdraw from the operational area. The Japanese only lost one small carrier ( Shoho) and suffered damage to a fleet carrier ( Shokaku). The Japanese Imperial Navy sank USS Lexington (CV-2), USS Sims (DD-409), and USS Neosho (AO-23), and damaged Yorktown. Navy task forces and a combined U.S.Australian cruiser force with the Japanese Carrier Strike Force and supporting units resulted in a Japanese tactical victory. The resulting maneuvers and clashes between two U.S. The formerly classified combat narrative was originally published by the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in January 1943 an HTML reproduction of the text is available in the Online Reading Room.

Read the combat narrative (PDF, 3.4 MB), republished in 2017 by NHHC with a new introduction in observance of the 75th anniversary of the battle.

Read commentary from NHHC Director Sam Cox in H-Gram 005: Battle of the Coral Sea, issued April 2017.

Learn about The End of the Beginning of the War in the Pacific on NHHC's blog The Sextant.

Download an infographic with highlights from the first air-sea battle in history.

Watch original World War II flm footage of the Battle of Coral Sea on NHHC's YouTube channel.Learn about American and Australian Cooperation in the Battle of the Coral Sea.Navy fleet action against Japan and the first naval engagement in history in which the participating ships never sighted or fired directly at each other.

The Battle of the Coral Sea was the first time since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that the enemy’s seemingly relentless advance into the Pacific was checked.