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Battle of the Coral Sea (1942)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea_(1942)
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:marine
gptkbp:aircraft_lost
Allied: 69
Japanese: 92
gptkbp:Allied_ships_lost
gptkb:USS_Neosho_(AO-23)
gptkb:USS_Lexington_(CV-2)
gptkb:USS_Sims_(DD-409)
gptkbp:casualties
Allied: 656 killed
Japanese: 966 killed
gptkbp:combatant
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Shigeyoshi_Inoue
gptkb:Takeo_Takagi
gptkb:Frank_Jack_Fletcher
gptkbp:date
4–8 May 1942
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Battle of the Coral Sea (1942)
gptkbp:Japanese_ships_damaged
gptkb:Shōkaku
gptkbp:Japanese_ships_lost
gptkb:Shōhō
gptkbp:location
Coral Sea, between Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands
gptkbp:notableEvent
First air-sea battle in history
First naval battle in which opposing ships never sighted each other
gptkbp:objective
gptkb:Japanese_invasion_of_Port_Moresby
gptkbp:operator
gptkb:Operation_MO
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Java_Sea
gptkbp:result
Strategic Allied victory
Tactical Japanese victory
gptkbp:significance
Prevented Japanese seaborne invasion of Port Moresby
Weakened Japanese carrier force for Battle of Midway
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Royal_Portuguese_Navy
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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