Fifty aircraft from the Lexington and 43 from the Yorktown happened upon a new light carrier, Shōhō. While it wasn't the ...

Zuikaku continued to form the core of the Japanese carrier fleet into 1944, participating in and surviving the battles of Guadalcanal (where her aircraft helped sink USS Hornet) and the Battle of ...

A team led by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says it has found the wreck of the USS Lexington, an aircraft carrier that was sunk in World War II with the loss of more than 200 sailors.

Zuikaku continued to form the core of the Japanese carrier fleet into 1944, participating in and surviving the battles of Guadalcanal (where her aircraft helped sink USS Hornet) and the Battle of ...

The aircraft carrier burns and sinks after being abandoned by the crew on May 8, 1942 during the Battle of Coral Sea. Note planes parked aft, untouched by the fire. (U.S. Naval History and ...

The USS Princeton light aircraft carrier was hit by a Yokosuka D4Y dive-bomber's 550-pound bomb. ... The Zuikaku under attack during the Battle of Cape Engaño on Oct. 25th, 1944.

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 ...

To protect that amphibious force, Japan sent the aircraft carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku to patrol the adjacent Coral Sea. ... This was the first carrier-versus-carrier battle in history.

The carrier had enough storage space for up to 42 planes, which would have consisted of 12 modified Junkers Ju-87 "Stuka" bombers, 10 Messerschmitt BF-109T fighters, and 20 Fieseler Fi-162 torpedo ...