CORAL SEA BATTLE
OVERWHELMING ALLIED VICTORY OFFICIAL REPORT OF LOSSES (Rec. 10.50 a.m.) Rugby, June J: A communique issued at Washington shows how overwhelming was the Allied victory in the Coral Sea battle last month and how completely false were the reports of the battle put out by the Japanese, whose casualties w ere : Lost: More than 15 ships, Including the new aircraft-carrier Ukaku, three heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, and two destroyers. Probably sunk : One cruiser, one destroyer. Severely damaged : More than 20 ships, including the aircraft-car-rier Shukaku, three cruisers, three destroyers, t\to aircraft-tenders. Destroyed: More than 100 aircraft. The United States naval forces lost only three ships throughout the entire action, the aircraft-carrier Lexington, the destroyer Simms and the tanker Neosho. —8.0. W.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 13 June 1942, Page 5
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