Kammala wannan magana: A watan Mayu 1942, da F4F-3s na VF-2 da VF-42, a kan jirgin da "Lexington", halarci
Yaƙin Tekun Coral. "Lexington" da "Yorktown" sun yi yaƙi da masu jigilar jiragen ruwa da kuma masu ɗaukar haske a cikin wannan yaƙin, a ƙoƙarin dakatar da mamayewar Jafananci na Port Moresby a Papua. A lokacin wadannan fadace-fadace, ya zama a fili cewa hare-haren ba tare da bin bindigogi ba sun kasance masu kisan kai, amma cewa mahalarta jirgin sama a kan masu sufurin jiragen sama ba su da isasshen isasshen jirgin sama don samar da masu fashin jirgin sama da kuma masu bin dakarun kai hari. Yawancin jiragen ruwa na Amurka suna dauke da 'yan fashi 20.