Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Muna May 1942, ari F4F-3s pamusoro VF-2 uye VF-42, mungarava uye "Lexington", muchirongwa
Hondo yeGungwa reCoral. "Lexington" uye "Yorktown" vakarwa nevatakuri vehondo uye uye mutakuri wechiedza muhondo iyi, mukuedza kumisa kupindirwa kweJapan kwePort Moresby paPapua. Munguva yehondo idzi, zvakava pachena kuti kurwiswa pasina murwi escort zvaireva kuzviuraya, asi kuti murwi chinoumba pamusoro vatakuri akanga zvachose kukwana kupa zvose murwi chifukidziro nokuda anotakura uye murindi nokuda kurwisa simba. Vatakuri vengarava vakawanda veU.S. vaitakura varwi vasingasviki 20.