Q 01/05

Fought by carrier planes, the Battle of the Coral Sea was the first sea battle where rival ships never did what?

A) Broke radio silence

B) Sighted each other

C) Refueled at sea

D) Changed formation

Answer · why

B) Sighted each other

The rival fleets never sighted each other, because every blow was struck by aircraft flying beyond the horizon. One night the two carrier forces passe...

Q 02/05

As their carrier burned at the Battle of the Coral Sea, American sailors raided its stores for which treat?

A) Chocolate bars

B) Canned peaches

C) Ice cream

D) Coca-Cola

Answer · why

C) Ice cream

Ice cream was scooped into steel helmets as the crew waited to abandon ship, survivors recalled. One sailor remembered breaking into the snack bar wit...

Q 03/05

Which American aircraft carrier, in service since the 1920s, was lost at the Battle of the Coral Sea?

A) Lexington

B) Enterprise

C) Hornet

D) Ranger

Answer · why

A) Lexington

Lexington went down with 216 of her crew, while more than 2,700 men were rescued. At the time she made up a quarter of American carrier strength in th...

Q 04/05

Losses at the Coral Sea kept Japan's carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku out of which decisive battle a month later?

A) Guadalcanal

B) Wake Island

C) Savo Island

D) Midway

Answer · why

D) Midway

Midway was fought with four Japanese fleet carriers instead of six, and all four were sunk. Zuikaku was undamaged but had lost too many planes to sail...

Q 05/05

After the Battle of the Coral Sea, how long did Hawaii's navy yard get to patch up the carrier Yorktown?

A) Three days

B) Two weeks

C) Three months

D) One year

Answer · why

A) Three days

Three days was all the fleet's commander allowed for damage first judged to need 90 days of work. Yorktown sailed with three of her boilers still out ...