ACTION REPORT

COMMANDER TASK FORCE 17 SERIAL 0010N MAY    1942

THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA MAY 4-8 1942

THE MAIN REPORT ON BATTLE THAT TURNED BACK JAPANESE AMPHIBIOUS ATTACK ON PORT MORESBY CONSISTING OF 3 PHASES

1 STRIKE BY YORKTOWN & SCREEN ON JAP SHIPPING AT TULAGI ON 4 MAY 1942

2 AIR ATTACK ON JAP FORCE NE OF MISIMA ISLAND ON 7 MAY RESULTING IN SINKING OF CVL SHOHO

3 CARRIER DUEL SE OF ROSSEL ISLAND AND IN CORAL SEA ON 8 MAY RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO SHOKAKU YORKTOWN AND SINKING OF LEXINGTON

COMMANDER TASK FORCE 17
Serial 0010N
dated 27 May 1942

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LIST OF CONTENTS

ENCLOSURE A Reports of Group, Unit and Ship Commanders.

1. COMMANDER TASK GROUP 17.5 (CarDiv 1) Serial 0251 (18 May 1942)

13

A. USS LEXINGTON Serial 0100 (15 May 1942)

21

B. USS YORKTOWN Serial 063 (16 May 1942)

61

C. USS YORKTOWN Serial 007 (25 May 1942)

74

2. USS YORKTOWN Serial 054 (11 May 1942)

47

3, USS NEW ORLEANS Serial 036 (25 May 1942)

214

4. COMMANDER TASK UNIT 17.2.2 (CruTF 17) Serial 010 (17 May 1942)

228

A. USS ASTORIA Serial 034 (16 May 1942)

232

B. USS PORTLAND Serial 030 (12 May 1942)

242

C. USS CHESTER Serial 032 (15 May 1942)

256

5. COMMANDER DESTROYER SQUADRON 1 (CTU 17.2.4) Serial 00185 (22 May 1942)

265

6. COMMANDER DESTROYER SQUADRON 1 Serial 0179 (14 May 1942)

273

7. COMMANDER TASK UNIT 17.5.4 (ComDesRon 2) Serial 082 (18 May 1942)

279

A. USS MORRIS Serial 023 (9 May 1942)

282

8. COMMANDER TASK GROUP 17.4 (ComDesRon 2) Serial 081 (18 May 1942)

287

A. USS MORRIS Serial 022 (6 May 1942)

290

B. USS HAMMANN (ComDesDiv 3) No Serial (11 May 1942)

293

C. USS ANDERSON Serial 093 (5 May 1942)

298

9. COMMANDER TASK UNIT 17.5.4 (ComDesRon 2) Serial 080 (18 May 1942)

302

A. USS MORRIS Serial 001 (10 May 1942)

309

B. USS HAMMANN (ComDesDiv 3) No Serial (12 May 1942)

321

C. USS ANDERSON Serial 092 (10 May 1942)

332

D. USS RUSSELL Serial 012 (12 May 1942)

347

E. USS ANDERSON Serial 094 (9 May 1942)

354

ENCLOSURE B Commander Task Force 17 Secret Operation Order No. 2-42 dated 1 May 1942.

370

ENCLOSURE C General Track Chart covering operations May 4, 1942.

ENCLOSURE D Track Chart covering action May 8, 1942.

FIRST ENDORSEMENT CINCPAC Serial 01704 dated 17 June 1942.

384


Related files included for refernce:

Advance copy of Action Report, USS YORKTOWN AIR GROUP, May 8, 1942.

Preliminary Report: USS LEXINGTON LOST IN ACTION, May 8, 1942, Coral Sea

Reports from LEXINGTON DEPARTMENT HEAD and other documents  re: AIR ENGAGEMENT AND SUBSEQUENT SINKING OF THE LEXINGTON, 8 May 1942.

Report re LOSS OF USS SIMS.

Report re LOSS OF USS NEOSHO.

REMARKS TAKEN FROM ACTION REPORTS FOR YORKTOWN AIR GROUP IN CORAL SEA ENGAGEMENT
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The Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1, to May 11 Inclusive, 1942. Strategical and Tactical Analysis. Richard W. Bates, Naval War College, 1947.