
Caption | Lieutenant R. S. Evarts posing with a TBF Avenger aircraft aboard USS Coral Sea, 30 Oct 1943 ww2dbase | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via navsource.org | |||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-380908 | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 30 Oct 1943 | |||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Added Date | 2 Oct 2015 | |||||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Robert Lewis says:
30 Oct 2016 01:00:06 PM
I am somewhat confused, the Coral Sea was commissioned in 1947, the original Coral Sea was renamed the USS Franklin D, Roosevelt CVB 42 which was also commissioned after WWII. Was there another ship named for the Battle of the Coral Sea?
30 Oct 2016 01:00:06 PM
I am somewhat confused, the Coral Sea was commissioned in 1947, the original Coral Sea was renamed the USS Franklin D, Roosevelt CVB 42 which was also commissioned after WWII. Was there another ship named for the Battle of the Coral Sea?
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David Stubblebine says:
30 Oct 2016 01:24:43 PM
Mr. Lewis (above):
The escort carrier CVE-57 was laid down as the Alikula Bay but the name was changed before launch to the Coral Sea. Commissioned as the USS Coral Sea on 27 Aug 1943, she was renamed USS Anzio on 15 Sep 1944 so that the name Coral Sea could be available for a Midway-class carrier that was being planned (which became CVB-43 commissioned 1 Oct 1947).

30 Oct 2016 01:24:43 PM
Mr. Lewis (above):
The escort carrier CVE-57 was laid down as the Alikula Bay but the name was changed before launch to the Coral Sea. Commissioned as the USS Coral Sea on 27 Aug 1943, she was renamed USS Anzio on 15 Sep 1944 so that the name Coral Sea could be available for a Midway-class carrier that was being planned (which became CVB-43 commissioned 1 Oct 1947).
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