The USS Coral Sea’s Operational History In 1950, the U.S. military’s AJ-1 Savage heavy attack bomber took off for the first time from a carrier on the Coral Sea.

The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group is operating in the Persian Gulf. The U.S. military didn’t appear to surge ...

The three Midway-class carriers were the USS Midway, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the USS Coral Sea. As the last carrier in her series, the Coral Sea did not commission until 1947.