US Navy Ships vs Japanese Attack Aircraft

The striking power of the Imperial Japanese Navy''s carrier-­based attack aircraft was established at Pearl Harbor, and the IJN''s carrier-­based torpedo­ and dive-­bombers showed their prowess again at the Battle of Coral Sea when they sank the US Navy carrier USS Lexington and damaged the carrier USS Yorktown. Even at the disastrous Battle of Midway, the relatively small number of IJNAF attack- ...