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USS Coral Sea Tribute Site
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USS Coral Sea Tribute Site
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USS Coral Sea Tribute Site
Significant Dates
USS Coral Sea Tribute Site

Contract Awarded June 14, 1943
Keel Laid - NN&SB Hull #440 July 10, 1944
Hull Half Plated May 18, 1945
Hull Completely Framed September 14, 1945
Hull Completely Plated October 22, 1945
Flight Deck Laid March 7, 1946
Island House Erected March 13, 1946
Launched April 2, 1946
Dry Docked March 30, 1947
Preliminary Trial Board July 17, 1947
Builders Dock Trial August 6-7, 1947
USN Trial Board September 16-17, 1947
Commissioned USS Coral Sea CVB-43 October 1, 1947
Sea Trials December 8, 1947
Shakedown Training January 19 - April 5, 1948
Naval Reserve Training Cruise May 10-21, 1948
Midshipman Cruise June 7 - August 6, 1948
Refresher Training March 18 - April 25, 1949
1ST MED Cruise May 3 - September 26, 1949
2ND MED Cruise September 9, 1950 - February 1, 1951
3RD MED Cruise March 20 - October 6, 1951
4TH MED Cruise April 19 - October 12, 1952
Redesignated CVA-43 October 1, 1952
5TH MED Cruise April 26 - October 21, 1953
6TH MED Cruise July 7 - December 20, 1954
7TH MED Cruise April 5 - September 29, 1955
8TH MED Cruise - Egyptian Suez Crisis August 13, 1956 - Februaury 11, 1957
Decommissoned for SCB-110A Modernization April 24, 1957
Recommissioned January 25, 1960
1ST WestPac Cruise September 19, 1960 - May 27, 1961
2ND WestPac Cruise December 12, 1961 - July 17, 1962
3RD WestPac Cruise April 3 - November 25, 1963
4TH WestPac Cruise/1ST Combat Cruise - Vietnam December 7, 1964 - November 1, 1965
5TH WestPac Cruise/2ND Combat Cruise - Vietnam July 29, 1966 - February 23, 1967
6TH WestPac Cruise/3RD Combat Cruise - Vietnam July 26, 1967 - April 6, 1968
7TH WestPac Cruise/4TH Combat Cruise - Vietnam September 7, 1968 - April 18, 1969
8TH WestPac Cruise/5TH Combat Cruise - Vietnam September 23, 1969 - July 1, 1970
9TH WestPac Cruise/6TH Combat Cruise - Vietnam November 12, 1971 - July 17, 1972
10TH WestPac Cruise - Vietnam March 9 - November 8, 1973
11TH WestPac Cruise - Vietnam/SS Mayaguez Rescue/Evacuation of Saigon December 5, 1974 - July 2, 1975
Redesignated CV-43 June 30, 1975
12TH WestPac Cruise February 15 - October 5, 1977
13TH WestPac/IO Cruise - Iranian Hostage Rescue Attempt November 13, 1979 - June 10, 1980
14TH WestPac/IO Cruise August 20, 1981 - March 23, 1982
Around The World Cruise March 21 - September 12, 1983
9TH MED Cruise - Libyan Operations October 2, 1985 - May 19, 1986
10TH MED Cruise September 29, 1987 - March 28, 1988
11TH MED Cruise - Beirut Evacuation May 31 - September 30, 1989
Decommissioned April 30, 1990
Sold For Scrap May 7, 1993
Scrapping Completed August 9, 2000