During the Battle of the Coral Sea one month earlier , the Japanese light carrier `` Shōhō '' had been sunk and the fleet carrier had sustained three bomb hits , and was in drydock undergoing repairs .
During the Battle of the Coral Sea one month earlier , the Japanese light carrier `` Shōhō '' had been sunk and the fleet carrier `` Shōkaku '' had three bomb hits , and was in drydock undergoing repairs .