Although Enterprise was heavily damaged and on fire, her damage-control teams were able to make sufficient repairs for the ship to resume flight operations at 17:46, only one hour after the engagement ended.
Walaupun Enterprise rusak berat dan terbakar, regu pengendalian kerusakan di atas kapal mampu melakukan perbaikan-perbaikan yang cukup hingga kembali dapat melanjutkan operasi penerbangan pada pukul 17.46, hanya satu jam setelah pertempuran berakhir.