sentences:  From the time the first bomb that hit the Sim's had exploded to the time she was sunk was a total of 48 seconds, leaving only 13 survivors.The sacrifice of his ship and "Neosho" had much to do with saving the Navy's carriers in the widely separated engagements known as the Battle of the Coral Sea.The Japanese blunder in mistaking the Sims for a cruiser and the flat top Neosho as an American carrier, diverted much needed air power and other resources from the Battle of Midway, just a few days away.