 Coordination between the Allied land-based air forces and the U.S. Navy was poor during this battle, but this too would improve over time.Japanese and U.S. carriers faced off against each other again in the battles of Midway, the Eastern Solomons, and the Santa Cruz Islands in 1942; and the Philippine Sea in 1944.Each of these battles was strategically significant, to varying degrees, in deciding the course and ultimate outcome of the Pacific War.