World War II: During the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea" id="mw6g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of the Coral Sea">Battle of the Coral Sea</a>, United States Navy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" id="mw6w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> aircraft attack and sink the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" id="mw7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_aircraft_carrier" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Light aircraft carrier">light aircraft carrier</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shōhō" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō">Shōhō</a>; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.