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===Lae-Salamaua raid===

===Lae-Salamaua raid===

''Yorktown'' subsequently returned to Pearl Harbor and replenished there before she put to sea on 14 February, bound for the [[Coral Sea]]. On 6 March, she rendezvoused with TF 11—formed around Lexington and under the command of Rear Admiral Wilson Brown—and headed towards Rabaul and Gasmata to attack Japanese shipping there in an effort to check the Japanese advance and to cover the landing of Allied troops at Noumea, New Caledonia. However, as the two flattops — screened by a powerful force of eight heavy cruisers (including the Australian HMAS ''Australia'') and 14 destroyers—steamed toward [[New Guinea]], the Japanese continued their advance toward [[Australia]] with a landing on 7 March at the Huon Gulf, in the Salamaua-Lae area on the eastern end of New Guinea.

''Yorktown'' subsequently returned to Pearl Harbor and replenished there before she put to sea on 14 February, bound for the [[Coral Sea]]. On 6 March, she rendezvoused with TF 11—formed around Lexington and under the command of Rear Admiral Wilson Brown—and headed towards Rabaul and Gasmata to attack Japanese shipping there in an effort to check the Japanese advance and to cover the landing of Allied troops at Nouméa, New Caledonia. However, as the two flattops — screened by a powerful force of eight heavy cruisers (including the Australian HMAS ''Australia'') and 14 destroyers—steamed toward [[New Guinea]], the Japanese continued their advance toward [[Australia]] with a landing on 7 March at the Huon Gulf, in the Salamaua-Lae area on the eastern end of New Guinea.

Word of the Japanese operation prompted Admiral Brown to change the objective of TF ll's strike from Rabaul to the Salamaua-Lae sector. On the morning of 10 March 1942, American carriers launched aircraft from the Gulf of Papua. ''Lexington'' flew off her air group commencing at 0749 and, 21 minutes later, ''Yorktown'' followed suit. While the choice of the gulf as the launch point for the strike meant that the planes would have to fly some 125 miles across the Owen Stanley mountains — a range not known for the best flying conditions — that approach provided security for the task force and ensured surprise.

Word of the Japanese operation prompted Admiral Brown to change the objective of TF ll's strike from Rabaul to the Salamaua-Lae sector. On the morning of 10 March 1942, American carriers launched aircraft from the Gulf of Papua. ''Lexington'' flew off her air group commencing at 0749 and, 21 minutes later, ''Yorktown'' followed suit. While the choice of the gulf as the launch point for the strike meant that the planes would have to fly some 125 miles across the Owen Stanley mountains — a range not known for the best flying conditions — that approach provided security for the task force and ensured surprise.