In this way, the initial fight between the two sides on May 7 came to an end with the loss of Japanese Shoho carrier and American Sims destroyer.
The American and Japanese fleets were 175 sea miles away from each other. Both sides had two carriers. The Americans had 121 planes and the Japanese had 122.
The first carrier conflict in human history, where the two sides directed their planes to attack using radio signals without seeing the fleet of each other, was about to begin on May 8th.
