AGELESS WARRIOR
• THE NATURAL
• SAN FRANCISCO'S OWN
• BEST IN THE WEST
• CORAL MARU
| Contract Awarded | June 14, 1943 |
| Keel Laid - NN&SB Hull #440 | July 10, 1944 |
| Hull Half Plated | May 18, 1945 |
| Hull Completely Framed | September 14, 1945 |
| Hull Completely Plated | October 22, 1945 |
| Flight Deck Laid | March 7, 1946 |
| Island House Erected | March 13, 1946 |
| Launched | April 2, 1946 |
| Dry Docked | March 30, 1947 |
| Preliminary Trial Board | July 17, 1947 |
| Builders Dock Trial | August 6-7, 1947 |
| USN Trial Board | September 16-17, 1947 |
| Commissioned USS Coral Sea CVB-43 | October 1, 1947 |
| Sea Trials | December 8, 1947 |
| Shakedown Training | January 19 - April 5, 1948 |
| Naval Reserve Training Cruise | May 10-21, 1948 |
| Midshipman Cruise | June 7 - August 6, 1948 |
| Refresher Training | March 18 - April 25, 1949 |
| 1ST MED Cruise | May 3 - September 26, 1949 |
| 2ND MED Cruise | September 9, 1950 - February 1, 1951 |
| 3RD MED Cruise | March 20 - October 6, 1951 |
| 4TH MED Cruise | April 19 - October 12, 1952 |
| Redesignated CVA-43 | October 1, 1952 |
| 5TH MED Cruise | April 26 - October 21, 1953 |
| 6TH MED Cruise | July 7 - December 20, 1954 |
| 7TH MED Cruise | April 5 - September 29, 1955 |
| 8TH MED Cruise - Egyptian Suez Crisis | August 13, 1956 - Februaury 11, 1957 |
| Decommissoned for SCB-110A Modernization | April 24, 1957 |
| Recommissioned | January 25, 1960 |
| 1ST WestPac Cruise | September 19, 1960 - May 27, 1961 |
| 2ND WestPac Cruise | December 12, 1961 - July 17, 1962 |
| 3RD WestPac Cruise | April 3 - November 25, 1963 |
| 4TH WestPac Cruise/1ST Combat Cruise - Vietnam | December 7, 1964 - November 1, 1965 |
| 5TH WestPac Cruise/2ND Combat Cruise - Vietnam | July 29, 1966 - February 23, 1967 |
| 6TH WestPac Cruise/3RD Combat Cruise - Vietnam | July 26, 1967 - April 6, 1968 |
| 7TH WestPac Cruise/4TH Combat Cruise - Vietnam | September 7, 1968 - April 18, 1969 |
| 8TH WestPac Cruise/5TH Combat Cruise - Vietnam | September 23, 1969 - July 1, 1970 |
| 9TH WestPac Cruise/6TH Combat Cruise - Vietnam | November 12, 1971 - July 17, 1972 |
| 10TH WestPac Cruise - Vietnam | March 9 - November 8, 1973 |
| 11TH WestPac Cruise - Vietnam/SS Mayaguez Rescue/Evacuation of Saigon | December 5, 1974 - July 2, 1975 |
| Redesignated CV-43 | June 30, 1975 |
| 12TH WestPac Cruise | February 15 - October 5, 1977 |
| 13TH WestPac/IO Cruise - Iranian Hostage Rescue Attempt | November 13, 1979 - June 10, 1980 |
| 14TH WestPac/IO Cruise | August 20, 1981 - March 23, 1982 |
| Around The World Cruise | March 21 - September 12, 1983 |
| 9TH MED Cruise - Libyan Operations | October 2, 1985 - May 19, 1986 |
| 10TH MED Cruise | September 29, 1987 - March 28, 1988 |
| 11TH MED Cruise - Beirut Evacuation | May 31 - September 30, 1989 |
| Decommissioned | April 30, 1990 |
| Sold For Scrap | May 7, 1993 |
| Scrapping Completed | August 9, 2000 |