<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-12 kuya ku-14 Meyi 1975, iCoral Sea yahlanganyela namanye amabutho asolwandle, amabutho asemoyeni kanye namabutho asolwandle esigamekweni saseMayaguez  <response>: , ukubuyiselwa komkhumbi wezohwebo wase-US i-SS Mayaguez kanye nabasebenzi bawo abangama-39, ababanjwe ngokungemthetho ngoMeyi 12 emanzini omhlaba ngama-gunboats aseKhmer Rouge. Ukuhlasela komoya okuvikela okwakuqhutshwa ngumthwali wezindiza ngokumelene nezindawo zasolwandle zasolwandle nezomoya zaseCambodia njengoba izindiza ezinophephela emhlane ze-Air Force ezinama-288 amaMarine avela eBattalion Landing Teams 2 no-9 zethulwe e-U Tapao, eThailand, futhi zafika eKoh Tang Island ukuhlenga abasebenzi be Mayaguez nokuvikela umkhumbi. Kwafa amasosha angu - 18 asemanzini, ezindiza, nawasemanzini. Ngenxa yesenzo sakhe, iCoral Sea yanikezwa i-Meritorious Unit Commendation ngomhlaka 6 Julayi 1976. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, wayephinde wahlukaniswa ngokuthi Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier, ebuyela ku-hull classification symbol CV-43, ngoJuni 30, 1975. 