Although the Battle of the Coral Sea saved Port Moresby from invasion by the Japanese, it saw the sinking of the USS Lexington, and the USS Yorktown severely damaged. 543 men were reported dead, along with the loss of a destroyer, a fleet oilier and 66 US planes, which was rather embarrassing for US President Franklin Roosevelt. Despite the US Navy insisting that the Japanese had taken higher casualties, many were no longer willing to believe anything the Roosevelt administration said as the truth.