"Historical" battles in FotRSU do work, including the Battle of the Coral Sea. However, you can't be in certain areas at certain times, else some of the groups won't spawn. Finding them can also be difficult, just by virtue of the size of the area, and radars were few and far between at the time. Most of the CV groups were capable of 30 knots, and you can't get above 20. Also, the "accuracy" of the groups' plots are not the best, and some of the timings will be "off" due to game idiosyncrasies... "Attempted Historical Representation" (
) might be a more accurate description of the "Battle" files.