United States Pacific Fleet » Task Force 16

Task force · United States · February 1, 1942 – June 13, 1942

Carrier task force built around Enterprise and Hornet. Under Halsey it launched the Doolittle Raid; under Rear Admiral Raymond Spruance its dive bombers sank three Japanese carriers at Midway.

Recorded for Pacific War.

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Sub-units 2

USS Enterprise ship
USS Hornet ship

Attached units 2

USS Enterprise February 1, 1942 – June 13, 1942
USS Hornet April 8, 1942 – June 13, 1942

Engagements 8

Battle of Midway June 4–7, 1942
Guadalcanal campaign August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943
Battle of the Eastern Solomons August 24–25, 1942
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands October 25–27, 1942
Operation Hailstone February 17–18, 1944
Battle of the Philippine Sea June 19–20, 1944
Battle of Leyte Gulf October 23–26, 1944
Operation Ten-Go April 7, 1945

Movements

April 18, 1942 Launches the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo · map
April 25, 1942 Returns to Pearl Harbor · map
May 28, 1942 Sails for Midway · map
June 4, 1942 – June 6, 1942 Point Luck: strikes the Japanese carriers at Midway (Battle of Midway) · map
June 13, 1942 Returns to Pearl Harbor · map

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