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.

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Sub-units 2

Ship USS Enterprise
Ship USS Hornet

Attached units 2

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

Movements

February 1, 1942 Marshalls–Gilberts raids
April 18, 1942 Launches the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo Map
April 18, 1942 Doolittle Raid
April 25, 1942 Returns to Pearl Harbor Map
May 28, 1942 Sails for Midway Map
June 4, 1942 – June 6, 1942 Battle of Midway Point Luck: strikes the Japanese carriers at Midway Map
June 13, 1942 Returns to Pearl Harbor Map
August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943 Guadalcanal campaign
August 24–25, 1942 Battle of the Eastern Solomons
October 25–27, 1942 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
February 17–18, 1944 Operation Hailstone
June 19–20, 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea
October 23–26, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf
April 7, 1945 Operation Ten-Go