<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kwempi, uSpruance waba yinhloko yezikhulu zika-Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, uMkhuzi Omkhulu, US Pacific Fleet CINCPAC kanye nePacific Ocean Areas CINCPOA. Ngesikhathi uHalsey engekho, uKinkaid waba ngukhomanda weTask Force 16, eyakhelwe phezu komthwali wemikhumbi, nakuba wayengeyena umshayeli wezindiza, futhi isipiliyoni sakhe nabathwali bemikhumbi sasivinjelwe ekulawuleni izikrini zabo eMpini yoLwandle iCoral kanye neMpi yaseMidway. Ekuqaleni kukaJulayi, uKinkaid waziswa nguNimitz ngamalungiselelo  <response>: ihlasele eSolomon Islands, eyayinegama eliyimfihlo elithi Operation Watchtower. Kulomsebenzi, i-Task Force 16 kaKinkaid izoba ngomunye wamaqembu amathathu aphethe izindiza ngaphansi komyalo kaFletcher. Ukuze avikele umkhumbi wakhe oyinhloko, i-Enterprise, uKinkaid wayenesikebhe sempi, umkhumbi-mkhathi osindayo, umkhumbi-mkhathi ohlasela izindiza, nemikhumbi-ngwenya emihlanu. Ukwengezwa kwemikhumbi yempi entsha nezikhali zayo ezingamashumi amabili a href526quot3B3820caliber20gun38 caliber dual-purpose gunsa kwaqinisa kakhulu izivikelo ze-Task Force 16 zokulwa nezindiza. 