<prompt> Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mehondo, Spruance akava mukuru wevashandi kuna Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Mutungamiriri Mukuru, U.S. Pacific Fleet CINCPAC uye Pacific Ocean Areas CINCPOA. Mukusavapo kwaHalsey kwakapfuurira, Kinkaid akava mutungamiri weTask Force 16, yakavakwa kumativi anotakura, kunyange zvazvo akanga asiri mutyairi wendege, uye ruzivo rwake nevatakuri rwakanga rwakaganhurirwa kutungamira maziso avo muHondo yeGungwa reCoral uye Hondo yeMidway. Pakuvamba kwaJuly, Kinkaid akaudzwa naNimitz nezvezvirongwa zvokumhara muSolomon Islands  <response>: , rakapiwa zita rokuti Operation Watchtower. Nokuda kweiri basa, Task Force 16 yaKinkaid yaizova imwe yemapoka matatu evatakuri vemapoka pasi pehutungamiri hwaFletcher. Kuti adzivirire ngarava yake huru, Enterprise, Kinkaid akanga ane ngarava yehondo, ngarava huru, ngarava huru dzinorwisa ndege, uye magwa mashanu anoparadza. Kuwedzerwa kwechikepe chitsva uye makumi maviri a href526quot3B3820caliber20gun38 caliber dual-purpose gunsa zvakasimbisa zvikuru Task Force 16s anti-aircraft defenses. 