 US Task Force 12, comprising the carrier USS "Lexington" and her escorts, led by Admiral Newton, now enters the fray, having returned from Midway atoll where she had ferried aircraft prior to the Japanese attack.1630hrs.A tiny force of sixteen aircraft, consisting of the surviving "Enterprise" planes and the last handful of flyable US Army aircraft at Hickam airfield on Oahu, makes a gallant attack on Yamamoto’s main carrier force.