Task Force 16
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The designation Task Force 16 was used for multiple units of the U.S. Navy during World War II. Prior to American entry into the war the designation was applied to an element of the U.S. Navy's Neutra
Task Force 16 with Enterprise (center left) and battleship South Dakota (distant background) under Japanese carrier air attack during the great Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942.
Battle of Midway
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The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of
Task Force 16
…Halsey was then hospitalized with a skin disease, so Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance took over TF 16 and along with TF 17, led it to victory in the Battle of Midway. In August, the task force supported the landings on Guadalcanal, then fought in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, followed by the great Battle of…
USS Yorktown at the moment of impact by a Japanese torpedo, 4 June 1942
Midway Atoll, several months before the battle. Eastern Island (with the airfield) is in the foreground, and the larger Sand Island is in the background to the west.
USS Yorktown at Pearl Harbor days before the battle.
Akagi (April 1942)