Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - I muri i te pakanga, ka noho a Spruance hei rangatira mo nga kaimahi ki a Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, te Kaihauturu Matua, US Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC) me nga Moana Moana (CINCPOA). I te korenga tonu o Halsey, ka riro a Kinkaid hei rangatira mo te Task Force 16, i hangaia huri noa i te kaikawe waka rererangi, ahakoa ehara ia i te rererangi rererangi, ana ko tana wheako ki nga kaikawe waka rererangi i aukatihia ki te whakahau i a raatau mata i te Pakanga o te Moana Coral me te Pakanga o Midway. I te tīmatanga o Hōngongoi, i whakamōhiotia a Kinkaid e Nimitz mō ngā mahere mō te taunga ki ngā Moutere o Horomona
, ingoa waehere Operation Watchtower. Mo tenei mahi, ko te Kinkaid's Task Force 16 tetahi o nga roopu mahi e toru i raro i te whakahau a Fletcher. Hei tiaki i tana kaipuke rangatira, "Enterprise", he kaipuke pakanga, he kaipuke parekura taumaha, he kaipuke parekura rererangi, me nga kaipuke whakangaromanga e rima a Kinkaid. Ko te taapiri o te kaipuke pakanga hou me ona rua tekau &lt;a href="5%26quot%3B/38%20caliber%20gun"&gt;/38 caliber dual-purpose guns&lt;/a&gt; i tino whakakaha i nga parenga rererangi a Task Force 16.