Buuxi weedha soo socota: Dagaalka kadib, Spruance wuxuu noqday madaxa shaqaalaha Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Taliyaha Guud, Ciidamada Badda ee Mareykanka (CINCPAC) iyo Aagagga Badweynta Baasifigga (CINCPOA). Halsey markii uu maqnaa, Kinkaid wuxuu noqday taliyaha Task Force 16, oo lagu dhisay markabka xamuulka ah, inkasta oo uusan ahayn duuliye, khibradiisa xamuulka ahna ay ku koobnayd inuu ku amro shaashadahooda Dagaalkii Badda Coral iyo Dagaalkii Midway. Bilowgii bishii July, Kinkaid waxaa warbixin ka siiyay Nimitz qorshaha
waxaa lagu magacaabaa "Howlgalka ilaalada". Hawlgalkan, Kinkaid's Task Force 16 wuxuu noqon doonaa mid ka mid ah saddexda diyaaradaha xambaara ee hoos yimaada Fletcher's guud ahaan. Si uu u ilaaliyo maraakiibtiisa, Enterprise, Kinkaid wuxuu lahaa dagaal, maraakiib culus, maraakiib dagaal oo diyaaradaha ka hortaga, iyo shan burburiye. Ku darista maraakiibta cusub iyo labaatanka &lt;a href="5%26quot%3B/38%20caliber%20gun"&gt;/38 caliber dual-purpose guns&lt;/a&gt; waxay si weyn u xoojiyeen difaaca hawada ee Task Force 16.