Wednesday 24 June 2020

USN Midway CV Task Forces 16 and 17, plus Cruiser Task Force 8

As seen from a Japanese reconnaissance plane, Task Force 17 - the surviving CV from the Battle of the Coral Sea, the USS Yorktown [CV5] (see below, joined by two cruisers [USS Astoria and USS Portland] and five .. no make that six destroyers [courtesy of the eagle eyed Bankinista]):


The "fighting crunch" of the fleet, Task Force 16 - the USS Enterprise [CV6] and USS Hornet [CV8] in a rather compressed formation to get them all into picture shot (see below, the CVs with six escorting cruisers [USS New Orleans, USS Minneapolis, USS Vincennes, USS Northampton, USS Pensacola and USS Atlanta(AA)] and nine destroyers): 


The final fighting batch is Task Force 8, another force of cruisers (see below, five cruisers [USS Nashville, USS Indianapolis, USS Louisville, USS St Louis and USS Honolulu] and a collection of five destroyers - arguably it could/should have been more, but 1-2-1 with a cruiser seemed a good compromise):


This should a bit of 1/3000 colour to the Pacific War that otherwise would be a counter game.

4 comments:

James Fisher said...

These task forces look great. I love the idea of a fleet being in formation for the photo too!
It's really helpful to see what these 1/3000 Navwar ships look like too, thanks.
James

Bankinista said...

You can see why the Japs lost - their recce aircraft couldn't count.

Geordie an Exiled FoG said...

Cheers James, once painted they deserve their moment of glory before they go "into the box"

Bankinista .. respect, I had to go back and count them again myself .. I was under-reporting the destroyers

Good to hear from you, hope you and your family are safe in these strange times. When I tell my fellow wargamers about "The Fish Game" they look on is disbelief

Geordie an Exiled FoG said...

Bankinista .. a corrected recon report has now been filed by the recon element of the IJN ;)