Japan asked the same senior carrier admiral and staff to handle mobile-fleet command, force coordination, and carrier-division decisions at once. The U.S. arrangement divided those responsibilities: Spruance focused on the operation from Indianapolis, Mitscher coordinated carrier battle work from Lexington, and subordinate admirals handled task-group detail. That division gave the American side more delegation, clearer priorities, and more resilient communication.
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Carrier command structure comparison
A command-structure section contrasts Japan's overloaded carrier admiral with the U.S. split between Spruance's operation and Mitscher's battle command.