You seem to be obsessed with twisting time to try and make a
point.

Please try and follow.

I've twisted nothing. I've commented on the history, especially
where the revisionists get it wrong..

Nimitz deliberately chose Fletcher as the carrier commander afloat
for the active threatre at the time, the SOPAC, not Spruance.

This is inaccurate. Nimitz didn't have much choice about the
commanders for his carriers. Fletcher was already there . Noyes was
coming over from the Atlantic. Fitch was already slotted, Halsey was
down with the crud, and Spruance was the one he tagged BY CHOICE for
a slot he could fill. Where he had a choice he made a choice.
Ghormley was yet to fail for health. Turner was expected to handle
the Guadalcanal naval landing. Seniority slotted Fletcher not
accomplishment into the carrier flag.. .

Spurance became Chief of Staff for CinCPac, a job he was slated
for before Midway.  The Fifth Fleet command came well over a
YEAR LATER, where Spruance and Mitscher replaced Pownell, who had
failed his 'try out' for the part.  It was not anything Nimitz
had planned for him in June of 1942.  With US forces in the
Central Pacific growing and Pownell proving unsuitable, and with more
complex operations planned, Spruance was given the planning and
supervision of the fleet, and Mitscher got command of the fighting
force.  As of June, 1942, Nimitz had had very little direct
contact with Spruance and had picked him for Chief of Staff on his
reputation.  Fifteen months later, when he was looking for
someone to oversee Fifth Fleet, that had changed.

Herald:

You seem to be obsessed with twisting time to try and make a
point.

Please try and follow.

I've twisted nothing. I've commented on the history, especially
where the revisionists get it wrong..

Nimitz deliberately chose Fletcher as the carrier commander afloat
for the active threatre at the time, the SOPAC, not Spruance.

This is inaccurate. Nimitz didn't have much choice about the
commanders for his carriers. Fletcher was already there . Noyes was
coming over from the Atlantic. Fitch was already slotted, Halsey was
down with the crud, and Spruance was the one he tagged BY CHOICE for
a slot he could fill. Where he had a choice he made a choice.
Ghormley was yet to fail for health. Turner was expected to handle
the Guadalcanal naval landing. Seniority slotted Fletcher not
accomplishment into the carrier flag.. .

Spurance became Chief of Staff for CinCPac, a job he was slated
for before Midway.  The Fifth Fleet command came well over a
YEAR LATER, where Spruance and Mitscher replaced Pownell, who had
failed his 'try out' for the part.  It was not anything Nimitz
had planned for him in June of 1942.  With US forces in the
Central Pacific growing and Pownell proving unsuitable, and with more
complex operations planned, Spruance was given the planning and
supervision of the fleet, and Mitscher got command of the fighting
force.  As of June, 1942, Nimitz had had very little direct
contact with Spruance and had picked him for Chief of Staff on his
reputation.  Fifteen months later, when he was looking for
someone to oversee Fifth Fleet, that had changed.

Pownall [spelled with an A] failed at Marcus Island as a task
group commander. What tryout? He was never intended as a fleet
commander-maybe a carrier admiral-but like Fletcher failed. Mitscher
was never a good choice, but he was next senior and at least he was
aggressive. Spruance after Midway was the golden boy.

Fletcher's staff from YORKTOWN transferred to ASTORIA with him. 
That was not a consideration in his decision to leave Spruance in
command rather than going aboard HORNET at the end of 4 June.

His staff was scattered and had to be transferred to him from
rescue ships. Astoria had no air operations or an admiral who keep
things straight in his own head as