US Battleline at the time of Midway

I read an interesting article not too long ago about this very topic which of course I can't find now for you. The argument of it was by 6 months after Pearl the battle line was better trained and equipped than if the Japanese had never attacked but due o fuel shortages was never moved to the frontline. The Pacific Fleet's old battleships were organized into Task Force 1 and were held in reserve for Midway and the Solomons operation. They were Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Tennessee, all repaired and slightly upgraded within weeks following the attack, plus Colorado, which had been on the West Coast in drydock during the attack, and Mississippi, New Mexico, and Idaho, which had been transferred from the East Coast following the attack. The CVE Long Island and 3 destroyers rounded out the force. While the TF1 was in position for Midway I believe the DDs were Cushing, Porter, and Aaron Ward.

You might also have the 16" ships and DDs enter on turn 4 or something like that. I believe the idea was that the two forces would be mutually supporting. Plus the IJN was so dispersed for this operation it would be easy to have one of their TFs show up at the same time.

USS Washington was at Scapa Flow and USS North Carolina was entering the Pacific in early June.
  Theoretically could have been at Midway.  BUT
 one of the main reason's BB's saw little action early in war;  
    the USN did not have the fuel train it needed to supply both the Carriers and BB's under battle action conditions.
Ships at that time burned about ten times the rate of fuel at full speed compared to cruising.
    Mainly why the march across the pacific started late 43.
We can have are fun scenarios, but in the real world it wasn't going to happen.

All very true and I am very aware why the battleline did not see offensive deployment in the pacific war. This is indeed just for a 'fun' scenario.

Don't forget Saratoga! A scenario, following mutual destruction by the carrier forces, that saw the battleline arrive onsite with Saratoga and Long Island would be very interesting. The Japanese would have the advantage in battleships (IMO), but the US would (I believe) have the air advantage (Midway survivors + Saratoga and Long Island, versus Hoshu and a couple seaplane tenders).

A good point, though I'd count Junyo and Ryujo out because of the distance involved.  But Zuiho I had forgotten!

So Saratoga, Long Island, and Midway air survivors versus Zuiho, Hosho, and seaplane tenders (plus the respective battlelines)