As for task force names. I do like the idea. But implementing them in the counters would be incredibly tedious for players. Every time, you create or dissolve a a group of ships it has to be renamed. Second is that the font will be too small for the counter. It will have too much information. Maybe a hover can be done. Having players change unmutable strings is a pain in the ass.
I was think more along the lines of changing the counters.
Instead of a counter called "Maryland" which represents one Battleship plus some support ships.
Call it "Bombardment" and it represents 4-6 Battleships plus Cruisers and Destroyers.
Since they actual available fleets don't really change under player control (all predefined as at start or as reinforcements) they could just be pre-grouped as Task Forces.
For example in 1941 the US Navy OOB included:
Task Force 1 - Covering force for Pacific Fleet.
Task Force 2 - Recon/Raiding Force Pacific Fleet.
Task Force 3 - Scouting Force Pacific Fleet.
Task Force 4 - Patrol Force, Asiatic Fleet.
Task Force 7 - Submarine Force (20 subs)
Task Force 8 - Enterprise plus 3 CA, 9 DD.
Task Force 11 - Lexington plus 4 CA's, 9 DD.
While these were reorganized as needed the basic idea of not having units represent specific ships but represent the task they were designed to do. Fleet Carrier, Escort, Bombardment, Surface Combat, Submarine (anti-Merchant), Submarine (anti-Fleet), etc. Each one designed to operate stand alone.