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The Sixth Fleet was established in February 1950 by redesignation of the former Sixth Task Fleet, which in turn was the 1948 redesignation of U S Naval Forces, Mediterranean. [3] Since that time, it has been continually engaged in world affairs around the Mediterranean, and, on occasion, further afield.
Jeffrey Thomas Anderson [1] (born c. 1969) is a United States Navy vice admiral who serves as the commander of the United States Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO. He previously served as the director of operations of United States Indo-Pacific Command and commander of Carrier Strike Group 3 .
Submarine I-15 6th Fleet Vice Admiral Mitsumi Shimizu 1st Submarine Squadron Rear Admiral Tsutomu Sato 1 × I-9 class/Type A1: I-9 3 × I-15 class/Type B1: I-15, I-17, I-25 2nd Submarine Squadron
Task Force 60 was for many years the Sixth Fleet's Battle Force. When any carrier strike group enters into the Mediterranean control zone it is usually designated TF 60 and the battle group commander, a one or two-star flag officer, assumes duties as Commander Task Force 60 from Commander, Destroyer Squadron 60.
Commander, Task Force 4, Atlantic Fleet, 1941–1942. Commander, Task Force 24, Atlantic Fleet, 1942. (1886–1942) Naval aviator. Died in office. 73: Russell Willson: 21 Mar 1942 1 Jan 1943 1 Jan 1943 5 Feb 1946 4 Chief of Staff/Aide to the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, 1941–1942. Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, 1942.
Task Force 61 (CTF-61) is a task force of the United States Navy that today denotes what used to be designated the Mediterranean Amphibious ready group (MARG) of the United States Sixth Fleet. It is composed of approximately three Amphibious assault ships , but in 2008 is designated the Expeditionary Strike Group that includes their embarked ...
This is a list of the naval forces from the United Kingdom that took part in the Falklands War, often referred to as "the Task Force" in the context of the war. [1] For a list of naval forces from Argentina, see Argentine naval forces in the Falklands War.
Gilla Gerzon (Hebrew: גילה גרזון), known to many United States military personnel as the "mother of the 6th fleet," [1] [2] is an Israeli who served as director of the Haifa, Israel USO for almost eighteen years, from the time it opened in December 1984 [2] until it closed in September 2002 when U.S. security concerns for the region led to a sharp decrease in U.S. ship visits.