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U.S. Navy Numbered Fleets (2015) Numbered Fleet Status Parent Command Geographic Region Notes 1st Fleet: Inactive Pacific Fleet N/A The First Fleet was created as a clearinghouse for offensive submarine operations by Admiral Ernest J. King in 1943. [11] It was deactivated when the Third Fleet assumed its responsibilities in early 1973. [12]
US Navy fleets are numbered odd in the Pacific or West, and even in the Atlantic or East: United States Second Fleet (HQ Norfolk , Virginia) – North Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, & Homeland Defense.
The United States Navy has seven active numbered fleets – Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Tenth Fleets are each led by a vice admiral, and the Fourth Fleet is led by a rear admiral. These seven fleets are further grouped under Fleet Forces Command (the former Atlantic Fleet), Pacific Fleet, Naval Forces Europe-Africa, and Naval ...
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
Toggle United States Pacific Fleet (NS Pearl Harbor, HI) subsection 1.1 United States Third Fleet (NB Point Loma, CA) 1.1.1 Carrier Strike Group 1 (CSG-1) (NB San Diego, CA)
The Seventh Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy. It is headquartered at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the United States Pacific Fleet. At present, it is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets, with 50 to 70 ships, 150 aircraft and 27,000 sailors and marines.
The U.S. Navy has also used escort aircraft carriers (CVE, previously AVG and ACV) and airship aircraft carriers (ZRS). In addition, various amphibious warfare ships (LHA, LHD, LPH, and to a lesser degree LPD and LSD classes) can operate as carriers; two of these were converted to mine countermeasures support ships (MCS) , one of which carried ...
The Fifth Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy. Its area of responsibility encompasses approximately 2.5 million square miles, and includes the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and parts of the Indian Ocean. It shares a commander and headquarters with U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) in Bahrain.