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The category includes Fleets of the United States Navy in World War II, and their major commands and formations such as task forces, and their major theatre of operation bases. Pages in category "Fleets of the United States Navy in World War II"
The United States Navy's Pacific Fleet was caught off guard on the morning of December 7, 1941, when 353 Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft heavily bombed Pearl Harbor in a surprise airstrike. At the time of the attack, the United States and Japan were not at war.
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. United States Third Fleet (HQ San Diego, California) – East Pacific; United States Fourth Fleet (HQ Mayport, Florida) – South Atlantic
Fleets of the United States Navy in World War II (10 P) N. National Defense Reserve Fleet (14 C, 19 P) U. United States Navy reserve fleets (13 C, 11 P)
Naval Vessel Register -NAVY SHIP CLASSIFICATIONS; U.S. Navy Abbreviations of World War II; Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945; HISTORIC SHIPS TO VISIT - LISTED BY TYPE OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE; NavSource Naval History; Summary of Vessels Built in WWII, by Type; Comparison of U.S. Army and U.S. Navy Vessels in World War II; Army Ships—The Ghost Fleet
The Fast Carrier Task Force (TF 38 when assigned to Third Fleet, TF 58 when assigned to Fifth Fleet) was a group of ships in World War II.It was the main striking force of the United States Navy in the Pacific War from January 1944 through the end of the war in September 1945.
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
World War II aircraft carriers of the United States (2 C, 55 P) World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States (2 C, 1,125 P) World War II auxiliary ships of the United States (15 C, 1,106 P)