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Asiatic Fleet abolished, became First Squadron, United States Pacific Fleet: 1908: Asiatic Fleet reestablished: 28 January 1910 • Rear Admiral John Hubbard: 19 February 1910 – 16 May 1911 • Rear Admiral Joseph B. Murdock: 16 May 1911 – 24 July 1912 • Rear Admiral Reginald F. Nicholson: 24 July 1912 – 3 May 1914 • Admiral Walter C ...
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1850s–1890s, U.S. Navy sailor, with personal sidearms and a black, fatigue uniform. This was standard issue for China sailors of the early Yangtze Patrol and nicknamed "tars" U.S. Navy sailors, on board an 1864 river gunboat USS Ashuelot, a steam-powered, U.S. Navy river gunboat, on the Yangtze Patrol, in service, for one year, in 1874, to protect American interests, in Shanghai, China, and ...
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In 1902, the Asiatic Squadron was upgraded in status, becoming the United States Asiatic Fleet. Except for a period from early 1907 until 28 January 1910 when it was downgraded to the status of First Squadron, United States Pacific Fleet , the Asiatic Fleet replaced the Asiatic Squadron in defending American interests in East Asia from 1902 ...
U.S.S. Houston: The Last Flagship of the Asiatic Fleet. Dixon, CA, USA: Pacific Ship and Shore. Hornfischer, James D. (2006). Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors. Bantam. ISBN 0-553-80390-5. Hoyt, Edwin P. (1976). The Lonely Ships: The Life and Death of the Asiatic Fleet ...
Glassford with Frank P Lockhart, Clarence E. Gauss and RJ McMullen in Shanghai 1941. Glassford commanded naval forces of the United States Asiatic Fleet during the first month of World War II, and then relocated to Java in the Netherlands East Indies to combine his forces with the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command ("ABDA").
He took command of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet on July 11, 1915, and ranked as a full admiral for the duration of his tour, reverting to his permanent rank of rear admiral upon relinquishing command in 1917. He was Hydrographer of the Navy from May 1908 to January 1910.