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	U.S. 6th Fleet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sixth Fleet is a US Navy operational unit, headquartered on the command ship Mount Whitney (LCC-20) with its homeport in Gaeta, Italy and operating in the Mediterranean Sea.
		The small fleet maintained in the Mediterranean by U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean was known as Naval Forces Mediterranean and had as its flagship, a destroyer tender, anchored at Naples, Italy.
		The cruiser USS Dayton relieved the tender USS Shenandoah as flagship and began operating with the fleet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_6th_Fleet (726 words)

	US NAVY - Fleets
		Second Fleet operates primarily in the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole and from the shores of the United States to the west coast of Europe.
		In peacetime the Third Fleet has no ARG and the carriers in the area are on their way to the Seventh Fleet or conduct training cruises after an overhaul for example.
		Third Fleet was formed as a fighting force under Admiral "Bull" Halsey on 15 March 1943, and reconstituted in the Middle and Eastern Pacific on 01 February 1975.
	navysite.de /navy/fleet.htm (1652 words)

	Welcome to the United States Ship Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. DD850
		McCard was a unit of the 6th Fleet on eight tours of duty in the Mediterranean and also participated in two midshipman cruises, visiting Caribbean, Canadian, Belgian, and Portuguese ports.
		McCard was deployed with the 6th Fleet from 13 October 1963 to 5 March 1964 and deployed again on 5 January 1965.
		She returned to Charleston from her 6 months with the 6th Fleet, 28 March 1970, and remained with the Atlantic Fleet for the duration of 1970 and four months of 1971.
	www.ussjpkennedyjr.org /mccard822.html (784 words)

	USS Vogelgesang (DD-862) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Her five Mediterranean tours consisted of normal training operations with units of the 6th Fleet and with elements of Allied navies as well as port visits at various points throughout the Mediterranean.
		She resumed normal 2d Fleet operations until 22 July at which time she departed Norfolk for a cruise to South American waters to participate in UNITAS IX, a series of multinational exercises with units of various Latin American navies.
		She changed operational control to the 6th Fleet on 10 May and conducted turnover at Majorca between the 12th and the 17th.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/U/USS-Vogelgesang-(DD-862).htm (1771 words)

	Sylvania
		Sylvania was honored on 19 October by a visit from the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Charles A. Bowser, and a party of eight who came aboard for a briefing and tour and to observe an underway replenishment exercise.
		On 20 July the ship was awarded the Meritorius Unit Commedation for service to the 6th Fleet during the period 25 April 1965 to 30 September 1969.
		She stood out of Norfolk on 25 May for another tour with the 6th Fleet and relieved Concord (AFS-5) as the on-station AFS on 16 June.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s21/sylvania-ii.htm (822 words)

	Fleet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fleet can refer to several things: Fleet is the name of several places:
		Battle fleet, a term for a force composed of all battle-ready ships
		US Naval fleets are numbered odd in the Pacific or West, and even in the Atlantic or East.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fleet (143 words)

	HOME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The primary mission of SIXTH Fleet Band is support of military ceremonies such as changes of command, ship arrivals and departures, official receptions and other occasions which serve to enhance the morale and welfare of fleet personnel.
		The SIXTH Fleet band is comprised of professional Navy Musicians who are formed into full-time and specialty units designed to fulfill any possible request for musical support.
		These units include the Ceremonial Band, Brass Quintet, Dixieland Band,, and a 17-piece Fleet Jazz Ensemble,which performs both the big-band hits of the past and the R and B sounds of today, as well as various jazz or brass ensembles as needed.
	www.nsa.naples.navy.mil /sixthfleet (216 words)

	Sixth Fleet
		The Sailors and Marines of the 6th Fleet, along with other U.S. air and land forces, worked with America's NATO allies to counter a substantial Soviet threat to the stability of the Mediterranean region.
		The threat from the Soviet Union was replaced by threats from civil and ethnic wars in the Balkans, Middle East and on the African continent.
		According to 6th Fleet officials, 80 percent of the contingencies the United States responded to since the breakup of the Soviet Union have taken place in the 6th Fleet's area of responsibility.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/c6f.htm (797 words)

	6th Fleet Maintenance at the Ready Throughout OIF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Because 6th Fleet Maintenance oversees the Ship Repair Unit in Bahrain, they continued to track and service ships after they exited the European theater, into 5th Fleet’s area of responsibility, including the Arabian Gulf and Red Sea.
		The war also limited 6th Fleet Maintenance Sailors from visiting ships to better understand their maintenance needs, as was commonly done in the past.
		The 6th Fleet Maintenance shop was manned 24 hours a day, with a watchstander always checking message traffic on a computer, looking for casualty reports, or “casreps.” Once they received a casrep within their area of responsibility, 6th Fleet Maintenance decided who needed to be contacted to provide the ship with necessary repairs.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=8154 (752 words)

	USS Pawcatuck
		In the summer of 1947, she joined the U.S. 6th Fleet operating in the Mediterranean for her first overseas tour.
		From 1948 into 1961, Pawcatuck operated on a rotational schedule between the Atlantic Fleet and the Mediterranean 6th Fleet, participating in U.S. Fleet and NATO exercises Reserve and Midshipman cruises, courtesy visits to foreign ports and serving as Hagship of Commander Service Squadron 2.
		Early 1963 was spent in Boston for overhaul and by June she had returned to the Mediterranean and 6th Fleet operations.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/oiler/pawcatuck.html (511 words)

	USS Semmes DDG-18 History
		She participated in fleet and NATO exercises into January 1968; then returned to Charleston, arriving on the 31st for a month's rest before resuming operations in the Caribbean and off the east coast.
		In late September, she again crossed the Atlantic for a seven-month deployment with the 6th Fleet; and, on 10 February 1970, while moored at Naples, she was struck by the Greek freighter, SS Mautrie.
		During 1971, her schedule remained basically the same, but her annual tour with the 6th Fleet, 16 July to 11 October, was followed by visits to the Netherlands and to Denmark for binational and NATO operations.
	www.semmesddg18.org /semmes_history.html (756 words)

	The Flagship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Along with the ship, Vice Adm. Scott Fry, the Commander, United States 6th Fleet, visited St. Petersburg to meet with several political and military leaders and participate in local festivities in honor of the American and Russian naval hero John Paul Jones.
		The last visit to Russia by a U.S. 6th Fleet naval vessel was in August 2001 to the port of Novorossiysk.
		As the commander of 6th Fleet forces, Fry exercises operational control of maritime forces within the U.S. European Command area of responsibility.
	www.flagshipnews.com /archives_2003/jul102003_9.shtml (223 words)

	Fleet article - Fleet Fishing fleet Naval fleet 2nd Fleet 3rd Fleet 5th Fleet 6th - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Fleet article - Fleet Fishing fleet Naval fleet 2nd Fleet 3rd Fleet 5th Fleet 6th - What-Means.com
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
		Fleet article - Fleet definition - what means Fleet
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Fleet (90 words)

	News - 6th Fleet Completes Black Sea Port Visits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		One way visiting La Salle and 6th Fleet Sailors expressed that shared devotion was to volunteer liberty time to offer assistance to projects routinely centered around family and children in every country they visited.
		The 6th Fleet also actively initiated cooperation between the U.S. Navy and the navies of the Black Sea to promote a new era of regional stability.
		During their deployment, staff talks between 6th Fleet and representative navies were conducted in each country visited.
	deploymentlink.osd.mil /news/aug01/news_82901_001.shtml (1225 words)

	Wednesday, August 8, 2001
		The 37-year-old 6th Fleet command ship, homeported in Gaeta, recently completed a three-month, $8 million maintenance project in Malta — a stay that added some of the latest “whiz bang” technology and communications equipment.
		Sailors onboard the U.S. Navy's 6th Fleet flagship, the USS La Salle, hoist aboard one of the ship's small boats while in their homeport of Gaeta, Italy.
		Nearly 500 crewmembers and about 200 6th Fleet staff members deployed on the La Salle for the month-long cruise in the Black Sea — the ship’s first trip to the region since 1998.
	www.stripes.com /01/aug01/ed080801j.html (534 words)

	USS Grand Canyon AD-28; My USN Years - ETCS Andrew H. Barr, United States Navy, Retired
		By 20 October the Suez Crisis had reached the serious stage and the majority of the 6th Fleet proceeded into the Eastern Mediterranean.
		During this period GRAND CANYON, as flagship, took part in fleet exercises and visited the ports of Augusta Bay, Sicily, Messina, Sicily and Taranto, Italy.
		Between 29 March 1966 and 12 August she again served ships of the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean.
	members.cox.net /ironbarr3/ad28.htm (1072 words)

	History of the USS Strong USS Strong Association Destroyers shipmates ussstrong uss-strong dd 758 dd-758 tincans
		Fleet exercises Portrex and Carribex were held during March 1950 and, during June and July, Strong embarked midshipmen and reservists for a training cruise to Panama and Cuba.
		Strong was deployed to the 6th Fleet from November 1963 to March 1964; 6 January to 7 June 1965; and from 22 September 1966 to 31 January 1967.
		Much of the remainder of the year was spent in port and she was again deployed to the 6th Fleet from 16 April to 16 October 1971.
	www.uss-strong.com /history.htm (1786 words)

	DANFS: USS William M. Wood (DD-715) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Following almost 13 months of 2d Fleet operations during late 1971 and early 1972, the warship embarked upon an extended assignment to the 6th Fleet on 18 August.
		The warship spent most of her time during that period engaged in training operations with other units of the 6th Fleet and with elements of Allied navies.
		Her extended deployment with the 6th Fleet ended in June of 1975 when she began a long voyage home.
	www.dd715.com /wood-history-d.html (1943 words)

	Scifi Blog: Fleet Commander
		That is, they can market products with the 6th Fleet name, and put the STPC logo prominently on the ships of 6th Fleet, if they had done at least 400k credits in fair market value to the ship.
		As the Admirals and Commodores of the higher fleets began to move resources and personnel into the new 10 Fleets configuration, there had to be some resources left behind to retain "Seed Fleet" status in 4th through 9th Fleets.
		Seed Fleets are necessary to carry on the independent operations of higher fleets, even if those Seed Fleets are…well…minute: as in, one man and one ship.
	fleetcommander.blogspot.com (4419 words)

	Stars & Stripes
		A Navy lieutenant commander assigned to the 6th Fleet staff was struck by a car and seriously injured Sunday during a port visit to Sevastopol, Ukraine.
		Cate Mueller, 6th Fleet public affairs officer, said that the officer was seriously injured and will be flown to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany once stabilized.
		The Gaeta, Italy-based 6th Fleet staff and USS La Salle departed Nov. 1 for a monthlong deployment to the Black Sea.
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=24537&archive=true (284 words)

	GALVESTON BAY FLEET 23 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Fleet 23, the Galveston Bay Etchells Fleet, is comprised of sailors from three local clubs, Houston Yacht Club, Lakewood Yacht Club and the Texas Corinthian Yacht Club.
		Fleet 23 sailors will be representing the Galveston Bay area in 1998 regattas in Miami Florida SORC, Toronto Canada, Great Lakes Championship,, Detroit Michigan, Chicago Illinois, Verve Cup, in San Francisco California, Pacific Coast Championships and for the North American Championship, and in Marblehead Massachusetts at the World Championship.
		Fleet 23 actively encourages and promotes interest and growth in the Etchells class and the national and international associations.
	home.flash.net /~trysail (540 words)

	ESPN.com - Attacks in Madrid heighten concern
		U.S. Vice Adm. Henry Ulrich, who directs the Navy's 6th Fleet, held talks with Public Order Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis in an unannounced visit just three days after Greece formally requested help from its NATO allies to safeguard the Aug. 13-29 Games.
		But the 6th Fleet, based in Gaeta, Italy, likely could play a central role in a NATO security network for the Olympics.
		Warships from the 6th fleet have been patrolling the eastern Mediterranean since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1760423&type=story (445 words)

	USS Enterprise Begins Operations with U.S. 6th Fleet
		With the 5th Fleet behind, 6th Fleet is upon the Sailors and Marines of Big E and CVW-1.
		The 6th Fleet commander will be out to visit Big E. We’ll have four fly days in the Mediterranean, and we’re planning an exercise with the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R 91).
		An exciting aspect for Sailors going ashore in 6th Fleet is a more relaxed liberty policy than is needed in the Middle East.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=11831 (863 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Kearsarge (CV 33) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		During her tour in the Mediterranean, units of the 6th Fleet were placed on alert to insure peace in the Arab-Israeli area.
		The power and determination of the 7th Fleet was observed by the enemy and the crisis eased.
		Following three years in the Reserve Fleet, she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in May 1973 and sold for scrapping in February 1974.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv33-kearsarge/cv33-kearsarge.html (1172 words)

	U.S. 6th Fleet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Sixth Fleet consists of approximately 40 ships, 175 aircraft and 21,000 people and is the major operational component of.
		The U.S. Sixth Task Fleet was established in 1949, the same year the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed, in the early days of the Cold War.
		It also participated in the so-called Operation Allied Force,, and.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/6th_Fleet (699 words)

	DANFS: USS Hugh Purvis (DD-709) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Another 6th Fleet cruise was completed in July 1953 after which the veteran ship embarked midshipmen for a Caribbean training cruise.
		It was during this crucial period that the 6th Fleet was proving its peace-keeping power in the Lebanon crisis, and was successful in preventing a leftist revolt.
		In March 1960 she entered Boston Naval Shipyard to begin a FRAM (Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization) overhaul, which included extensive refitting and the installation of a helicopter landing deck and hangar aft.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/danfs/DD/dd709.html (1144 words)

	Robert H
		[Robert H. McCard was a unit of the 6th Fleet on eight tours of duty in the Mediterranean and also participated in two midshipman cruises, visiting Caribbean, Canadian, Belgian, and Portuguese ports.
		[Robert H. McCard was deployed with the 6th Fleet from 13 October 1963 to 5 March 1964 and deployed again on 5 January 1965.
		From 29 September 1966 to 31 January 1967, [Robert H. McCard was deployed to the 6th Fleet.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/r7/robert_h_mccard.htm (985 words)

	HQ1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The event was shortly followed by merging the Terran 3rd and 4th fleet, with the new 3rd fleet based in Vega.
		The 4th fleet was decimated by the Vasudans in 2333 and had never been fully rebuilt.
		The reinforced 3rd fleet is responsible for supporting The Centaur Project, guarding key installations, escorting valuable transports and patrolling logistical routes.
	w3.enternet.hu /fscult/HQ1.htm (258 words)

	USS WACCAMAW AO-109
		In September 1948, she was assigned to duty with the 6th fleet in the Mediterranean and, in the spring of 1949, was transferred to the 2nd Fleet for exercises in the Caribbean.
		Refitted and retrained, Waccamaw joined the 6th Fleet fir a Mediterranean deployment, during which she participated in the operations connecter with the United States landing in Lebanon.
		She was the first "jumbo oiler" to operate with the 6th Fleet.
	navy.memorieshop.com /Waccamaw (2751 words)

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