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	US Asiatic Fleet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1922, when the Atlantic Fleet was dissolved, the Asiatic Fleet was charged with defending the Philippines and Guam and with upholding the Open Door Policy in China.
		The Asiatic Fleet and the 16th Naval District, possessed 1 heavy cruiser, 1 light cruiser, 13 World War I-era destroyers, 29 submarines, 5 or 6 gunboats, 1 yacht, 6 minesweepers, 2 tankers, an ocean-going tugboat, 1 rescue vessel, and various other ships, including 6 motor torpedo boats that formed Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three.
		The aviation elements of the Asiatic Fleet comprised Patrol Wing 10, with two patrol squadrons (VPs), a utility unit, and the aviation units aboard the Fleet's two cruisers and the large seaplane tender Langley (AV-3).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asiatic_Fleet (1075 words)

	Asiatic Fleet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Asiatic Fleet was part of the US Navy,during the World War II era, and was tasked with protecting the Philippines.
		This was not part of the US Pacific Fleet, which was based on thewestern coast of the United States and, in 1940, moved to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
		The Asiatic Fleet and the 16th Naval District, possessed 1 heavy cruiser, 1 light cruiser, 13 World War I era destroyers, 29 submarines, 5-6 gunboats, 1 yacht, 6 minesweepers, 2 tankers,an ocean-going tugboat, 1 rescue vessel, and various other ships, including 6 motor torpedo boats.
	www.therfcc.org /asiatic-fleet-158699.html (541 words)

	US Fleet Organisation 1898-1941
		In early 1903 the Asiatic Squadron was upgraded to the Asiatic Fleet.
		Asiatic Fleet lost its battleships; its most powerful component now was an armoured cruiser division, probably of about six armoured and protected cruisers (I don't have exact details)..
		In subsequent years the Scouting Fleet seems to have been used largely for training duties--midshipmen cruises and the like--which became the major function of the older battleships on the East Coast (at some point a Training Squadron was established; I'm not sure whether it was part of the Scouting Fleet).
	www.gwpda.org /naval/fdus0001.htm (2104 words)

	Yangtze River Patrol and Other US Navy Asiatic Fleet Activities in China, 1920-1942 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Division 3 was engaged in patrolling the Yangtze.
		The United States Asiatic Fleet has been cooperating recently with the other naval powers at Shanghai, China, and is now acting in concert with them in the vicinity of Pekin, in protecting the lives and property of foreigners who may be endangered because of the civil war now raging there.
		On June 1, 1929, the commander in chief Asiatic Fleet, with the American minister, attended at Nanking the formal ceremonies of the burial of Sun Yat Sen, the founder of the Chinese Republic.
	history.navy.mil /library/online/yangtze.html (9685 words)

	DD-211 DANFS
		Following upkeep at the Asiatic Fleet's base at Cavite, the destroyer sailed for Chinese waters, and arrived at Chefoo on 22 June 1921.
		Winding up her deployment in the Asiatic Fleet that summer, ALDEN sailed for the United States, and ultimately reached San Francisco on 2 October 1922.
		The international climate making it dangerous to keep the Asiatic Fleet deployed to Chinese waters, Admiral Thomas C. Hart (who had relieved Admiral Yarnell as CINCAF in July 1939) withdrew it-with the exception of the river gunboats on the Yangtze and South China Patrols-to the Philippines in late 1940.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/dd211txt.htm (4427 words)

	Fleet
		In 1922, the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets were combined to form the United States Battle Fleet, which positioned a main body of ships in the Pacific, and the Scouting Fleet in the Atlantic.
		This administrative reorganization of the Fleet, by dividing the forces between two oceans, was the beginning of the independent development of forces according to strategic requirements of each region.
		Pacific Fleet is the world's largest naval command, extending from the west coast of the United States to the east coast of Africa, from the North Pole to the South Pole, encompassing two oceans, six continents, and more than half the surface of the earth.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/fleet.htm (698 words)

	Sicard dd 346
		The squadron arrived at Chefoo, China, on 26 August, and.joined the Asiatic Fleet, with which she operated for seven years, based at Chefoo and Tsingtao in the summer and Manila in the winter.
		She participated in fleet exercises and maneuvers, protected American interests in China, Japan, and the Philippines, and engaged in escort and patrol duty on the China Coast and on the Yangtze River during periods of political turmoil.
		She engaged in fleet concentration problems and battle and torpedo practice; towed targets for submarines and air squadrons, performed plane guard duty and made Naval Reserve training cruises.
	www.multied.com /Navy/destroyer/dest2/Sicarddd346.html (1374 words)

	Welcome to the Newsroom of Speaker Denny Hastert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nonetheless, the Asiatic Fleet and her allies would not be deterred - and they charged forward, full-force, to impede the advance of the Japanese.
		The demise of the USS Houston marked the end of the Asiatic Fleet - a proud and dedicated fleet that endured hardship after hardship for the sake of their country.
		I have instructed that it be flown in honor of the Men of the Asiatic Fleet.
	speakernews.house.gov /library/irdefense/020301fleet.asp (1152 words)

	Asiatic Fleet biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Originally the Asiatic Squadron, and prior to that the Asiatic Station, the Fleet was organized as early as 1920.
		In 1902, the squadron was upgraded to fleet status.
		The aviation elements of the Asiatic Fleet comprised Patrol Wing TEN, with two patrol sqaudrons (VP), a utility unit, and the aviation units aboard the Fleet's two cruisers and the large seaplane tender USS LANGLEY (AV 3).
	asiatic-fleet.biography.ms (1036 words)

	HyperWar: The Amphibians Came to Conquer [Chapter 3]
		Both the Marine Brigade and the Cruiser Division were on duty in the Asiatic Fleet and on the China Coast, in a temporary status.
		Aircraft Squadrons, U.S. Asiatic Fleet had formed in February of 1924, when the Secretary of the Navy's General Order 533 of 12 July 1920, providing for an Air Force, as one of the type of commands within each of the three major Fleets, was finally effectuated for the Asiatic Fleet.
		Setting a precedent in the Asiatic Station, and it is believed for the first time in history, Army and Navy planes in a single formation, under a unified command performed a simulated attack on an assumed hostile fleet.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ACTC/actc-3.html (9257 words)

	ipedia.com: Asiatic Fleet Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Five of the gunboats were moved to Manila, the U.S.S. Wake was left with a skeleton crew as a radio base and was seized by the Japanese on December 8 and the Tutuila was given to the Chinese.
		Manila and Subic Bays (in support of the Harbor Defenses) were minedd by the Asiatic Fleet, stationed in Manila Bay.
		The British and Dutch cruisers were damaged or destroyed during the defence of the Netherlands East Indies, including at such engagements as the Battle of the Java Sea.
	www.ipedia.com /asiatic_fleet.html (619 words)

	Fleet
		Fleet The Gods Forgot: The United States Asiatic Fleet...
		The heroic story of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet at the outbreak of World War II and their disastrous encounter with vastly superior Japanese forces.
		The Fleet must destroy a "human" foe capable of infiltrating the Fleet itself.
	www.growinglifestyle.com /us/j3186930 (290 words)

	The Fleet that did not Exist
		I believe knowledge of this, heretofore little-known Fleet be made public and it behooves me, your Yeoman, to make some space for this acknowledgement.
		By divine intervention, I have become acquainted with a number of Asiatic Fleet veterans and invited to the USS Trinity's reunion in San Diego earlier this month.
		Please note the U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Combined Forces 1910-1942 reunion was Feb. 26 to March 3, 2002 in Houston to commemorate the proclamation signed by President George W. Bush designating March 1, 2002, as Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day.
	www.usshancockcv19.com /asiatic_fleet1.htm (690 words)

	Battle of Midway: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was many years later, after he had become a Fleet Admiral that he actually was awarded his high school diploma.
		He then took the heavy cruiser Augusta (CA-31) to the Orient, where, under his command, she was flagship of the Asiatic Fleet in 1933-35.
		On 19 December 1944, he was advanced to the newly created rank of Fleet Admiral, and on 2 September 1945, was the United States signatory to the surrender terms aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
	library.nps.navy.mil /home/midway/nimitz.htm (1116 words)

	Alden DD-211
		While Alden lay at Mare Island, Smith Thompson (DD-212), in the Asiatic Fleet, had suffered heavy damage in a collision with Whipple (DD-217) on 14 April 1936, and, unfit for further service had been struck on 19 May. Alden, chosen to replace the lost Smith Thom pson, sailed on 15 July for the Asiatic Station.
		After hostilities broke out at Shanghai in mid-August, the ships of the Asiatic Fleet carried out a curtailed training schedule for the remainder of the summer and into the fall, chicfly standing by to assist Americans who might be affected by the Sino-Japanese War.
		The international climate making It dangerous to keep the Asiatic Fleet deployed to Chinese waters, Admiral Thomas C. Hart (who had reheved Admiral Yarnell as CINCAF in July 1939) withdrew it—with the exception of the river gunboats on the Yangtze and South China Patrols—to the Philippines in late 1940.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/destroyer/Aldendd211.html (4287 words)

	How Japan Plans To Win
		At least, the Japanese Fleet should be dispatched not so much to attack the United States Asiatic Fleet as to limit its activities and prevent its escape.
		Therefore, the first thing the Japanese Fleet should do in its attack upon the Philippines is to blockade the entire islands in order to cut off the escape of the United States Asiatic Fleet.
		THE OCCUPATION OF GUAM BY THE JAPANESE FLEET
	corregidor.org /chs_japan/japanwin.htm (3014 words)

	Pre-WWII Submarines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These submarines were originally designed to serve as scouts and combat auxiliaries to the surface fleet in the event of war with Japan.
		Lockwood was appointed Commander of the Asiatic Fleet in March 1942 and Submarine Force Commander one year later.
		They were sent out ahead of the fleet to covertly gather understanding of the enemy force, and then report back.
	www.csp.navy.mil /centennial/prewar.htm (1109 words)

	On the China Patrol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Not surprisingly, the Asiatic Fleet submarine force soon became part of “the China Navy” also, and in October 1922, a flotilla consisting of both SUBDIV 12 and SUBDIV 18 representatives made their first brief port call on the Asian mainland — visiting Hong Kong.
		As tensions mounted in the Far East and the likelihood of conflict with Japan increased relentlessly, the Asiatic Fleet moved closer and closer to a war footing in accordance with its expected role in the “Rainbow Five” war plan, which envisioned fighting a holding action in the Philippines against superior Japanese forces.
		This yielded a total of 29 Asiatic Fleet submarines at Manila on the eve of Pearl Harbor, organized in five divisions, which were re-numbered SUBDIVs 21, 22, 201, 202, and 203.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_17/chinapatrol.html (2630 words)

	Asiatic Fleet Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		According to my reading, the O-10 spent most of her career as a training ship and never ventured into the Pacific Ocean, so technically this photo is not related to the Asiatic Fleet.
		On 2 April 1928 she set sail for San Francisco, arriving on 4 May. My grandfather was aboard, and he snapped this photo of rough seas.
		After three years in the Asiatic Fleet, he was going home.
	www.employees.org /~redneck/submariner/asiatic_fleet.htm (511 words)

	From Dictionary of American Fighting Ships
		Hair-trigger mines and frequent foul weather made sweeping the barrage a difficult and dangerous mission but, by late in the autumn of 1919, the task was completed by a miscellaneous group of new minesweepers, chartered trawlers, and submarine chasers.
		En route, the minecraft plane-guarded at prearranged stations, serving as a direction-finding station for patrol planes winging their way to the Philippines to reinforce the Asiatic Fleet's air wing- Patrol Wing 10.
		She towed targets for the cruisers and destroyers of the Fleet to fire at during battle practices and gunnery shoots, assisted in unmooring and mooring the Fleet's submarine and destroyer tenders from buoys, and conducted similar activities.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/mine/am35.htm (2331 words)

	US People--Nimitz, Chester W. (1885-1966)
		With the rank of Admiral, and Fleet Admiral after December 1944, he commanded American forces during their long advance across the Pacific to full victory in August 1945.
		Fleet Admiral Nimitz became Chief of Naval Operations in December 1945.
		As a Fleet Admiral, he technically remained on active duty, and in 1949-52, served at the United Nations.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/pers-us/uspers-n/c-nimitz.htm (1032 words)

	Asiatic Fleet, November 1, 1940
		Note: * I do not have anything "official" on Asiatic Fleet** organization in 1940.
		This page is based on the 1939 organization, with known changes, such as teh addition of LANGLEY and HOUSTON and the subtraction of AUGUSTA.
		While I have matched commanders tot he unitsthey led, the actual organization of the fleet shown here should be taken as only a rough approximation at best.
	www.geocities.com /scs028a/1940Asiatic.html (74 words)

	SS-174, U.S.S. Shark
		Commissioned in 1936, Shark was a part of the Asiatic Fleet at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, departing Manila two days later.
		Returning to Manila on 19 December, Shark took aboard Admiral Thomas Hart, CINC, Asiatic Fleet, and his staff, transporting them to Surabaya, in Java.
		On 6 January 1942, Shark narrowly escaped being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.
	www.fleetsubmarine.com /ss-174.html (153 words)

	Articles - Asiatic Squadron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Asiatic Squadron, also known as the Asiatic Station, was the fleet of United States Navy warships and supporting elements stationed in the Pacific Ocean in the 19th century.
		The squadron subsequently became the Asiatic Fleet in 1902.
		Was upgraded to fleet status in 1902, see: US Asiatic Fleet for next Commanders.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Asiatic_Squadron?mySession=bacde839505ed006883dbb80e42c6583 (226 words)

	BookCrossing The Lonely Ships: The Life and Death of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet by Edwin P. Hoyt - Review - BookCrossing - ...
		And the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, without a single battleship, attempted a gallant but powerless defense of the Dutch East Indies.
		With only one superannuated aircraft carrier, the USS Langley, the fleet was unprepared for the unrelenting barrage of japanese fire.
		Here is the explosive true story of the lonely ships of the Asiatic Fleet, the men who defended its honor, and their valient effort to stem the tide of Japanese conquest in World War II.
	www.bookcrossing.com /journal/1579423/?category=History/book_The-Lonely-Ships:-The-Life-and-Death-of-the-U.S.-Asiatic-Fleet-Edwin-P.-Hoyt (505 words)

	DD-346 DANFS
		On 15 June, e,he proceeded to Newport, received torpedo equipment; and, on the 20th, got underway with her squadron for her new station, sailing via the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.
		The squadron arrived at Chefoo, China, on 26 August, and joined the Asiatic Fleet, with which she operated for seven years, based at Chefoo and Tsingtao in the summer and Manila in the winter.
		From 25 September to 3 October, she was stationed in Nagasaki harbor as relay ship, since all radio communications to Yokohama and Tokyo were out of commission.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/dd346txt.htm (1376 words)

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