United States Second Fleet
 United States Second Fleet    | |
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 The re-established US 2nd Fleet | |
| Type | Fleet |
| A fleet in the United States Navy responsible for the East Coast and North Atlantic Ocean | |
The United States Second Fleet is a numbered fleet in the United States Navy responsible for the East Coast and North Atlantic Ocean.[1] The Fleet was established following World War II. In September 2011, Second Fleet was deactivated in view of the United States Government's perception that the potential military threat posed by Russia had diminished. On 4 May 2018, Admiral John M. Richardson, the Chief of Naval Operations, announced plans to reestablish Second Fleet amid heightened tensions between NATO and Russia.[2] It was reestablished on 24 August 2018, with Vice Adm. Andrew “Woody” Lewis in command.[3]
Second Fleet's historic area of responsibility included approximately 6,700,000 square miles (17,000,000 km2) of the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the Caribbean and from the shores of the United States to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Second Fleet's United States West Coast counterpart was United States First Fleet from the immediate post-World War II years until 1973, and United States Third Fleet from 1973.
Prior to its 2011 disestablishment, Second Fleet oversaw approximately 126 ships, 4,500 aircraft, and 90,000 personnel home-ported at US Navy installations along the United States East Coast.[4]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:On Naval Blockades and A Hard Days War | Article | 11 October 2018 | Christopher Black | The NATO leadership are in love with war. They enjoy frightening people. They enjoy the killing. It gives them a thrill talking about it when they sit down in their comfortable chairs and have their cocktails after a hard days war. |
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