u.s. 7th fleet

The United States 7th Fleet is a naval military unit based in Yokosuka, Japan. It is administratively under Commander, Pacific Fleet, along with having units near South Korea and Japan. The 7th Fleet participated in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, fighting in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. It proceeded to participate in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Afterwards, it conducted operations near North Vietnam, and participated in no major combat action until the Persian Gulf War, wherein it was placed under the command of NAVCENT (Naval Forces, U.S. Central Command). After the war ended, it was returned to the Pacific Fleet. Following the end of the Cold War, the two possible scenarios in which the 7th Fleet would be used would be in case of conflict in Korea or a conflict between The People's Republic of China and Taiwan in the Taiwan Straits. At present it is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets, with 50-60 ships, 350 aircraft and 60,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel. The Seventh Fleet, with the support of its Task Force Commanders, performs three major assignments:

Joint Task Force commander in the event of natural disaster or joint military operation
Operational commander for all naval forces in the region
Defense of the Korean Peninsula.

Of the 50-60 ships typically assigned to Seventh Fleet, 18 operate from U.S. facilities in Japan and Guam. These forward-deployed units represent the heart of Seventh Fleet. The 18 permanently forward-deployed ships of the US 7th Fleet are the centerpieces of American forward presence in Asia. They are 17 steaming days closer to locations in Asia than their counterparts based in the continental United States. It would take three to five times the number of rotationally based ships in the United States to equal the same presence and crisis response capability as these 18 forward deployed ships. On any given day, about 50 percent of Seventh Fleet forces are deployed at sea throughout the area of responsibility. The Seventh Fleet Command Ship is the USS Blue Ridge, forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. In 2004, Blue Ridge entered dry dock and command responsibility was transferred temporarily to USS Coronado (AGF-11). Blue Ridge returned to duty 27 September 2004.

Fleet Commanders

Vice Adm. Arthur S. Carpenter>

	(15 Mar. 1943 – 26 Nov. 1943)
• Vice Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid	(26 Nov. 1943 – 20 Nov. 1945)
• Vice Adm. Daniel E. Barbey	(20 Nov. 1945 – 2 Oct. 1946)
• Vice Adm. Charles M. Cooke	(2 Oct. 1946 – 28 Feb. 1948)
• Vice Adm. Oscar. C. Badger	(28 Feb. 1948 – 28 Aug. 1949)
• Vice Adm. Russell S. Berkey	(28 Aug. 1949 – 5 April 1950)
• Rear Adm. Walter. F. Boone	(5 April 1950 – 20 May 1950)
• Vice Adm. Arthur D. Struble	(20 May 1950 – 28 Mar. 1951)
• Vice Adm. Harold. M. Martin	(28 Mar. 1951 – 3 Mar. 1952)
• Vice Adm. Robert. P. Briscoe	(3 Mar. 1952 – 20 May 1952)
• Vice Adm. Joseph. J. Clark	(20 May 1952 – 1 Dec. 1953)
• Vice Adm. Alfred M. Pride	(1 Dec. 1953 – 9 Dec. 1955)
• Vice Adm. Stuart H. Ingersoll	(19 Dec. 1955 – 28 Jan. 1957)
• Vice Adm. Wallace M. Beakley	(28 Jan. 1957 – 30 Sept. 1958)
• Vice Adm. Frederick N. Kivette	(30 Sept. 1958 – 7 Mar. 1960)
• Vice Adm. Charles D. Griffin	(7 Mar. 1960 – 28 Oct. 1961)
• Vice Adm. William A. Schoech	(28 Oct 1961 – 13 Oct. 1962)
• Vice Adm. Thomas H. Moorer	(13 Oct. 1962 – 15 June 1964)
• Vice Adm. Roy L. Johnson	(15 June 1964 – 1 Mar. 1965)
• Vice Adm. Paul P. Blackburn	(1 Mar. 1965 – 9 Oct. 1965)
• Rear Adm. Joseph W. Williams, Jr.	(9 Oct. 1965 – 13 Dec. 1965)
• Vice Adm. John J. Hyland	(13 Dec. 1965 – 6 Nov. 1967)
• Vice Adm. William F. Bringle	(6 Nov. 1967 – 10 Mar. 1970)
• Vice Adm. Maurice F. Weisner	(10 Mar. 1970 – 18 June 1971)
• Vice Adm. William P. Mack	(18 June 1971 – 23 May 1972)
• Vice Adm. James L. Holloway, III	(23 May 1972 – 28 July 1973)
• Vice Adm. George P. Steele	(28 July 1973 – 14 June 1975)
• Vice Adm. Thomas B. Hayward	(14 June 1975 – 24 July 1976)
• Vice Adm. Robert B. Baldwin	(24 July 1976 – 31 May 1978)
• Vice Adm. Sylvester Robert Foley, Jr.	(31 May 1978 – 14 Feb. 1980)
• Vice Adm. Carlisle A.H. Trost	(14 Feb. 1980 – 15 Sept. 1981)
• Vice Adm. Martin Stasser Holcomb	(15 Sept. 1981 – 9 May 1983)
• Vice Adm. James R. Hogg	(9 May 1983 – 4 March 1985)
• Vice Adm. Paul F. McCarthy, Jr.	(4 March 1985 – 9 Dec. 1986)
• Vice Adm. Paul D. Miller	(9 Dec. 1986 – 21 Oct. 1988)
• Vice Adm. Henry H. Mauz, Jr.	(21 Oct. 1988 – 1 Dec. 1990)
• Vice Adm. Stanley R. Arthur	(1 Dec. 1990 – 3 July 1992)
• Vice Adm. Timothy W. Wright	(3 July 1992 – 28 July 1994)
• Vice Adm. Archie R. Clemins	(28 July 1994 – 13 Sept. 1996)
• Vice Adm. Robert J. Natter	(13 Sept. 1996 – 12 Aug. 1998)
• Vice Adm. Walter F. Doran	(12 Aug. 1998 – 12 July 2000)
• Vice Adm. James W. Metzger	(12 July 2000 – 18 July 2002)
• Vice Adm. Robert F. Willard	(18 July 2002 – 6 Aug. 2004)
• Vice Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert	(6 Aug. 2004 – Present)

External links

Official Seventh Fleet web site

7th Fleet

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