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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="#Fleet_commanders">Commander</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">VADM</a> <a href="/wiki/John_F.G._Wade" title="John F.G. Wade">John F.G. Wade</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Deputy Commander</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral_(lower_half)" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RDML</a> Richard W. Meyer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Command Master Chief</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Command_master_chief_petty_officer" title="Command master chief petty officer">CMDCM</a> H. Trenton Schmidt</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fleet_admiral_(United_States)" title="Fleet admiral (United States)">FADM</a> <a href="/wiki/William_F._Halsey" class="mw-redirect" title="William F. Halsey">William F. Halsey</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>United States Third Fleet</b> is one of the <a href="/wiki/Numbered_fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Numbered fleet">numbered fleets</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>. Third Fleet's area of responsibility includes approximately fifty million square miles of the eastern and northern <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> areas including the <a href="/wiki/Bering_Sea" title="Bering Sea">Bering Sea</a>, Alaska, the <a href="/wiki/Aleutian_Islands" title="Aleutian Islands">Aleutian Islands</a>, and a sector of the Arctic. Major oil and trade sea lines of communication within this area are critically important to the economic health of the United States and friendly nations throughout the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Rim" title="Pacific Rim">Pacific Rim</a> region.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>First established in 1943, the Third Fleet conducted extensive operations against <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Empire">Japanese</a> forces in the Central Pacific during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Deactivated in 1945, the fleet remained inactive until 1973, when it was reactivated and assumed its current responsibilities. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission">Mission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Third_Fleet&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Third Fleet plans and executes naval operations in the Pacific Ocean. The fleet provides maritime homeland defense, regional security, and humanitarian operations support through integrated naval and coastguard forces acting as a single Sea Service. It strengthens relations between the U.S. and its allies and partners through joint, inter-agency and multinational exercises and operations like Rim of the Pacific, Pacific Partnership, and Fleet Weeks. The Third Fleet ensures realistic, relevant training to its personnel so they have the necessary skills to promote peace and prevail in conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-Third_Fleet_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Third_Fleet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Third Fleet is a combat-ready power in control of ships, submarines, and aircraft stationed in <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>. The Third Fleet's sea-going force includes five <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> strike groups, each consisting of a combination of <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruisers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigates</a>. They also have more than 30 <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarines</a> and a dozen <a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_ship" title="Auxiliary ship">supply ships</a> to support the strike groups. Third Fleet's air forces comprises more than 400 Navy aircraft, including <a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye">Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeyes</a>, <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B_Harrier_II" title="McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II">McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bell_AH-1_SuperCobra" title="Bell AH-1 SuperCobra">Bell AH-1Z SuperCobra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_SH-60_Seahawk" title="Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk">Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk</a> helicopters.<sup id="cite_ref-Third_Fleet_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Third_Fleet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Third_Fleet&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Third_Fleet&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Third Fleet was originally formed during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> on 15 March 1943 under the command of <a href="/wiki/William_Halsey,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William Halsey, Jr.">Admiral William F. Halsey</a>. Its on-shore headquarters at <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a>, Hawaii was established on 15 June 1944. The ships of the Third Fleet also formed the basis of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fifth_Fleet" title="United States Fifth Fleet">Fifth Fleet</a>, formed on 26 April 1944, which was the designation of the "Big Blue Fleet" when under the command of Admiral <a href="/wiki/Raymond_A._Spruance" title="Raymond A. Spruance">Raymond A. Spruance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spruance and Halsey alternated command of the fleet for major operations, allowing the other admiral and his staff time to plan for subsequent operations. A secondary benefit was confusing the Japanese into thinking that there were actually two separate fleets as the fleet designation flipped back and forth.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While under Halsey's command as the Third Fleet, the fleet operated in and around the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Formosa" class="mw-redirect" title="Formosa">Formosa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ryukyu_Islands" title="Ryukyu Islands">Ryukyu Islands</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_archipelago" title="Japanese archipelago">Japanese Home Islands</a>, first with the <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleship</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_New_Jersey_(BB-62)" title="USS New Jersey (BB-62)">USS <i>New Jersey</i></a> and, from May 1945 to the end of the war, the battleship <a href="/wiki/USS_Missouri_(BB-63)" title="USS Missouri (BB-63)">USS <i>Missouri</i></a> as its <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a>. As the Third Fleet, it took part in the <a href="/wiki/Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign" title="Mariana and Palau Islands campaign">Palau Islands campaign</a> of September–November 1944 and the <a href="/wiki/Philippines_Campaign_(1944-45)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippines Campaign (1944-45)">Philippines campaign</a> of 1944–1945, defeated the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> in two of the four major actions – the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sibuyan_Sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Sibuyan Sea">Battle of the Sibuyan Sea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_off_Cape_Enga%C3%B1o" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle off Cape Engaño">Battle off Cape Engaño</a> – that made up the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf" title="Battle of Leyte Gulf">Battle of Leyte Gulf</a> in October 1944, encountered the damaging <a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Cobra_(1944)" class="mw-redirect" title="Typhoon Cobra (1944)">Typhoon Cobra</a> in December 1944, endured <a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Connie" class="mw-redirect" title="Typhoon Connie">Typhoon Connie</a> in June 1945, and took part in the war's final operations in Japanese waters in the summer of 1945, launching air attacks on Tokyo, the naval base at <a href="/wiki/Kure,_Hiroshima" title="Kure, Hiroshima">Kure</a>, and the island of <a href="/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaidō">Hokkaidō</a> and <a href="/wiki/Allied_naval_bombardments_of_Japan_during_World_War_II" title="Allied naval bombardments of Japan during World War II">bombarding several Japanese coastal cities</a> with naval gunfire. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/British_Pacific_Fleet" title="British Pacific Fleet">British Pacific Fleet</a> was operating as <a href="/wiki/Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Task Force">Task Force</a> 57 of the Fifth Fleet when Halsey relieved Spruance of command in May 1945. Like the rest of the Fifth Fleet's ships, the British ships were resubordinated from Spruance's Fifth Fleet to Halsey's Third Fleet. The British Pacific Fleet then constituted Task Force 37 under the Third Fleet's operational command through the end of World War II on 15 August 1945. </p><p>The Third Fleet's next major combat operation would have been <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall#Olympic" title="Operation Downfall">Operation Olympic</a>, the invasion of <a href="/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu">Kyushu</a> in the Japanese Home Islands, scheduled to begin on 1 November 1945, during which it would have operated simultaneously with the Fifth Fleet for the first time.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Category:All_self-contradictory_articles" title="Category:All self-contradictory articles"><span title="If there was only one fleet in reality, how would they operate simultaneously? (July 2023)">contradictory</span></a></i>]</sup> The end of the war made this operation unnecessary. </p><p>Embarked aboard <i>Missouri</i>, Admiral Halsey led the Third Fleet into <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a> on 29 August 1945. On 2 September 1945, the documents of <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">surrender of the Japanese Empire</a> ending the war were signed on <i>Missouri</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s deck. The Third Fleet remained in Japanese waters until late September 1945, when its ships were directed to proceed to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_West_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="United States West Coast">United States West Coast</a>. On 7 October 1945, the Third Fleet was designated a reserve fleet and decommissioned from active status. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Re-establishment_and_after">Re-establishment and after</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Third_Fleet&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Re-establishment and after"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USN_Fleets_(1980s).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/USN_Fleets_%281980s%29.png/220px-USN_Fleets_%281980s%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/USN_Fleets_%281980s%29.png/330px-USN_Fleets_%281980s%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/USN_Fleets_%281980s%29.png/440px-USN_Fleets_%281980s%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>The areas of responsibility of the United States <a href="/wiki/United_States_Second_Fleet" title="United States Second Fleet">Second</a> (marked "2F"), Third ("3F"), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Sixth_Fleet" title="United States Sixth Fleet">Sixth</a> ("6F"), and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Seventh_Fleet" title="United States Seventh Fleet">Seventh</a> ("7F") Fleets during the 1980s.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USN_Fleets_(2009).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/USN_Fleets_%282009%29.png/220px-USN_Fleets_%282009%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/USN_Fleets_%282009%29.png/330px-USN_Fleets_%282009%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/USN_Fleets_%282009%29.png/440px-USN_Fleets_%282009%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>The areas of responsibility of the United States <a href="/wiki/United_States_Second_Fleet" title="United States Second Fleet">Second</a> (marked "2F"), Third ("3F"), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fourth_Fleet" title="United States Fourth Fleet">Fourth</a> ("4F"), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fifth_Fleet" title="United States Fifth Fleet">Fifth</a> ("5F"), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Sixth_Fleet" title="United States Sixth Fleet">Sixth</a> ("6F"), and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Seventh_Fleet" title="United States Seventh Fleet">Seventh</a> ("7F") Fleets in 2009.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 1 February 1973, following a reorganization of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Fleet" title="United States Pacific Fleet">Pacific Fleet</a>, the Third Fleet was recommissioned as an active fleet and assumed the duties of the former <a href="/wiki/United_States_First_Fleet" title="United States First Fleet">First Fleet</a> and Pacific <a href="/wiki/Anti-Submarine_Warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Submarine Warfare">Anti-Submarine Warfare</a> Force located at <a href="/wiki/Ford_Island" title="Ford Island">Ford Island</a>, Hawaii. Third Fleet's new duties were to train naval forces for overseas deployment and evaluate state-of-the-art technology for fleet use. Additionally, Third Fleet could deploy in the event of a major conflict. </p><p>On 26 November 1986, Commander, Third Fleet shifted his flag from his headquarters ashore to resume status as an afloat commander for the first time since World War II, aboard <a href="/wiki/USS_Coronado_(AGF-11)" title="USS Coronado (AGF-11)">USS <i>Coronado</i></a>. In August 1991, Third Fleet's commander, his staff and the command ship <i>Coronado</i> shifted homeports to <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>. In September 2003, Commander, Third Fleet shifted his flag from the command ship <i>Coronado</i> to headquarters ashore at Point Loma, San Diego, California.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>USS <i>Ronald Reagan</i> and other Third Fleet ships participated in the International Fleet Review (IFR) commemorating the 100th birthday of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy" title="Royal Canadian Navy">Royal Canadian Navy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia" title="Victoria, British Columbia">Victoria, British Columbia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joining <i>Ronald Reagan</i> for the naval review were the cruiser <a href="/wiki/USS_Chosin" title="USS Chosin"><i>Chosin</i></a>, the destroyer <a href="/wiki/USS_Sampson_(DDG-102)" title="USS Sampson (DDG-102)"><i>Sampson</i></a>, and the frigate <a href="/wiki/USS_Ford_(FFG-54)" title="USS Ford (FFG-54)"><i>Ford</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CVN74history2010_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CVN74history2010-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The naval review took place 9–12 June 2010, and it involved 21 naval ships and more than 8,000 naval personnel from Canada, the <a href="/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">French Navy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force">Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Navy" title="Royal New Zealand Navy">Royal New Zealand Navy</a>, and the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, <a href="/wiki/Nora_Tyson" class="mw-redirect" title="Nora Tyson">Nora Tyson</a> was installed as the new commander of the Third Fleet, making her the first woman to lead a numbered fleet in the U.S. Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-fox5sandiego1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fox5sandiego1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-steele1965_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steele1965-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_operations">Current operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Third_Fleet&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Current operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Third Fleet's primary mission is one of conflict deterrence, but in the event of general war, it would conduct prompt and sustained combat operations at sea. Such operations would be executed well forward and early in a conflict to carry out the primary wartime mission of Third Fleet—the defense of the western sea approaches to the United States, including Alaska and the <a href="/wiki/Aleutian_Islands" title="Aleutian Islands">Aleutian Islands</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> There are four Carrier Strike Groups reportedly assigned to the Third Fleet: <a href="/wiki/USS_Nimitz" title="USS Nimitz">USS <i>Nimitz</i> (CVN-68)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carrier_Strike_Group_Eleven" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Strike Group Eleven">Carrier Strike Group Eleven</a>; <a href="/wiki/USS_Carl_Vinson" title="USS Carl Vinson">USS <i>Carl Vinson</i> (CVN-70)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carrier_Strike_Group_One" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Strike Group One">Carrier Strike Group One</a>; <a href="/wiki/USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_(CVN-71)" title="USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)">USS <i>Theodore Roosevelt</i> (CVN-71)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carrier_Strike_Group_Nine" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Strike Group Nine">Carrier Strike Group Nine</a>; and <a href="/wiki/USS_Abraham_Lincoln_(CVN-72)" title="USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)">USS <i>Abraham Lincoln</i> (CVN-72)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carrier_Strike_Group_Three" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Strike Group Three">Carrier Strike Group Three</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In peacetime, Third Fleet continually trains Navy and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a> forces for their expeditionary warfare mission. Third Fleet training has been designed to ensure that deploying forces are fully prepared for joint operations. All training is conducted within a joint environment—employing joint doctrine, terminology, procedures, command and control—to ensure that forces are ready to join with the other <a href="/wiki/United_States_armed_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="United States armed forces">United States armed forces</a> branches under a joint command structure. </p><p>Commander, Third Fleet is also designated as a <a href="/wiki/Task_force#Joint_Task_Force" title="Task force">Joint Task Force</a> (JTF) commander. In that capacity, the commander and their staff may be assigned responsibilities for command of joint U.S. forces deployed in response to a specific event or contingency. As such, the JTF commander reports via a joint <a href="/wiki/Command_hierarchy" title="Command hierarchy">chain of command</a> to a unified commander. Commander, U.S. Pacific Command is the unified commander in the Pacific theater. </p><p>To allow 7th Fleet to focus more resources on a potential North Korean contingency, the 3rd Fleet is building up its ability to operate forces beyond the <a href="/wiki/International_Date_Line" title="International Date Line">International Date Line</a>, in areas of the Western Pacific hitherto commanded by 7th Fleet. The "3rd Fleet Forward" concept was announced by U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Admiral <a href="/wiki/Scott_Swift" class="mw-redirect" title="Scott Swift">Scott Swift</a> in 2015, but 3rd Fleet commander Vice Adm. <a href="/wiki/Nora_Tyson" class="mw-redirect" title="Nora Tyson">Nora Tyson</a> said at the "WEST 2017" conference that the North Korean threat was a main driver behind this effort:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote> <p>"What we have done in the past really 18 months is we, 3rd Fleet, have worked very closely with 7th Fleet and PACFLT in developing our, 3rd fleet's, capability to command and control forces forward in the Western Pacific, with the assumption that if something were to happen – and as [Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Aucoin" title="Joseph Aucoin">Joseph Aucoin</a>, Commander 7th Fleet] said, the number-one probability fight-tonight scenario would be on the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Peninsula">Korean Peninsula</a>. "If that were the case, the assumption is that [Aucoin] and his team would be pretty busy up there.. working for General Brooks [ComUSFK/CFC/UNC] and 3rd Fleet would be available to provide that command element to handle whatever else may happen in the Pacific Fleet AOR ...be it a major humanitarian disaster requiring that level of [joint task force] three-star commander, be it some scenario, maritime security issue in the South China Sea. So we have been working very closely with 7th Fleet, [Aucoin] and his team, and PACFLT to ensure that we have the connective tissue where if something were to happen that 3rd Fleet could very quickly respond, complement [Aucoin] and his team and handle whatever scenario may come to pass in the Pacific theater." </p> </blockquote> <p>In April 2016, Vice Admiral Tyson deployed a three-ship <a href="/wiki/Surface_Action_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Surface Action Group">Surface Action Group</a> of warships (<i>Momsen,</i> <i>Spruance</i>, and <a href="/wiki/USS_Decatur_(DDG-73)" title="USS Decatur (DDG-73)">USS <i>Decatur</i> (DDG-73)</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) to the Western Pacific. On Oct. 21, one of them, the destroyer USS <i>Decatur</i> conducted a "<a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_Navigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Freedom of Navigation">Freedom of Navigation</a>" passage near the <a href="/wiki/Paracel_Islands" title="Paracel Islands">Paracel Islands</a>, separately claimed by the PRC, Vietnam and Taiwan. All three ships remained under Third Fleet command during the entire operation. As Tyson partially acknowledged during her WEST 2017 conference remarks, "the Chinese know that this administrative (and) operational innovation is directed at them," said Toshi Yoshihara, a U.S. <a href="/wiki/Naval_War_College" title="Naval War College">Naval War College</a> professor in January 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Component_units">Component units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Third_Fleet&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Component units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>U.S. Third Fleet component units include the following:<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carrier_Strike_Group_One" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Strike Group One">Carrier Strike Group One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrier_Strike_Group_Three" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Strike Group Three">Carrier Strike Group Three</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrier_Strike_Group_Nine" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Strike Group Nine">Carrier Strike Group Nine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrier_Strike_Group_Eleven" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Strike Group Eleven">Carrier Strike Group Eleven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrier_Strike_Group_Fifteen" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Strike Group Fifteen">Carrier Strike Group Fifteen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expeditionary_Strike_Group_Three" class="mw-redirect" title="Expeditionary Strike Group Three">Expeditionary Strike Group Three</a></li> <li>Naval Surface Group Mid-Pacific</li> <li>Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One</li> <li>Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing</li> <li>Mine Countermeasures Group Three</li> <li>Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One</li> <li>Coastal Riverine Group One</li> <li>Navy Air and Missile Defense Command</li> <li>Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command</li> <li>Submarine and Theater Anti-Submarine Warfare Force Third Fleet</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Task_Forces">Task Forces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Third_Fleet&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Task Forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <th scope="col">Task Force Name </th> <th scope="col">Task Force Type </th> <th scope="col">Location/Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=CTF-30&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CTF-30 (page does not exist)">CTF-30</a> </th> <td>Battle force </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Task_Force_31" title="Task Force 31">Task Force 31</a> </th> <td>Command and Coordination Force </td> <td>Source Polmar <i>Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet</i>, 18th Ed., 2005. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=CTF-32&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CTF-32 (page does not exist)">CTF-32</a> </th> <td>Ready Force </td> <td>Source Polmar <i>Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet</i>, 18th Ed., 2005. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=CTF-33&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CTF-33 (page does not exist)">CTF-33</a> </th> <td>Logistics support force </td> <td>Point Loma. <a href="/wiki/Military_Sealift_Command" title="Military Sealift Command">Military Sealift Command</a>, Pacific (MSCPAC) is responsible for MSC ships operating in the Eastern Pacific. It is dual-hatted as Commander, Task Force 33, directing the underway delivery of fuel, provisions, ordnance and towing services to Navy combatants in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=CTF-34&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CTF-34 (page does not exist)">CTF-34</a> </th> <td>Theatre ASW force </td> <td>Pearl Harbor, HI<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=CTF-35&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CTF-35 (page does not exist)">CTF-35</a> </th> <td>Surface combatant force </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=CTF-36&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CTF-36 (page does not exist)">CTF-36</a> </th> <td>Amphibious force </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=CTF-37&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CTF-37 (page does not exist)">CTF-37</a> </th> <td>Mine Countermeasures Group Three </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=CTF-39&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CTF-39 (page does not exist)">CTF-39</a> </th> <td>Landing force </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_commanders">List of commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Third_Fleet&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: List of commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/20px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Third_Fleet&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2021</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th colspan="2">Commander </th> <th colspan="3">Term </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Term length </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Admiral_William_F._Halsey.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="William F. Halsey Jr."><img alt="William F. Halsey Jr." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Admiral_William_F._Halsey.jpg/100px-Admiral_William_F._Halsey.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Admiral_William_F._Halsey.jpg/150px-Admiral_William_F._Halsey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Admiral_William_F._Halsey.jpg/200px-Admiral_William_F._Halsey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2316" data-file-height="2920" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Halsey, William Frederick Jr.</span><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(United_States)" title="Admiral (United States)">Admiral</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/William_F._Halsey_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William F. Halsey Jr.">William F. Halsey Jr.</a></b><br /><small>(1882–1959)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 March 1943</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 October 1945</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002937000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 206 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VADM_Howard_F._Kingman,_USN.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Howard F. Kingman"><img alt="Howard F. Kingman" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/VADM_Howard_F._Kingman%2C_USN.jpg/100px-VADM_Howard_F._Kingman%2C_USN.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/VADM_Howard_F._Kingman%2C_USN.jpg/150px-VADM_Howard_F._Kingman%2C_USN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/VADM_Howard_F._Kingman%2C_USN.jpg/200px-VADM_Howard_F._Kingman%2C_USN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="989" data-file-height="1384" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Kingman, Howard Fithian</span><a href="/wiki/Vice_Admiral_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Admiral (United States)">Vice Admiral</a><br /><b>Howard F. Kingman</b><br /><small>(1890–1968)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 November 1945</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 November 1946</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002373000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 8 days</td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" align="center"><i>Inactive (1946–1973)</i> </td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VADM_William_T._Rapp,_USN.png" class="mw-file-description" title="William T. Rapp"><img alt="William T. Rapp" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/VADM_William_T._Rapp%2C_USN.png/100px-VADM_William_T._Rapp%2C_USN.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/VADM_William_T._Rapp%2C_USN.png/150px-VADM_William_T._Rapp%2C_USN.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/VADM_William_T._Rapp%2C_USN.png/200px-VADM_William_T._Rapp%2C_USN.png 2x" data-file-width="322" data-file-height="458" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Rapp, William Theodore</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b>William T. Rapp</b><br /><small>(1920–1988)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 February 1973</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">August 1974</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002546000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 181 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Henry_Doyle_Jr.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James H. Doyle Jr."><img alt="James H. Doyle Jr." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/James_Henry_Doyle_Jr.jpg/100px-James_Henry_Doyle_Jr.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/James_Henry_Doyle_Jr.jpg/150px-James_Henry_Doyle_Jr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/James_Henry_Doyle_Jr.jpg/200px-James_Henry_Doyle_Jr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="853" data-file-height="1067" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Doyle, James Henry Jr.</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/James_H._Doyle_Jr." title="James H. Doyle Jr.">James H. Doyle Jr.</a></b><br /><small>(1925–2018)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">August 1974</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">July 1975</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002334000000000000♠"></span>334 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coogan,_Robert_P.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Robert P. Coogan"><img alt="Robert P. Coogan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Coogan%2C_Robert_P.jpg/100px-Coogan%2C_Robert_P.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Coogan%2C_Robert_P.jpg/150px-Coogan%2C_Robert_P.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Coogan%2C_Robert_P.jpg/200px-Coogan%2C_Robert_P.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="835" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Coogan, Robert Paul</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_P._Coogan" title="Robert P. Coogan">Robert P. Coogan</a></b><br /><small>(1922–2015)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">July 1975</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1976</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002428000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 62 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._Samuel_L._Gravely,_Jr.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Samuel L. Gravely Jr."><img alt="Samuel L. Gravely Jr." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Vice_Adm._Samuel_L._Gravely%2C_Jr.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._Samuel_L._Gravely%2C_Jr.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Vice_Adm._Samuel_L._Gravely%2C_Jr.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._Samuel_L._Gravely%2C_Jr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Vice_Adm._Samuel_L._Gravely%2C_Jr.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._Samuel_L._Gravely%2C_Jr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="274" data-file-height="350" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Gravely, Samuel Lee</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Gravely_Jr." title="Samuel L. Gravely Jr.">Samuel L. Gravely Jr.</a></b><br /><small>(1922–2014)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1976</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1978</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002730000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 0 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kinnaird_R._McKee_DN-SC-86-01010.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Kinnaird R. McKee"><img alt="Kinnaird R. McKee" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Kinnaird_R._McKee_DN-SC-86-01010.JPG/100px-Kinnaird_R._McKee_DN-SC-86-01010.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Kinnaird_R._McKee_DN-SC-86-01010.JPG/150px-Kinnaird_R._McKee_DN-SC-86-01010.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Kinnaird_R._McKee_DN-SC-86-01010.JPG/200px-Kinnaird_R._McKee_DN-SC-86-01010.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">McKee, Kinnaird Rowe</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Kinnaird_R._McKee" title="Kinnaird R. McKee">Kinnaird R. McKee</a></b><br /><small>(1929–2013)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1978</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">October 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002395000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 30 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:0141_-_Vice_Admiral_Edward_C._Waller.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Edward C. Waller III"><img alt="Edward C. Waller III" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/0141_-_Vice_Admiral_Edward_C._Waller.jpg/100px-0141_-_Vice_Admiral_Edward_C._Waller.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/0141_-_Vice_Admiral_Edward_C._Waller.jpg/150px-0141_-_Vice_Admiral_Edward_C._Waller.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/0141_-_Vice_Admiral_Edward_C._Waller.jpg/200px-0141_-_Vice_Admiral_Edward_C._Waller.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1486" data-file-height="1881" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Waller, Edward C. III</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_C._Waller_III" title="Edward C. Waller III">Edward C. Waller III</a></b><br /><small>(1926–2021)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">October 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">August 1981</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002670000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 304 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_S_Briggs_VADM.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Edward S. Briggs"><img alt="Edward S. Briggs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Edward_S_Briggs_VADM.jpeg/100px-Edward_S_Briggs_VADM.jpeg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Edward_S_Briggs_VADM.jpeg/150px-Edward_S_Briggs_VADM.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Edward_S_Briggs_VADM.jpeg/200px-Edward_S_Briggs_VADM.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1904" data-file-height="2852" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Briggs, Edward Samuel</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_S._Briggs" title="Edward S. Briggs">Edward S. Briggs</a></b><br /><small>(1926–2022)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">August 1981</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1981</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7001310000000000000♠"></span>31 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_P_Lawrence.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="William P. Lawrence"><img alt="William P. Lawrence" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/William_P_Lawrence.jpg/100px-William_P_Lawrence.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/William_P_Lawrence.jpg/150px-William_P_Lawrence.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/William_P_Lawrence.jpg/200px-William_P_Lawrence.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Lawrence, William Porter</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/William_P._Lawrence" title="William P. Lawrence">William P. Lawrence</a></b><br /><small>(1930–2005)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1981</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">August 1983</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002699000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 334 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_S._Jones_(4).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Donald S. Jones"><img alt="Donald S. Jones" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Donald_S._Jones_%284%29.jpg/100px-Donald_S._Jones_%284%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Donald_S._Jones_%284%29.jpg/150px-Donald_S._Jones_%284%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Donald_S._Jones_%284%29.jpg/200px-Donald_S._Jones_%284%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="814" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Jones, Donald S.</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Donald_S._Jones" title="Donald S. Jones">Donald S. Jones</a></b><br /><small>(1928–2004)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">August 1983</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">August 1985</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002731000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 0 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VADM_Thomas_R._Kinnebrew,_USN.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thomas R. Kinnebrew"><img alt="Thomas R. Kinnebrew" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/VADM_Thomas_R._Kinnebrew%2C_USN.jpg/100px-VADM_Thomas_R._Kinnebrew%2C_USN.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/VADM_Thomas_R._Kinnebrew%2C_USN.jpg/150px-VADM_Thomas_R._Kinnebrew%2C_USN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/VADM_Thomas_R._Kinnebrew%2C_USN.jpg/200px-VADM_Thomas_R._Kinnebrew%2C_USN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="561" data-file-height="765" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Kinnebrew, Thomas Richard</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b>Thomas R. Kinnebrew</b><br /><small>(1930–2009)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">August 1985</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1985</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7001310000000000000♠"></span>31 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VADM_Kendall_E._Moranville,_USN.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kendall E. Moranville"><img alt="Kendall E. Moranville" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/VADM_Kendall_E._Moranville%2C_USN.jpg/100px-VADM_Kendall_E._Moranville%2C_USN.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/VADM_Kendall_E._Moranville%2C_USN.jpg/150px-VADM_Kendall_E._Moranville%2C_USN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/VADM_Kendall_E._Moranville%2C_USN.jpg/200px-VADM_Kendall_E._Moranville%2C_USN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="782" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Moranville, Kendall Elmer</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b>Kendall E. Moranville</b><br /><small>(1932–2001)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1985</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">June 1986</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002273000000000000♠"></span>273 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">14</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Diego_E._Hernandez.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Diego E. Hernández"><img alt="Diego E. Hernández" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Diego_E._Hernandez.jpeg/100px-Diego_E._Hernandez.jpeg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Diego_E._Hernandez.jpeg/150px-Diego_E._Hernandez.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Diego_E._Hernandez.jpeg/200px-Diego_E._Hernandez.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2127" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Hernández, Diego Edyl</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Diego_E._Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Diego E. Hernández">Diego E. Hernández</a></b><br /><small>(1934–2017)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">August 1986</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">January 1989</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002884000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 153 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VADM_James_F._Dorsey,_USN.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James F. Dorsey"><img alt="James F. Dorsey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/VADM_James_F._Dorsey%2C_USN.jpg/100px-VADM_James_F._Dorsey%2C_USN.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/VADM_James_F._Dorsey%2C_USN.jpg/150px-VADM_James_F._Dorsey%2C_USN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/VADM_James_F._Dorsey%2C_USN.jpg/200px-VADM_James_F._Dorsey%2C_USN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2401" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Dorsey, James Francis</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b>James F. Dorsey</b><br /><small>(born 1934)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">January 1989</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">April 1991</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002820000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 90 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rear_Admiral_Jerry_L._Unruh,_USN_(covered).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jerry L. Unruh"><img alt="Jerry L. Unruh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Rear_Admiral_Jerry_L._Unruh%2C_USN_%28covered%29.jpg/100px-Rear_Admiral_Jerry_L._Unruh%2C_USN_%28covered%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Rear_Admiral_Jerry_L._Unruh%2C_USN_%28covered%29.jpg/150px-Rear_Admiral_Jerry_L._Unruh%2C_USN_%28covered%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Rear_Admiral_Jerry_L._Unruh%2C_USN_%28covered%29.jpg/200px-Rear_Admiral_Jerry_L._Unruh%2C_USN_%28covered%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2283" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Unruh, Jerry Lee</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Jerry_L._Unruh" title="Jerry L. Unruh">Jerry L. Unruh</a></b><br /><small>(born 1939)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">April 1991</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">July 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7003118700000000000♠"></span>3 years, 91 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Admiral_Conrad_C._Lautenbacher,_USN.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Conrad C. Lautenbacher"><img alt="Conrad C. Lautenbacher" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Vice_Admiral_Conrad_C._Lautenbacher%2C_USN.jpg/100px-Vice_Admiral_Conrad_C._Lautenbacher%2C_USN.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Vice_Admiral_Conrad_C._Lautenbacher%2C_USN.jpg/150px-Vice_Admiral_Conrad_C._Lautenbacher%2C_USN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Vice_Admiral_Conrad_C._Lautenbacher%2C_USN.jpg/200px-Vice_Admiral_Conrad_C._Lautenbacher%2C_USN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Lautenbacher, Conrad Charles Jr.</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Conrad_C._Lautenbacher" title="Conrad C. Lautenbacher">Conrad C. Lautenbacher</a></b><br /><small>(born 1942)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">July 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">October 1996</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002823000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 92 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._Herbert_A._Browne_II.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Herbert A. Browne II"><img alt="Herbert A. Browne II" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Vice_Adm._Herbert_A._Browne_II.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._Herbert_A._Browne_II.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Vice_Adm._Herbert_A._Browne_II.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._Herbert_A._Browne_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Vice_Adm._Herbert_A._Browne_II.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._Herbert_A._Browne_II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="748" data-file-height="1056" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Browne, Herbert A. II</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b>Herbert A. Browne II</b><br /><small>(born 1943)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">October 1996</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">November 1998</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002761000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 31 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Vice_Admiral_Dennis_V._McGinn,_USN.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dennis V. McGinn"><img alt="Dennis V. McGinn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Portrait_of_Vice_Admiral_Dennis_V._McGinn%2C_USN.jpg/100px-Portrait_of_Vice_Admiral_Dennis_V._McGinn%2C_USN.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Portrait_of_Vice_Admiral_Dennis_V._McGinn%2C_USN.jpg/150px-Portrait_of_Vice_Admiral_Dennis_V._McGinn%2C_USN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Portrait_of_Vice_Admiral_Dennis_V._McGinn%2C_USN.jpg/200px-Portrait_of_Vice_Admiral_Dennis_V._McGinn%2C_USN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2243" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">McGinn, Dennis Vincent</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Dennis_V._McGinn" title="Dennis V. McGinn">Dennis V. McGinn</a></b><br /><small>(born 1945)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">November 1998</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 October 2000</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002705000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 340 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._Toney_M._Bucchi.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Toney M. Bucchi"><img alt="Toney M. Bucchi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Vice_Adm._Toney_M._Bucchi.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._Toney_M._Bucchi.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Vice_Adm._Toney_M._Bucchi.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._Toney_M._Bucchi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Vice_Adm._Toney_M._Bucchi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="280" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Bucchi, Toney Michael</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b>Toney M. Bucchi</b><br /><small>(born 1946)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 October 2000</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 May 2003</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002964000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 234 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Rear_Admiral_(lower_half)_Michael_J._McCabe,_USN_(covered).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Michael J. McCabe"><img alt="Michael J. McCabe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Portrait_of_Rear_Admiral_%28lower_half%29_Michael_J._McCabe%2C_USN_%28covered%29.jpg/100px-Portrait_of_Rear_Admiral_%28lower_half%29_Michael_J._McCabe%2C_USN_%28covered%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Portrait_of_Rear_Admiral_%28lower_half%29_Michael_J._McCabe%2C_USN_%28covered%29.jpg/150px-Portrait_of_Rear_Admiral_%28lower_half%29_Michael_J._McCabe%2C_USN_%28covered%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Portrait_of_Rear_Admiral_%28lower_half%29_Michael_J._McCabe%2C_USN_%28covered%29.jpg/200px-Portrait_of_Rear_Admiral_%28lower_half%29_Michael_J._McCabe%2C_USN_%28covered%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2243" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">McCabe, Michael James</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b>Michael J. McCabe</b><br /><small>(born 1948)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 May 2003</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 May 2005</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002710000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 344 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Barry_Costello.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Barry M. Costello"><img alt="Barry M. Costello" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Barry_Costello.jpg/100px-Barry_Costello.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Barry_Costello.jpg/150px-Barry_Costello.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Barry_Costello.jpg/200px-Barry_Costello.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Costello, Barry Michael</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Barry_M._Costello" title="Barry M. Costello">Barry M. Costello</a></b><br /><small>(born 1951)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 May 2005</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 May 2007</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002726000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 361 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._Samuel_Locklear_III,_Commander,_U.S._Third_Fleet_-_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Samuel J. Locklear"><img alt="Samuel J. Locklear" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Vice_Adm._Samuel_Locklear_III%2C_Commander%2C_U.S._Third_Fleet_-_official_portrait.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._Samuel_Locklear_III%2C_Commander%2C_U.S._Third_Fleet_-_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Vice_Adm._Samuel_Locklear_III%2C_Commander%2C_U.S._Third_Fleet_-_official_portrait.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._Samuel_Locklear_III%2C_Commander%2C_U.S._Third_Fleet_-_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Vice_Adm._Samuel_Locklear_III%2C_Commander%2C_U.S._Third_Fleet_-_official_portrait.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._Samuel_Locklear_III%2C_Commander%2C_U.S._Third_Fleet_-_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Locklear, Samuel Jones III</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_J._Locklear" title="Samuel J. Locklear">Samuel J. Locklear</a></b><br /><small>(born 1954)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 May 2007</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 June 2009</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002772000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 41 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_W._Hunt.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Richard W. Hunt"><img alt="Richard W. Hunt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Richard_W._Hunt.jpg/100px-Richard_W._Hunt.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Richard_W._Hunt.jpg/150px-Richard_W._Hunt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Richard_W._Hunt.jpg/200px-Richard_W._Hunt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Hunt, Richard Wayne</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Richard_W._Hunt" title="Richard W. Hunt">Richard W. Hunt</a></b><br /><small>(born 1953)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 June 2009</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21 April 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002677000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 312 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gerald_R._Beaman.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gerald R. Beaman"><img alt="Gerald R. Beaman" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Gerald_R._Beaman.jpg/100px-Gerald_R._Beaman.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Gerald_R._Beaman.jpg/150px-Gerald_R._Beaman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Gerald_R._Beaman.jpg/200px-Gerald_R._Beaman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4200" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Beaman, Gerald Roger</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Gerald_R._Beaman" title="Gerald R. Beaman">Gerald R. Beaman</a></b><br /><small>(born 1952)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21 April 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 June 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002774000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 43 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._Kenneth_E._Floyd_(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kenneth E. Floyd[17]"><img alt="Kenneth E. Floyd[17]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Vice_Adm._Kenneth_E._Floyd_%283%29.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._Kenneth_E._Floyd_%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Vice_Adm._Kenneth_E._Floyd_%283%29.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._Kenneth_E._Floyd_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Vice_Adm._Kenneth_E._Floyd_%283%29.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._Kenneth_E._Floyd_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1039" data-file-height="1312" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Floyd, Kenneth Earl</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b>Kenneth E. Floyd<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1958)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 June 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24 July 2015</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002781000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 51 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nora_W._Tyson.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nora W. Tyson"><img alt="Nora W. Tyson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Nora_W._Tyson.jpg/100px-Nora_W._Tyson.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Nora_W._Tyson.jpg/150px-Nora_W._Tyson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Nora_W._Tyson.jpg/200px-Nora_W._Tyson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Tyson, Nora Wingfield</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nora_W._Tyson" title="Nora W. Tyson">Nora W. Tyson</a></b><br /><small>(born 1957)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24 July 2015</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 September 2017</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002785000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 54 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VICE_ADMIRAL_JOHN_D._ALEXANDER.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John D. Alexander[18]"><img alt="John D. Alexander[18]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/VICE_ADMIRAL_JOHN_D._ALEXANDER.jpg/100px-VICE_ADMIRAL_JOHN_D._ALEXANDER.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/VICE_ADMIRAL_JOHN_D._ALEXANDER.jpg/150px-VICE_ADMIRAL_JOHN_D._ALEXANDER.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/VICE_ADMIRAL_JOHN_D._ALEXANDER.jpg/200px-VICE_ADMIRAL_JOHN_D._ALEXANDER.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2195" data-file-height="2744" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Alexander, John David</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_D._Alexander_(admiral)" title="John D. Alexander (admiral)">John D. Alexander</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b><br /><small>(born 1959)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 September 2017</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27 September 2019</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002741000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 11 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._Scott_D._Conn_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Scott D. Conn"><img alt="Scott D. Conn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Vice_Adm._Scott_D._Conn_%282%29.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._Scott_D._Conn_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Vice_Adm._Scott_D._Conn_%282%29.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._Scott_D._Conn_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Vice_Adm._Scott_D._Conn_%282%29.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._Scott_D._Conn_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3420" data-file-height="4275" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Conn, Scott David</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Scott_D._Conn" title="Scott D. Conn">Scott D. Conn</a></b><br /><small>(born 1962)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27 September 2019</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 June 2021</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002615000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 249 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._Stephen_T._Koehler.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stephen T. Koehler"><img alt="Stephen T. Koehler" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Vice_Adm._Stephen_T._Koehler.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._Stephen_T._Koehler.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Vice_Adm._Stephen_T._Koehler.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._Stephen_T._Koehler.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Vice_Adm._Stephen_T._Koehler.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._Stephen_T._Koehler.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2716" data-file-height="3395" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Koehler, Stephen Thomas</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Stephen_T._Koehler" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen T. Koehler">Stephen T. Koehler</a></b><br /><small>(born 1964)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 June 2021</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 June 2022</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002378000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 13 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">31</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_Adm._Michael_E._Boyle.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Michael E. Boyle"><img alt="Michael E. Boyle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Vice_Adm._Michael_E._Boyle.jpg/100px-Vice_Adm._Michael_E._Boyle.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Vice_Adm._Michael_E._Boyle.jpg/150px-Vice_Adm._Michael_E._Boyle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Vice_Adm._Michael_E._Boyle.jpg/200px-Vice_Adm._Michael_E._Boyle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2388" data-file-height="2990" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Boyle, Michael Edward</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_E._Boyle" title="Michael E. Boyle">Michael E. Boyle</a></b><br /><small>(born 1965)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 June 2022</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 June 2024</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002722000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 357 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">32</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VADM_John_F.G.Wade.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John F.G. Wade"><img alt="John F.G. Wade" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/VADM_John_F.G.Wade.jpg/100px-VADM_John_F.G.Wade.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/VADM_John_F.G.Wade.jpg/150px-VADM_John_F.G.Wade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/VADM_John_F.G.Wade.jpg/200px-VADM_John_F.G.Wade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3346" data-file-height="4182" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Wade, John Frederic G.</span>Vice Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_F.G._Wade" title="John F.G. Wade">John F.G. Wade</a></b><br /><small>(born 1968)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 June 2024</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><i>Incumbent</i></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002168000000000000♠"></span>168 days</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Third_Fleet&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The "Big Blue Fleet" was the name given to the main fleet of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific. The term stems from pre-war planning, called the "color plans" because each nation included was given a color code name. In these plans for potential conflicts, the British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> was "Red," the German Navy was "Black," and so forth. The <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> was termed the "Orange Fleet," while the U.S. fleet was the "Blue Fleet". The "Big Blue Fleet" was the massive fleet that the U.S. Navy anticipated it would field to win a war with Japan and which it thought largely would come into being by late 1943 or early 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Third_Fleet&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/c3f.htm">"Global Security.org Third Fleet"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Command">Naval Education and Training Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Meteorology_and_Oceanography_Command" title="Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command">Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence" title="Office of Naval Intelligence">Office of Naval Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aviation_Warfighting_Development_Center" title="Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center">Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Legal_Service_Command" title="Naval Legal Service Command">Naval Legal Service Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Observatory" title="United States Naval Observatory">Naval Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Safety_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Safety Center">Naval Safety Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Naval_Personnel" title="Bureau of Naval Personnel">Bureau of Naval Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Personnel" title="Chief of Naval Personnel">Chief of Naval Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Medicine_and_Surgery" title="Bureau of Medicine and Surgery">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander,_Navy_Installations_Command" title="Commander, Navy Installations Command">Navy Installations Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Working_Capital_Fund" title="United States Navy Working Capital Fund">Navy Working Capital Fund</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fleets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Second_Fleet" title="United States Second Fleet">Second Fleet</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Third Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fourth_Fleet" title="United States Fourth Fleet">Fourth Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fifth_Fleet" title="United States Fifth Fleet">Fifth Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Sixth_Fleet" title="United States Sixth Fleet">Sixth Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Seventh_Fleet" title="United States Seventh Fleet">Seventh Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Tenth_Fleet" title="United States Tenth Fleet">Tenth Fleet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships" title="List of United States Navy ships">Ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_A%E2%80%93B" title="List of United States Navy ships: A–B">A–B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_C" title="List of United States Navy ships: C">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_D%E2%80%93F" title="List of United States Navy ships: D–F">D–F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_G%E2%80%93H" title="List of United States Navy ships: G–H">G–H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_I%E2%80%93K" title="List of United States Navy ships: I–K">I–K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_L" title="List of United States Navy ships: L">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_M" title="List of United States Navy ships: M">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_N%E2%80%93O" title="List of United States Navy ships: N–O">N–O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_P" title="List of United States Navy ships: P">P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_Q%E2%80%93R" title="List of United States Navy ships: Q–R">Q–R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_S" title="List of United States Navy ships: S">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_T%E2%80%93V" title="List of United States Navy ships: T–V">T–V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_W%E2%80%93Z" title="List of United States Navy ships: W–Z">W–Z</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy">Aircraft carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of airships of the United States Navy">Airships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_amphibious_warfare_ships" title="List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships">Amphibious warfare ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_auxiliaries_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy">Auxiliaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battleships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of battleships of the United States Navy">Battleships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cruisers_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of cruisers of the United States Navy">Cruisers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyers_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of destroyers of the United States Navy">Destroyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyer_escorts_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy">Destroyer escorts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_escort_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of escort carriers of the United States Navy">Escort carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_frigates_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of frigates of the United States Navy">Frigates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mine_warfare_vessels_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy">Mine warfare vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monitors_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of monitors of the United States Navy">Monitors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_patrol_vessels_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy">Patrol vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Section_patrol_craft" title="Section patrol craft">Registered civilian vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sailing_frigates_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of sailing frigates of the United States Navy">Sailing frigates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_steam_frigates_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of steam frigates of the United States Navy">Steam frigates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_steam_gunboats_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of steam gunboats of the United States Navy">Steam gunboats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_line_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of ships of the line of the United States Navy">Ships of the line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sloops_of_war_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of sloops of war of the United States Navy">Sloops of war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_submarines_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of submarines of the United States Navy">Submarines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_torpedo_boats_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of torpedo boats of the United States Navy">Torpedo boats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_torpedo_retrievers" title="United States Navy torpedo retrievers">Torpedo retrievers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_unclassified_miscellaneous_vessels_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of unclassified miscellaneous vessels of the United States Navy">Unclassified miscellaneous vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_yard_and_district_craft_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of yard and district craft of the United States Navy">Yard and district craft</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel<br />and<br />training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_people" title="List of United States Navy people">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Officers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Navy officer rank insignia">Insignia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Naval_officer_designators" title="List of United States Naval officer designators">Designators</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Enlisted</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_enlisted_rates" title="List of United States Navy enlisted rates">Rates</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ratings" title="List of United States Navy ratings">Ratings</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Navy_Enlisted_Classification" title="Navy Enlisted Classification">Classification</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Chaplain_Corps" title="United States Navy Chaplain Corps">Chaplain Corps</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy">Chief</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">Deputy Chief</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Explosive_ordnance_disposal_(United_States_Navy)" title="Explosive ordnance disposal (United States Navy)">Explosive ordnance disposal</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Medical_Corps_(United_States_Navy)" title="Medical Corps (United States Navy)">Medical Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Dental_Corps" title="United States Navy Dental Corps">Dental Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Nurse_Corps" title="United States Navy Nurse Corps">Nurse Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Navy_Medical_Service_Corps" title="Navy Medical Service Corps">Medical Service Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Navy_Supply_Corps" title="Navy Supply Corps">Supply Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Civil_Engineer_Corps" title="Civil Engineer Corps">Civil Engineer Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps">JAG Corps</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General_of_the_Navy" title="Judge Advocate General of the Navy">JAG</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Judge_Advocate_General_of_the_Navy" title="Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Navy">DJAG</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_Criminal_Investigative_Service" title="Naval Criminal Investigative Service">NCIS</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Boatswain%27s_mate_(United_States_Navy)" title="Boatswain's mate (United States Navy)">Boatswain's mates</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hospital_corpsman" title="Hospital corpsman">Hospital corpsman</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Aviator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Naval Aviator">Naval Aviator</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs" title="United States Navy SEALs">SEALs</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Seabee" title="Seabee">Seabees</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Master-at-arms_(United_States_Navy)" title="Master-at-arms (United States Navy)">Master-at-arms</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Operations_specialist_(United_States_Navy)" title="Operations specialist (United States Navy)">Operations specialist</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Special_warfare_combatant-craft_crewmen" title="Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen">SWCCs</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_and_Latinos_in_the_United_States_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanics and Latinos in the United States Navy">Hispanic sailors</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Recruit_Training_Command,_Great_Lakes,_Illinois" title="Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois">Recruit</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Navy)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)">Officer Candidate School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/STA-21" title="STA-21">STA-21</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps" title="Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps">NROTC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_University_System" title="Naval University System">Naval University System</a> (<a href="/wiki/Naval_War_College" title="Naval War College">Naval War College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naval_Postgraduate_School" title="Naval Postgraduate School">Naval Postgraduate School</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">Naval Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Community_College" title="United States Naval Community College">Naval Community College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_University" title="Marine Corps University">Marine Corps University</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Basic_Enlisted_Submarine_School" title="Basic Enlisted Submarine School">BESS</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Battle_Force_Tactical_Training" title="Battle Force Tactical Training">BFTT</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Center_For_Naval_Aviation_Technical_Training_Unit_Keesler" title="Center For Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Keesler">CNATT</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Composite_Training_Unit_Exercise" title="Composite Training Unit Exercise">COMPTUEX</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Warfare_Center_Training_Systems_Division" title="Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division">NAWCTSD</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Authoring_Instructional_Materials" title="Authoring Instructional Materials">AIM</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Chaplain_Corps#Naval_Chaplaincy_School_and_Center" title="United States Navy Chaplain Corps">Naval Chaplaincy School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_Hospital_Corps_School" title="Naval Hospital Corps School">Naval Hospital Corps School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_Justice_School" title="Naval Justice School">Naval Justice School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces_School_of_Music" title="United States Armed Forces School of Music">United States Armed Forces School of Music</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Senior_Enlisted_Academy" title="United States Navy Senior Enlisted Academy">Navy Senior Enlisted Academy</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Navy_Supply_Corps_School" title="Navy Supply Corps School">Navy Supply Corps School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Power_School" title="Nuclear Power School">Nuclear Power School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Joint_Maritime_Training_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Maritime Training Center">JMTC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Strike_Fighter_Tactics_Instructor_program" title="United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program">TOPGUN</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Test_Pilot_School" title="United States Naval Test Pilot School">USNTPS</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Uniformed_Services_University_of_the_Health_Sciences" title="Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences">Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List 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