Scouting Fleet
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The Scouting Fleet was part of the United States Fleet in the United States Navy, and renamed the Scouting Force in 1930.
Established in 1922, the fleet consisted mainly of older battleships and initially operated in the Atlantic.
In 1931, it was redesignated as the "Scouting Force." At this time, it consisted of the remaining cruisers and destroyers that were not with the Battle Force and a "Training Squadron" of three old battleships and eight destroyers. This force operated exclusively in the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea.[1]
In 1932, the force was moved to the Pacific. In 1940 it survived the division of the Fleet into the U.S. Pacific Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet, and served in the early part of World War II as an umbrella command for task forces.
Commanders
- John D. McDonald (1922 – 1923)
- Newton A. McCully (1923 – 1924)
- Josiah S. McKean (1924 – ?)
- Ashley H. Robertson (1927 – ?)
- Adolphus Andrews (circa 1939)
References
- ^ Morison, 28.
Bibliography
- Morison, Samuel Eliot (1948). Volume III, The Rising Sun in the Pacific. Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company.
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