Task Force 135, including the carrier USS Enterprise, was sent to the south of Cuba, ready to join in the defense of the Guantanamo Bay base if needed. At the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, dependents were evacuated to the United States on 22 October, and Marine units were shipped by air and sea to reinforce the base. Marines, if not already engaged in landing exercises, were loaded on amphibious ships and ordered to sea. Other Navy and Marine forces faced similar tough schedules. To prevent future difficulties, plans had to be developed, ship captains briefed, supply ships dispatched, and thousands of details checked. Effective deployment constituted a mammoth task to be accomplished in minimum time. Task Force 136 included the support carrier USS Essex. Ward, who organized Task Force 136 for this purpose. The operational control of the quarantine force was assigned to the Commander of the Second Fleet, Vice Admiral Alfred G. For more than a month, Second Fleet units operated northeast of the island, intercepting and inspecting dozens of ships for contraband. Kennedy called on Second Fleet to establish quarantine during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Second Fleet's area of responsibility included the Atlantic coast of South America and part of the west coast of Central America. Three years later, in February 1950, the command was redesignated U.S. In January 1947, Eighth Fleet was renamed Second Task Fleet. Second Fleet traces its origin to the reorganization of the Navy following World War II in December 1945 and the formation of the United States Eighth Fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Marc A. STRIKFLTLANT was deactivated in a ceremony to be held on USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) on 24 June 2005, being replaced by the Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Center of Excellence located at the Second Fleet headquarters. Striking Fleet Atlantic was tasked with ensuring the integrity of NATO's sea lines of communication. COMSTRIKFLTLANT commanded a multinational force whose primary mission was to deter aggression and to protect NATO's Atlantic interests. Until 2005, COMSECONDFLT had a permanent assignment with NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic's (SACLANT) chain of command, as the Commander Striking Fleet Atlantic (COMSTRIKFLTLANT). In order to command and control its forces, CTF-20 maintained a Joint Maritime Operations Center at its Maritime Headquarters, which was officially said to offer a new approach to command and control for fleet commanders. CTF-20 directed movements and exercised operational control of USFFC assigned units to carry out scheduled ocean transits and other special operations as directed, in order to maximize fleet operational readiness to respond to contingencies in the Atlantic command area of operations. CTF-20 planned for, and when directed, conducted battle force operations in the Atlantic command in support of designated unified or allied commanders. Fleet Forces Command (CUSFFC), was also designated as Commander, Task Force 20.
Navy installations along the United States East Coast.Īrea of responsibility (Second Fleet) 2009Īs of 2008, the Commander, Second Fleet (COMSECONDFLT), under the Commander, U.S. Prior to its 2011 disestablishment, Second Fleet oversaw approximately 126 ships, 4,500 aircraft, and 90,000 personnel home-ported at U.S. Second Fleet's United States West Coast counterpart was United States First Fleet from the immediate post-World War II years until 1973, and United States Third Fleet from 1973. Second Fleet's historic area of responsibility included approximately 6,700,000 square miles (17,000,000 km 2) of the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the Caribbean and from the shores of the United States to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It was reestablished on 24 August 2018, with Vice Admiral Andrew "Woody" Lewis in command. Richardson, the Chief of Naval Operations, announced plans to reestablish Second Fleet amid heightened tensions between NATO and Russia. In September 2011, Second Fleet was deactivated in view of the United States Government's perception that the potential military threat posed by Russia had diminished. The Fleet was established following World War II. The United States Second Fleet is a numbered fleet in the United States Navy responsible for the East Coast and North Atlantic Ocean.
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