U.S. 1st Fleet
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The United States First Fleet was a unit of the United States Navy, in operation from as early as 1946 to the early 1970s in the western Pacific Ocean as part of the Pacific Fleet.
Some sources claim that the United States Coast Guard is designated as the First Fleet of the Navy during wartime, but little evidence supports this claim. Such a designation is informal at best and has not taken place during the current War on Terrorism. Other fleets of the Navy have been disbanded without a subsequent renumbering of the other fleets, for example, the US 4th Fleet.
Commanders
- Admiral Harold M. Martin (1951)
- Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble (1951-?)
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- Admiral Robert L. Dennison (1956-1958)
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- Admiral Lawson P. Ramage (1964-1966)
- Vice Admiral Bernie Roeder (1967-1968)