United States Asiatic Fleet

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Commander and officers of the staff of the Asian Fleet on board the flagship Augusta (ca.1935)

The United States Asiatic Fleet was an association of the American Navy from 1902 to 1942.

The Asia fleet was created in 1902 from the US Asia Squadron . From 1907 to 1910 the association was the first squadron of the US Pacific Fleet , after which it became independent again from the Pacific Fleet.

The Asian Fleet was mainly responsible for protecting the Philippines , which was then a colony of the United States , until World War II . The last place of service was Pearl Harbor , Hawaii, United States.

literature

  • Edwin Palmer Hoyt: The lonely ships: The life and death of the US Asiatic Fleet. McKay, 1976.

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