U.S. Third Fleet

U.S. Third Fleet : Is the fleet belonging to the U.S. Navy and belongs to the U.S. fleet in the Pacific and one of the six numbered fleets within the U.S. Navy , Atkhadd of Base Point Loma Navy in San Diego, California has a base .

The area extends his responsibilities on an area of ​​50 million square miles almost covering the Pacific and part of Antarctica , as well as Alaska and the Bering Sea and Islands Olotienn transmission lines and major oil cargo in the Pacific.

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Established during World War II under the command of the Prince of the sea and Lillian Hillsa The Navy base at Pearl Harbor under the command of the ship Bo feed New Jersey before becoming USS Missouri is the commander of the ship in May 1945 and until Nhayo war .

Participated during the war naval bombardment against Alyaean launched by the Allies. And work near the Philippine Islands , Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands and the Solomon Islands and Okinawa and Hokkaido and attacked Kurchi .

Fleet includes 4 Nimitz class aircraft carriers and are :
USS Nimitz and her carrier strike group 11
USS Carl Vinson , along with Carrier Strike Group 1
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-77) and her carrier strike group 9
USS John C. Stennis (CVN - 74) and her carrier strike group 3

The carrier strike group is forming a naval escort aircraft carrier and formed a group of cruisers and destroyers Vriqtat and squadron and 60 to military aircraft .

The Third Fleet commander of the Joint Task Force and shall constantly forces the United States Marines in application of the principle of strategic taken by the U.S. Navy , which progress from the sea .