Seventh Fleet

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Numbered fleet of the United States Navy

The Seventh Fleet is a major operational formation of the United States Navy responsible for naval forces and operations in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean regions.

Aliases (2)

United States Seventh Fleet ×55
U.S. Seventh Fleet ×2

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Numbered fleet of the United States Navy →
allies	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force → Philippine Navy → Republic of Korea Navy → Royal Australian Navy → Royal New Zealand Navy →
areaOfResponsibility	Arabian Sea → Bay of Bengal → East China Sea → Indo-Pacific region → Philippine Sea → Sea of Japan → South China Sea →
commanderTitle	Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet →
conflict	Cold War → Gulf War → Iraq War → Korean War → Vietnam War → War in Afghanistan → World War II →
country	United States of America →
dateEstablished	1943-03-15 →
garrison	Fleet Activities Yokosuka →
headquartersLocation	Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan →
militaryBranch	United States Navy →
mission	Maintain freedom of navigation and overflight in the Indo-Pacific → Support U.S. national interests in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean →
notableBase	Apra Harbor, Guam → Sasebo, Japan → White Beach, Okinawa, Japan →
notableOperation	Battle of Leyte Gulf → Formosa Air Battle → Operation Chromite → Operation Desert Storm → Operation Enduring Freedom → Operation Iraqi Freedom → Operation Linebacker →
operatesIn	Indian Ocean → Western Pacific Ocean →
partOf	United States Pacific Fleet →
previousName	United States Asiatic Fleet →
role	Deterrence → Forward-deployed naval force → Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief → Maritime security → Power projection →
subordinateTo	Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet → United States Indo-Pacific Command →
typicalAircraftStrength	150 to 300 aircraft (approximate) →
typicalPersonnelStrength	50000 sailors and Marines (approximate) →
typicalShipStrength	50 to 70 ships (approximate) →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
U.S. Pacific Fleet →	hasComponent
Operation Chromite ("United States Seventh Fleet") →	involvedUnit
Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan ("U.S. Seventh Fleet") →	isHomePortOf
Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet ("United States Seventh Fleet") →	operatesWith
Operation Starlite ("U.S. Seventh Fleet") →	supportedBy
Carrier Strike Group ("United States Seventh Fleet") →	usedBy