Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic

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NATO military position strategic command

Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic was a senior NATO military position responsible for overseeing the alliance’s naval forces and maritime defense in the North Atlantic during the Cold War.

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Label	Occurrences
Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic canonical	4

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NATO military position ⓘ strategic command ⓘ
alliance	NATO ⓘ
appliesTo	NATO Atlantic area of responsibility NERFINISHED ⓘ North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
concurrentWith	Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command NERFINISHED ⓘ Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	North Atlantic Treaty Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedIn	2003 ⓘ
endTime	2003 ⓘ
establishedBy	North Atlantic Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstHolder	Lynde D. McCormick NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommand	Allied Command Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCounterpart	Supreme Allied Commander Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDomain	collective defense ⓘ maritime warfare ⓘ naval strategy ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	NATO Atlantic maritime forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOperationalControlOver	assigned NATO naval forces ⓘ
hasRole	coordinate maritime defense of the North Atlantic ⓘ oversee NATO naval forces in the North Atlantic ⓘ plan and conduct NATO naval operations in the Atlantic ⓘ
headquarters	Norfolk, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersOf	Allied Command Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lastHolder	Harold W. Gehman Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Norfolk, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	NATO integrated military command structure NERFINISHED ⓘ NATO ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
pointInTime	Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
reorganizedAs	NATO Allied Command Transformation NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Allied Command Transformation NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Allied Commander Transformation NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	antisubmarine warfare in the North Atlantic ⓘ maritime reinforcement of Europe from North America ⓘ protection of NATO sea lines of communication ⓘ
scope	strategic-level command ⓘ
shortName	SACLANT NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1952 ⓘ
subordinateTo	NATO Military Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ North Atlantic Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicallyHeldBy	senior United States Navy admiral ⓘ
usedDuring	Cold War era ⓘ post–Cold War period until 2003 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Allied Commander Transformation → roleCreatedFrom → Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic ⓘ

Supreme Allied Commander Transformation → successorTo → Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic ⓘ

Admiral Harold W. Gehman Jr. → notableWork → Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic ⓘ

subject surface form: Harold W. Gehman Jr.

Admiral Harold W. Gehman Jr. → positionHeld → Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic ⓘ

subject surface form: Harold W. Gehman Jr.