Atlantic Fleet

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Atlantic Fleet was a major operational formation of the United States Navy responsible for American naval forces and operations in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy fleet
abbreviation LANTFLT
alliance NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
alsoKnownAs Atlantic Fleet
surface form: U.S. Atlantic Fleet
branchColor navy blue
component amphibious forces
naval air forces
submarine forces
surface forces
conflict Cold War naval operations
World War I
World War II
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateFormed 1906
dateReorganized 2006
era 20th century
Cold War
World War I
World War II
interwar period
garrison Naval Station Norfolk
headquartersLocation Norfolk, Virginia
notableCommander Ernest King
surface form: Admiral Ernest J. King

Admiral Jonas H. Ingram
Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll
William D. Leahy
surface form: Admiral William D. Leahy
operatedBy United States Navy
partOf United States Atlantic Fleet and Pacific Fleet structure
predecessor North Atlantic Squadron
responsibility antisubmarine warfare in the Atlantic
convoy escort operations
protection of U.S. Atlantic coast
support of NATO maritime operations
role major operational formation
naval warfare
power projection
protection of sea lines of communication
sea control
serviceBranch United States Navy
status reorganized into United States Fleet Forces Command
subordinateTo Chief of Naval Operations
U.S. Fleet Forces Command
surface form: United States Fleet Forces Command
successor U.S. Fleet Forces Command
surface form: United States Fleet Forces Command
theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
type numbered fleet organization
operational fleet

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USS Maryland (BB-46) prewarServiceArea Atlantic Fleet
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) flagshipOf Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
William T. Sampson commanded Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Squadron
William T. Sampson militaryUnit Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Navy North Atlantic Squadron
Naval Station Norfolk partOf Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet
Grand Fleet successor Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: Atlantic Fleet (postwar reorganization)
U.S. Fleet Forces Command formerlyKnownAs Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
USS Maryland (SSBN-738) fleet Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
Atlantic Fleet alsoKnownAs Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: U.S. Atlantic Fleet
US heavy cruiser USS Quincy servedIn Atlantic Fleet
subject surface form: USS Quincy (CA-39)
William Sims militaryUnit Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard regionServed Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Florida-class battleship navyBranch Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: U.S. Atlantic Fleet
USS Massachusetts (BB-59) navalFleet Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
USS Hammann (DE-131) navalFleet Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
United States battleship fleet commandStructure Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet partOf Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet responsibleFor Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: Atlantic Fleet naval air forces
Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command commandedOrganization Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Naval Air Force Atlantic partOf Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Naval Air Force Atlantic controls Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: Atlantic Fleet carrier air wings
Naval Air Force Atlantic theater Atlantic Fleet
Rear Admiral Edwin Alexander Anderson Jr. militaryUnit Atlantic Fleet
subject surface form: Edwin Alexander Anderson Jr.
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
USS Benson (DD-421) navalFleet Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
Task Group 22.3 partOf Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
DD-419 serviceBranch Atlantic Fleet
subject surface form: USS Wainwright (DD-419)
Norfolk Navy Yard servesFleet Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
United States Navy submarine USS Brien McMahon (SSBN-642) named in his honor navalFleet Atlantic Fleet
subject surface form: USS Brien McMahon (SSBN-642)
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier serviceBranch Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Navy Atlantic Fleet
USS Augusta preWarServiceArea Atlantic Fleet
Wyoming class builtFor Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Skipjack-class nuclear submarines usedIn Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) fleet Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: U.S. Atlantic Fleet
USS Guadalcanal navalFleet Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
USS Pillsbury assignedTo Atlantic Fleet
BB-34 class navyBranch Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Ohio-class SSBN group fleetAssignment Atlantic Fleet
subject surface form: Ohio-class SSBN
this entity surface form: U.S. Atlantic Fleet
North Atlantic Squadron dissolvedInto Atlantic Fleet
LANTFLT fullName Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
LANTFLT abbreviationFor Atlantic Fleet
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
LANTFLT historicalNameVariant Atlantic Fleet
Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll militaryUnit Atlantic Fleet
subject surface form: Royal E. Ingersoll
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
Admiral Jonas H. Ingram militaryUnit Atlantic Fleet
subject surface form: Jonas H. Ingram
this entity surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
Admiral Jonas H. Ingram militaryUnit Atlantic Fleet
subject surface form: Jonas H. Ingram
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt partOf Atlantic Fleet