Battle Fleet
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The United States Battle Fleet or Battle Force was part of the organization of the United States Navy from 1922 to 1941.
The General Order of 6 December 1922 organized the United States Fleet, with the Battle Fleet as the Pacific presence. This fleet comprised the main body of ships in the Navy, with the smaller Scouting Fleet as the Atlantic presence. The battleships, including most of the modern ones, and new aircraft carriers were assigned to this fleet.
In 1930, the nomenclature changed to Battle Force, but the structure remained the same. In 1939, the Battle Force had five carriers, 12 battleships, 14 light cruisers, and 68 destroyers.
On 01 February 1941, General Order 143 reorganized the United States Fleet with three separate fleets reporting, the Atlantic, Pacific and Asiatic Fleets.
In the modern navy, Battle Force refers to the Navy's active warships.
[edit] Commanders
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- Admiral Samuel Robison (30 June 1923 – August 1925)
- Admiral Charles Frederick Hughes (1925 – November 1927)
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- Admiral William Veazie Pratt (1928 – 1929)
- Admiral Louis Nulton (1930)
- Admiral Frank H. Schofield (1930 – 1932)
- Admiral William Harrison Standley (20 January 1932 – 1 July 1933)
- Admiral Joseph M. Reeves (July 1933 – February 1934)
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- Admiral William Daniel Leahy (1936 – January 1937)
- Admiral Edward C. Kalbfus
- Admiral James Richardson (June 1939 – January 1940)
- Admiral Charles P. Snyder (1940)
- Admiral William Satterlee Pye (1941)
