Scouting Fleet

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The Scouting Fleet was part of the United States Fleet in the United States Navy, and renamed the Scouting Force in 1930.

Established in 1922, the fleet consisted mainly of older battleships and initially operated in the Atlantic. In 1931 it was redesignated as the "Scouting Force." In 1932, the force was moved to the Pacific. In 1940 it survived the division of the Fleet into the U.S. Pacific Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet, and served in the early part of World War II as an umbrella command for task forces.

[edit] Commanders

• John D. McDonald (1922 – 1923)
• Newton A. McCully (1923 – 1924)
• Josiah S. McKean (1924 – ?)
• Ashley H. Robertson (1927 – ?)