Talk:Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet

Commander Count

http://www.cpf.navy.mil/about_us.shtml lists the current Commander as the "32nd Navy officer to command the Pacific Fleet since it was established in February 1941 with headquarters at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii."

But the list on Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet shows a list going back to 1907.

In addition, http://www.cpf.navy.mil/former_commander.shtml says "The top leadership post in the U.S. Pacific Fleet has borne four different titles since the fleet was established in February 1941." This seems to exclude the period of time prior to February 1941.

Adm. James O. Richardson's page shows his term from 1940-1941 in a succession box with the "before" part as "Newly reactivated organization".

So, should the United States Pacific Fleet be shown as coming into existence on February 1, 1941 or should it show all of the predecessor organizations and go back to 1907? Similarly, should we be counting the number of commanders from 1907 (59) or from February 1, 1941 (32)? The U.S. Navy appears to count from the latter date. Archer1234 (talk) 16:38, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm currently trying to find out, as well as, research it. Neovu79 (talk) 22:32, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

The U.S. Pacific Fleet was abolished in 1922 and the fleet merged with the U.S. Asiatic Fleet to form the United States Fleet. It wasn't until February 1, 1941 was the Pacific Fleet reestablished and that's why the above site lists only the commanders from 1941. 07:00, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

It would be more appropriate to say the Asiatic Fleet was absorbed into the Pacific Fleet, which was renamed the Battle Fleet (one of two fleets which composed the United States Fleet, with the Scouting Fleet, the former Atlantic Fleet). The two components of US Fleet were renamed Forces (Battle Force and Scouting Force) in 1931, and regained their best-known names in 1931 (Pacific Fleet and Atlantic Fleet). These name changes are discussed in the article's introduction:

Between 1907 and December 6, 1922, and between February 1, 1941 and October 24, 2002, the post was titled Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), between December 6, 1922 and April 1, 1931, it was styled Commander-in-Chief, Battle Fleet (CINCBATFLT), and between April 1, 1931 and February 1, 1941 was termed Commander, Battle Force, United States Fleet (COMBATFOR).

--Columbia clipper (talk) 02:23, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Change of command

Aloha. Vice Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr. was promoted to Admiral today (October 16, 2013), and assumed command of United States Pacific Fleet shortly thereafter. (Audrey McAvoy (2013-10-16). "New commander to take over U.S. Pacific Fleet". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 2013-10-16.)

We have a temporary photo at http://www.cpf.navy.mil/leaders/harry-harris/photo.jpg but will be taking a new one soon. We'll provide it to Wikipedia once it's ready.

Could somebody make the appropriate changes for me please? Jesse B. at U.S. Pacific Fleet (talk) 00:36, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Change had already been made. Neil916 (Talk) 21:23, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

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