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William Frederick "Bull" Halsey Jr. (30 October 1882 – 16 August 1959) was an American Navy admiral during World War II.He is one of four officers to have attained the rank of five-star fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being William Leahy, Ernest J. King, and Chester W. Nimitz.
The Third Fleet was originally formed during World War II on 15 March 1943 under the command of Admiral William F. Halsey. Its on-shore headquarters at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was established on 15 June 1944.
The Gallant Hours is a 1960 American docudrama about William F. Halsey, Jr. and his efforts in fighting against Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto and the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Guadalcanal campaign of World War II. This film was directed by Robert Montgomery, who also did uncredited narration, and stars James Cagney as Admiral Halsey.
On December 17, 1944, 80 years ago today, the U.S. Navy's Third Fleet Fast Carrier Task Force was in a refueling operation several hundred miles east of the Philippines, in one of the world's most ...
On 29 June 1943, Destroyer Squadron 23 became part of Admiral William F. Halsey's Third Fleet. Less USS Aulick , Destroyer Squadron 23 assumed duty on patrol and escort in the Southwest Pacific. Destroyer Squadron 23 earned its reputation—and a Presidential Unit Citation —under its second commodore, Captain Arleigh Burke , who assumed ...
Third Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey in battleship New Jersey. Task Force 38 (Fast Carrier Force) Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher in fleet carrier Lexington Task Group 38.2 (Task Group Two) Rear Adm. Gerald F. Bogan 1 fleet carrier Intrepid 2 light carriers Cabot Independence 2 fast battleships Both Iowa-class (9 × 16-in./50-cal. main battery ...
U.S. Third Fleet, commanded by Admiral William F. Halsey Jr., with Task Force 38 (TF 38, the Fast Carrier Task Force, commanded by Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher), as its main component, would provide more distant cover and support for the invasion. A fundamental defect in this plan was there would be no single American naval admiral in overall ...
Third Fleet, led by Admiral William F. Halsey from aboard his flagship, fast battleship New Jersey. The ships and embarked troops of Operation Stalemate II , were under the overall command of Rear Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson aboard amphibious command ship Mount Olympus .