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On 28 January 1910, the United States Asiatic Fleet was reestablished. In December 1922 the U.S. Navy was restructured, with the U.S. Pacific Fleet and United States Atlantic Fleet combining to form a unified United States Fleet. [5] However, the Asiatic Fleet remained a separate entity and was charged with defending the Philippines and Guam ...
During the two decades before the United States entered World War II, Pecos operated in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Pecos was in the Philippines supporting the ships of the United States Asiatic Fleet. She departed Cavite Navy Yard on 8 December 1941 for Balikpapan, Borneo arriving there
02:40 - Asiatic Fleet Headquarters received notification of the Pearl Harbor attack but did not inform MacArthur. [4] 03:40 - Sutherland heard a commercial radio broadcast with news of the Pearl Harbor attack, and notified MacArthur. [4] 04:00 - Sutherland notified FEAF headquarters of the Pearl Harbor attack. [4]
The United States Asiatic Fleet and 16th Naval District, based at Manila, provided the naval defenses for the Philippines. Commanded by Admiral Thomas C. Hart, the surface combatants of the Asiatic Fleet were the heavy cruiser USS Houston, the light cruiser USS Marblehead, and thirteen World War I-era destroyers. [34]
On the following day, by Executive Order 8984 [4] of 18 December 1941, the position of Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (COMINCH) was redefined, and given operational command over the Atlantic, Pacific, and Asiatic Fleets, as well as all naval coastal forces.
On 27 November 1941, by order of the Commander Asiatic Fleet, Admiral Thomas C. Hart, Pillsbury departed Manila under the command of Lt. Commander Harold C. Pound, together with other units of the fleet. When the Japanese struck at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, she was operating in the vicinity of Borneo.
In 1941, it was stationed in Manilla with the US Navy’s Asiatic Fleet. Then, the following year it was damaged during combat and, thanks to a freak accident, had to be abandoned by its crew off ...
Hart in 1942. Hart was appointed commander in chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet on July 25, 1939, and was promoted to admiral the same day. He held that position at the commencement of hostilities in World War II between Japan and the United States in December 1941. [10]