Ready Seapower A History of the US 7th Fleet.pdf

READY SEAPOWER

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[[Topographical globe screen similar to Anchor of Resolve]]

[[Quotation]] “The Navy is more than the ‘irst line of defense.’ It frequently is and

must be the spearhead of our military actions overseas. It is a ‘irst line of impact’

on many occasions.”

—Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations, 1955–1961

A History of tHe

U.s. seventH fleet

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[[Cover 3 Van Buskirk, caption prints under photo]]

Vice Admiral Scott R. Van Buskirk, who assumed command on 10 September

2010, stresses the importance of the U.S. Seventh Fleet to peace and stability in the

Edward J. Marolda

sometimes volatile Western Paciic.

7th Flt PA

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[[Cover 4: Blue Ridge with Mt Fuji in background; Caption to KUM and print on

ii]]

[[7 th Fleet emblem]]

“The Navy is more than

the ‘irst line of defense.’

It frequently is and must be

the spearhead of our military

actions overseas. It is a ‘irst line

of impact’ on many occasions.”

—AdmirAl Arleigh Burke,

Chief of NAvAl operAtioNs,

1955–1961

READY SEAPOWER

A History of tHe

U.s. seventH fleet

Edward J. Marolda

Department of the navy

Washington, DC

2012

Published by

naval history & heritage Command

805 Kidder Breese street se

Washington navy yard, DC 20374-5060

www.history.navy.mil

Book design by Jessica reynolds

front Cover: George Washington (Cvn 73), the navy’s only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier,

underway off Japan in november 2009, ensures security and stability in the western paciic ocean. MCSN Adam

K. Thomas

BaCK Cover: the U.s. seventh fleet command ship Blue Ridge (LCC 19) steams off shimizu, Japan, ending a

six-week tour of paciic rim ports in may 2008. MC3 Heidi McCormick

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-publication Data

marolda, edward J.

ready seapower : a history of the U.s. seventh fleet / edward J. marolda.

p. cm.

includes bibliographical references and index.

isBn 978-0-945274-67-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. United states. navy. fleet, 7th—history.

2. sea-power—United states. 3. United states—history, naval—20th century. 4. United states—

history, naval—21st century. i. title. ii. title: history of the U.s. seventh fleet.

iii. title: history of the Us 7th fleet.

va63.s48m37 2011

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CONTENTS

foreword ......................................................................................................v

Chronology .................................................................................................vii

introduction ................................................................................................ xv

Chapter 1

MacArthur’s navy ....................................................................1

Chapter 2

Weathering Postwar turmoil in Asia ......................................11

Chapter 3

fighting the Korean War ........................................................23

Chapter 4

Deterring Conlict in the far east ..........................................37

Chapter 5

Combat and Confrontation ....................................................53

Chapter 6

old enemies and new friends ...............................................79

Chapter 7

from the Arabian Gulf to Mount Pinatubo ..........................101

Chapter 8

safeguarding the Peace ........................................................113

Chapter 9

terrorists, Pirates, and Weapons Proliferators ......................127

Chapter 10 Partners and Adversaries ......................................................143

appendix

Commanders, U.s. seventh fleet .........................................171

abbreviations ............................................................................................173

acknowledgments ....................................................................................177

suggested reading ....................................................................................179

index ........................................................................................................183

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