The Sea Fleet Command (Spanish: Comando de la Flota de Mar; COFM) is one of the commands in the Argentine Navy, headquartered at Puerto Belgrano Naval...
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Fourth Fleet is a United States Navy numbered fleet. It is the Naval Component Command of U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM). The Fourth Fleet is headquartered...
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Operativo Alfil (category Wars involving Argentina)
resulted in Argentina gaining the designation as a major non-NATO ally by President Bill Clinton in 1998. Sea Fleet Command (Argentina) "La Argentina enviará...
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these seemed unlikely to be reconstituted. The Argentine navy has four main commands: High Seas Fleet, Submarine Force, Naval Aviation, and Naval Infantry...
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French fleet. He proposed avoiding a sea battle, except under very favourable conditions, until he could be reinforced. By thus keeping his "fleet in being"...
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The Argentine Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Argentina, or simply FAA) is the air force of Argentina and one of three branches of the Armed Forces of...
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John Fieldhouse, Baron Fieldhouse (category Royal Navy admirals of the fleet)
the Fleet John David Elliott Fieldhouse, Baron Fieldhouse, GCB, GBE (12 February 1928 – 17 February 1992) was a Royal Navy officer. He commanded five...
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limiting the number of aeroplanes which could attack simultaneously. Argentina's fleet of A-4 Skyhawk attack jets was in very poor condition. The arms embargo...
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Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi)...
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Chester W. Nimitz (redirect from Fleet admiral nimitz)
D-1). In the latter command, he had additional duty from October 10, 1911, as Commander 3rd Submarine Division Atlantic Torpedo Fleet. In November 1911...
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aviation branch of the Argentine Navy and one of its four operational commands. Argentina, along with Brazil is one of two South American countries to have...
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The Argentine Submarine Force Command (Spanish: Comando de la Fuerza de Submarinos, COFS) is the submarine service branch of the Argentine Navy. Argentine...
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Replenishment oiler (redirect from Fleet oiler)
being operated by a civilian crew under the Military Sealift Command (known as the Military Sea Transportation Service until 1970). There are three classes...
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Captain (naval) (redirect from Captain of sea and war)
ship-of-the-line captain (e.g. France, Argentina, Spain), captain of sea and war (e.g. Brazil, Portugal), captain at sea (e.g. Germany, Netherlands) and "captain...
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collective name for methods of engaging and defeating an enemy ship or fleet in battle at sea during naval warfare, the naval equivalent of military tactics on...
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control of the Military Sealift Command on 6 July 1990. The ship is equipped with a helicopter platform to allow for at-sea transfer of personnel and supplies...
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Battle of Tsushima (redirect from Battle of the Japan Sea)
Both squadrons of the Russian Pacific Fleet would ultimately become dispersed during the Battle of the Yellow Sea, where Admiral Vitgeft was killed by...
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1904. He served in the Great White Fleet and, during World War I, commanded the destroyer USS Shaw. He took command of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga...
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History of the Russian Navy (section Baltic Sea)
invasion and weaknesses in the fleet led to its dissolution, except for the Principality of Novgorod, which had access to open seas and avoided Mongol invasions...
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Task force (redirect from US European Command Combined Task Force)
direct command of the Admiral of the Fleet, one squadron was commanded by a Vice Admiral, and one by a Rear Admiral, each flying a different command flag...
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Royal Navy Submarine Service (section Fleet submarines)
Officer Submarines, who was also COMSUBEASTLANT, a rear admiral, who , commanded a fleet of 30 submarines, which were grouped into four squadrons (First, Second...
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Cisplatine War (redirect from Argentina-Brazil War)
the Brazilian Navy obtained better results, despite the Argentine resistance, whose small fleet, led by Irish-born admiral William Brown, was mostly destroyed...
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USS Ponce (LPD-15) (section Possible sale to Argentina)
mine-countermeasures warships for use in keeping open strategic sea lanes. On 24 January 2012, Military Sealift Command (MSC) posted a bid request to retrofit USS Ponce...
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destroyer ARA Punta Médanos – fleet tanker Rear Admiral Jorge Allara (amphibious force) ARA Santísima Trinidad – Argentine-built Type 42 destroyer (flagship)...
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000; -49.500 Argentine Antarctica (Spanish: Antártida Argentina or Sector Antártico Argentino) is an area on Antarctica claimed by Argentina as part of...
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USS Phoenix (CL-46) (section Argentine service)
the United States Navy. After World War II the ship was transferred to Argentina in 1951 and was named General Belgrano in 1956. General Belgrano was sunk...
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Río de la Plata (redirect from Rio de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay))
7, four Argentine vessels led by Brown slipped out of port in an unsuccessful attempt to surprise a large Brazilian fleet under the command of Norton...
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Naval warfare (redirect from Sea battle)
Black Sea tributaries, Sicily, and through the Strait of Gibraltar). Gaining control of the sea has largely depended on a fleet's ability to wage sea battles...
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2024. Tan, Huileng. "Russia's dark fleet of ships kept its oil exports strong. But 2 recent incidents in the Red Sea highlight the risks of that strategy"...
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Peter Hill-Norton (category Royal Navy admirals of the fleet)
operating in the Eastern Fleet. After the War he commanded a destroyer and then an aircraft carrier. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval...
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