the pacific fleet was moved to pearl harbor in 1945.
when was the pacific fleet moved to pearl harbor?
1945
a pacific fleet was created in 1907 when the asiatic squadron and the pacific squadron were combined. in 1910, the ships of the first squadron were organized back into a separate asiatic fleet. the general order 94 of 6 december 1922 organized the united states fleet, with the battle fleet as the pacific presence. until may 1940, the battle fleet was stationed on the west coast of the united states (primarily at san diego). during the summer of that year, as part of the u.s. response to japanese expansionism, it was instructed to take an "advanced" position at pearl harbor, hawaii. long term basing at pearl harbor was so strongly opposed by the commander, admiral james o. richardson, that he personally protested in washington. political considerations were thought sufficiently important that he was relieved by admiral husband e. kimmel, who was in command at the time of the attack on pearl harbor.
united states pacific fleet
although traveling abroad little since 1989, the pacific fleet band has maintained an active schedule supporting the pacific fleet and the local civilian community in hawaii. september 1995 saw the pacific fleet band participating significantly in four major events of international interest. the first was the dedication of the battle of midway monument on midway island. the highlight was the premier performance of the battle of midway island march, written and conducted by ambassador j. william middendorf, ii. it was written in recognition of the men who fought and died to change the course of the war in the pacific. that ceremony was a precursor to the final ceremonies of the "end of world war ii commemoration" and the 50th anniversary of vj-day celebrations. highlights of the band's extensive participation were a presidential wreath-laying ceremony on in pearl harbor, an international parade of ships and aircraft off the coast of honolulu, a presidential parade and review through downtown honolulu and waikiki, and an old-fashioned hangar dance on board uss "carl vinson" honoring all our wwii veterans. the next event was the opening ceremonies for the asia/pacific center for security studies. during all these events, the us/russian naval exercise, cooperation from the sea 1995 was taking place. this marked the first visit of a russian warship to pearl harbor and the pacific fleet band was very much involved while hosting the visiting military band of the pacific fleet of russia. all these events were attended by the president, secretaries of defense and the navy, congressional representatives, senior unified and component military commanders, and a host of foreign civilian and military dignitaries. the pacific fleet band performed over 40 engagements during this nine-day period.
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