<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
when was the pacific fleet moved to pearl harbor
when was the pacific fleet moved to pearl harbor
1940
1940