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Duty Station Details

Strength Fleet
Type HQ/Command Elements
Existing/Disbanded Redesignated

Description

established 15 March 1943 from Northwest African Force, operated in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II with a main mission of amphibious warfare. In February 1950, the US Eighth Fleet was redesignated to US Second Fleet, a part of US Atlantic

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Commander Task Force 86

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8 Members Who Served in This Duty Station

Bassett, Leonard Flournoy, CAPT, (1940-1970)	Blandy, William Henry Purnel, ADM, (1913-1950)
Breher, Philip Frederick, CPO, (1940-1960)	GLASSFORD, William, VADM, (1906-1946)
Hall, John Lesslie, ADM, (1913-1953)	Hewitt, Henry Kent, ADM, (1906-1949)
Moran, Henry, RADM, (1923-1953)	RODGERS, Bertram, VADM, (1916-1956)

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