Question: What are the fleets of the US Navy?

List of fleets



The following is the list of fleets of the navies from around the world.

Australian fleet
Royal Australian Navy
Canadian fleets
Canadian Maritime Forces Atlantic (The Royal Canadian Navy's Atlantic Fleet) (HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Canadian Maritime Forces Pacific (The Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific Fleet) (HQ Esquimalt, British Columbia)
Chinese fleets
Chinese treasure fleet – historic
Beiyang Fleet – historic
Nanyang Fleet – historic
East Sea Fleet
North Sea Fleet
South Sea Fleet
French fleets
French Atlantic Fleet (HQ Brest)
French Mediterranean Fleet (HQ Toulon)
French American Squadron (HQ Martinique)
French Indian Ocean Squadron (HQ Réunion)
French Pacific Fleet (HQ Papeete)
French Channel Squadron (HQ Brest)
German fleets
High Seas Fleet – historic
Fleet of the German Navy see here
Indian fleets
Eastern Fleet
Western Fleet
Southern Fleet
Far Eastern Fleet
Indonesian fleets
Western Fleet Command (HQ Tanjung Priok)
Eastern Fleet Command (HQ Surabaya)
Japanese fleets
Pre World War I
Combined Fleet (聯合艦隊 Rengō Kantai?)
1st Fleet (HQ Hashira-jima, Yamaguchi)
2nd Fleet
3rd Fleet (HQ Babeldaob, Palau)
4th Fleet (HQ Truk, Micronesia)
Eastern Fleet (東部艦隊 Tōbu-Kantai?)
Guard Fleet (警備艦隊 Keibi Kantai?)
Medium Fleet (中艦隊 Chū-Kantai?)
Northern Expeditionary Fleet (北伐艦隊 Hokubatsu Kantai?)
Small Fleet (小艦隊 Shō-Kantai?)
Western Fleet (西部艦隊 Seibu-Kantai?)
World War I
Combined Fleet (聯合艦隊 Rengō Kantai?)
1st Fleet
2nd Fleet
3rd Fleet
World War II
Combined Fleet, the main combatant component of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
1st Fleet (HQ Hashira-jima, Yamaguchi)
2nd Fleet
3rd Fleet (HQ Babeldaob, Palau)
4th Fleet (HQ Truk, Micronesia)
5th Fleet
6th Fleet (HQ Kwajalein, Marshall Islands)
Southern Expeditionary Fleet
10th Area Fleet
Central Pacific Area Fleet
China Area Fleet, tasked with guarding the Chinese coastal area, had the same organizational level as the Combined Fleet
Northeast Area Fleet
Southeast Area Fleet
Modern Day
Self Defense Fleet, the main combatant component of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Portuguese fleets
Portuguese 1807 Fleet
Portuguese Navy
Russian or Soviet fleets
Active fleets
Baltic Fleet
Black Sea Fleet
Caspian Flotilla
Russian Northern Fleet
Pacific Ocean Fleet (Russia)
Inactive fleets, Soviet and Russian
Amur Military Flotilla
Arctic Sea Flotilla
Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet
South Korean fleets
Republic of Korea First Fleet (Headquarters Donghae) - East Sea
Republic of Korea Second Fleet (Headquarters Pyeongtaek) - Yellow Sea
Republic of Korea Third Fleet (Headquarters Mokpo) - South Sea
Submarine Force (HQ Jinhae, Jeju)
Component Flotilla FIVE (Headquarters Jinhae)
Mobile Flotilla SEVEN (Headquarters Jeju)
Mobile Squadron SEVEN ONE
Mobile Squadron SEVEN TWO
Fleet Combat Training Group EIGHT (Headquarters Jinhae)
Spanish fleets
Spanish Empire
Spanish treasure fleet (HQ Seville)
Manila galleon (HQ Manila)
New Spain fleet (HQ Havana)
Modern Day
La Flota (The Fleet), the main combatant component of the Spanish Navy (HQ Rota)
Canary Islands squadron (HQ Las Palmas)
Submarine flotilla (HQ Cartagena)
United Kingdom fleets & squadrons
Pre World War I
Atlantic Fleet – Atlantic Ocean, English Channel
Cape of Good Hope Squadron – South Atlantic
Channel Fleet - English Channel
Downs Fleet - Southern, North Sea
East Indies and China Squadron
Jamaica Squadron - Caribbean Sea
Leeward Islands Squadron - Caribbean Sea
Lisbon Squadron - Coast of Portugal and Spain, Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland Squadron - North Atlantic
North Sea Fleet - North Sea
Reserve Fleet
West Africa Squadron (HQ Freetown, Sierra Leone) – Atlantic Ocean
South East Coast of America  Squadron – South East Atlantic
Pacific Squadron (Valparaíso Chile) – South East Pacific
Western Squadron - English Channel , North East Atlantic
World War I
Australian Squadron (HQ Sydney) – South West Pacific
British Atlantic Fleet
British First Fleet
Battle Cruiser Fleet, – North Sea
British Grand Fleet (HQ Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland) – North Sea
British Mediterranean Fleet (HQ Malta) – Mediterranean Sea
British Second Fleet
British Third Fleet
China Squadron (HQ Singapore) – South China Sea, Western Pacific
East Indies Squadron – Indian Ocean
Harwich Force
North America and West Indies Squadron (HQ Halifax, Canada then Bermuda) – North Atlantic
Reserve Fleet
South Atlantic and Pacific Squadron
World War II
British Home Fleet (HQ Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland) – North Sea
British Mediterranean Fleet (HQ Alexandria, Egypt) – Mediterranean Sea
British Eastern Fleet (HQ Trincomalee, Ceylon) – Indian Ocean
British Pacific Fleet  (HQ Sydney, Australia) – South West Pacific
East Indies Fleet, (HQ Trincomalee, Ceylon) – Indian Ocean
East Indies and China Squadron – Indian Ocean, East China Sea, South China Sea
New Zealand Squadron, South East Pacific
Reserve Fleet
South Atlantic Squadron, South Atlantic
Post World War II
East Indies Fleet (HQ Trincomalee, Ceylon) – Indian Ocean
Far East Fleet (HQ Singapore)
Reserve Fleet
South America and South Atlantic Squadron
Western Fleet (HQ Northwood, England)
Modern Day
The Fleet (1971-2002)
Surface Fleet – HQ at Portsmouth, England (2002-present)
United States fleets

Naval commands
United States Fleet Forces Command (formerly Atlantic Fleet)
United States Naval Forces Central Command
United States Naval Forces Europe - Naval Forces Africa

United States Pacific Fleet
Modern US Navy fleets
US Navy fleets are numbered odd in the Pacific or West, and even in the Atlantic or East:
United States Second Fleet (HQ Norfolk, Virginia) - Homeland Defense and North Atlantic Ocean.
United States Third Fleet (HQ San Diego, California) – East Pacific
United States Fourth Fleet (HQ Mayport, Florida) – South Atlantic
United States Fifth Fleet (HQ Manama, Bahrain) – Middle East
United States Sixth Fleet (HQ Naples, Italy) – Europe
United States Seventh Fleet (HQ Yokosuka, Japan) – West Pacific
United States Tenth Fleet (HQ Fort Meade, Maryland) – Reactivated as Fleet Cyber Command.  Formerly anti submarine warfare coordinating organization.
Inactive and historic
United States First Fleet
United States Eighth Fleet
Unites States Ninth Fleet
Unites States Eleventh Fleet
United States Twelfth Fleet
United States Asiatic Fleet – historic
United States Navy Reserve Fleets
Great White Fleet – nickname for the United States Atlantic Fleet sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908
Great Green Fleet - nickname for the United States ships or current carrier strike group sent around the world to promote a new bio-energy sustainable fuel.
East India Squadron
European Squadron
North Atlantic Fleet
Mediterranean Squadron
Scouting Fleet
South Atlantic Squadron

Informal fleet names
Spanish Armada – name used in England to describe the fleet assembled by Philip II of Spain for the invasion of England.