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Category: Disambiguation The United States Pacific Fleet (USPACFLT) is part of the US Navy. ... Pacific Fleet (Тихоокеанский флот in Russian, or Tikhookeanskiy flot), a part of the Soviet Navy stationed in the Pacific Ocean, which secured the Far Eastern borders of the USSR. The fleet headquarters was located at Vladivostok. ... The British Pacific Fleet (BPF) was a multinational Allied force which saw action against Japan during World War II. The fleet was formed on December 10, 1944, in Sydney, Australia. ...

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British Pacific Fleet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (458 words)
	The fleet, which was overwhelmingly comprised of Commonwealth vessels, was formed on December 10, 1944, at Sydney, Australia.
	The fleet was commanded by Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser; Vice-Admiral Sir Philip Vian was in charge of air operations.
	Major actions in which the fleet was involved included the invasion of Okinawa in 1945.

U.S. Pacific Fleet (757 words)
	The Pacific Fleet established its new headquarters at Pearl Harbor on February 1, 1941.
	By mid-1968 the Pacific Fleet was actively engaged in the Vietnam conflict, with 225 ships committed to operations in the South China Sea.
	In the post-Vietnam period, the U.S. Pacific Fleet increased operations with friendly and allied navies, thereby ensuring freedom of the seas for all nations.

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