When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, all the Seventh Fleet aircraft carriers were at sea.
Thus, they came through unscathed.
They and their airwings were then able to defeat the enemy at Midway and the Battle of the Coral Sea.
At that time; the Japs realized they had bitten off more than they could chew.
That would be Admiral Chester Nimitz.
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Leyte Gulf
The Japanese wanted two things: 1) To complete the destruction of the US Pacific Fleet - they wanted to lure the US carriers into a trap against a superior force. 2) They wanted another outpost in the mid-Pacific close to Hawaii but not where US airpower could intervene. The US cracked the Japanese code and turned the tables on the Japanese fleet, sinking 4 carriers that had been part of the attack on Pearl Harbor just seven months earlier.
The destruction of the US Pacific Fleet was essential in order to buy time to consolidate its gains in the oil and raw material rich Pacific.
Pacific Fleet - Russia - was created in 1731.
British Pacific Fleet was created in 1944.
The Battle of Midway is by far in my opinion the most important in the Pacific. U.S. victory at Midway led to the destruction of the Japanese naval fleet.
The duration of Miss Pacific Fleet is 1.1 hours.
United States Pacific Fleet was created in 1907.
Miss Pacific Fleet was created on 1935-12-14.
Central Pacific Area Fleet was created in 1944.
The complete destruction of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, by the Imperial Forces of Japan. Fortunately for the U.S., several aircraft carriers were not in port, and were spared.
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel who was Commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet .
Pacific Fleet - San Diego Trolley station - was created in 1981.
Miss Pacific Fleet - 1935 is rated/received certificates of: USA:Approved (PCA #1555)