Task Force 76
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| Task Force 76 / Amphibious Force U.S. Seventh Fleet / Expeditionary Strike Group SEVEN | |
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Rear Adm. Derek A. Trinque |
Expeditionary Strike Group SEVEN/Task Force 76 (Amphibious Force U.S. SEVENTH Fleet) is a
CTF 76 conducts operations throughout the
History
10 January 1943 – Southwest Pacific Amphibious Forces – later called the Seventh Amphibious Force is formed in Brisbane, Australia. Participated in Operation Chronicle, the landing at Lae, the landing at Scarlet Beach at Finschhafen, Battle of Arawe and Battle of Cape Gloucester on the island of New Britain,
1944 – Participated in the landing at Hollandia, landing at Aitape, landing at Saidor and Admiralty Islands campaign.
1950 – Supported UN during
1954 – CTF 76 participated in Operation Passage to Freedom, the largest operation of its kind in history. The operation evacuated 310,000 people from communist-controlled North Vietnam to South Vietnam and carried 58,000 tons of cargo and humanitarian aid.
1965 – Participated in amphibious landings, assaults and demonstrations off the eastern coast of the Republic of Vietnam. Also cleared mines off the Vietnamese coast toward the end of the
1971 – Homeported to Okinawa, Japan
1975 – Rescued more than 100,000 people from Phnom Penh and Saigon (including in Operation Eagle Pull). Also assisted in recovery of the American-flagged SS Mayaguez after it was hijacked by the Cambodian Khmer Rouge in the Gulf of Thailand.
1983 – Transited to Suez Canal to support multi-national forces in Lebanon.
1999 – Belleau Wood Amphibious Ready Group completed no-notice five-month deployment to
2000 – USS Belleau Wood and USS Juneau complete humanitarian mission to East Timor supporting Australian-led forces. Continued missions until East Timor became 191st member of United Nations in 2002.
2004 – USS Essex and USS Fort McHenry deploy to Indonesia in support of Operation Unified Assistance to provide support and aid to the victims of the 26 December tsunami in Southeast Asia.
2005 – Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group returns to
2005 – Forward Deployed ARG deploys for Fall Patrol. Conduct Amphibious Landing Exercise/Talon Vision (PHIBLEX/TV) 06 in the
2006 – Forward Deployed ARG deploys for 5-month Spring Patrol, participating in TRUEX/MUEX in Guam, Balikatan 06 in the Republic of Philippines,
2006 – USS Patriot and embarked Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5 Detachment (Det) 51 complete Summer Patrol throughout Southeast Asia, participating in Cobra Gold and WP-MCMEX in Malaysia, while making port visits to Brunei, Vietnam, Singapore and Hong Kong.[1]
2007 – Forward Deployed ARG participates in joint exercises with the Republic of Korea, Kingdom of Thailand, Australia, Japan, Kingdom of Cambodia, Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of the Philippines. Task Force 76 units also participated in Operation Sea Angel II, a disaster response mission in the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
2009 – Between 7 August and 18 October, Task Force 76 assigned forces supported Foreign Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations in Taiwan, Indonesia and the Republic of the Philippines.
2011 – Operation TOMODACHI: USS Essex (LHD-2), USS Tortuga (LSD-46), USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) and USS Germantown (LSD-42) were positioned off of north eastern Honshu to assist the disaster recovery efforts in conjunction with the Japan Self Defense Force.
2011 – USS Tortuga (LSD-46) assisted in flood relief efforts in Thailand along with elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.
2012 – Task Force 76 and assigned units directly participated in 12 bi-lateral exercises including Balikatan, Amphibious Landing Exercise, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Exercise in the Republic of the Philippines, Cobra Gold in Thailand, Foal Eagle, Clear Horizon and Korean Interoperability Training Program in the Republic of Korea, Valiant Shied, Terminal Fury and Keen Sword in Japan.
Forward-deployed CTF 76 ships and commands
CTF 76 consists of the following units:[2]
U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan
U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan
- Amphibious Squadron ELEVEN
- USS America (LHA-6)
- USS New Orleans (LPD-18)
- USS Green Bay (LPD-20)
- USS Rushmore (LSD-47)
- USS Ashland (LSD-48)
- Mine Countermeasure Squadron SEVEN
- USS Patriot (MCM-7)
- USS Pioneer (MCM-9)
- USS Warrior (MCM-10)
- USS Chief (MCM-14)
- Naval Beach Unit SEVEN
- Assault Craft Unit ONE, Detachment Western Pacific
- Assault Craft Unit FIVE, Detachment Western Pacific
- Beach Master Unit ONE, Detachment Western Pacific
Okinawa, Japan
- Fleet Surgical Team SEVEN
- Tactical Air Squadron TWELVE, Detachment Western Pacific
Pohang, Republic of Korea
- Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14, Detachment ONE
Guam, United States
Transiting Amphibious Ready Groups
United States-based
Task Force / Amphibious Group Commanders to present
| • Rear Adm. Derek A. Trinque |
(15 June 2022 – Present) | |
| • Rear Adm. Christopher M. Engdahl |
(12 May 2021 – 15 June 2022) | |
| • Fred W. Kacher |
(May 2019 – 12 May 2021) | |
| • Charles B. Cooper II |
(22 January 2018 – May 2019) | |
| • Capt. Marvin "Ed" Thompson | (September 2017 – 22 January 2018) | |
| • Rear Adm. Marc H. Dalton |
(3 August 2016 – September 2017) | |
| • Rear Adm. John B. Nowell |
(29 August 2015 – 3 August 2016) | |
| • Rear Adm. Hugh D. Wetherald |
(11 September 2013 – 29 August 2015) | |
| • Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley |
(24 May 2012 – 11 September 2013) | |
| • Rear Adm. J. Scott Jones |
(8 April 2011 – 24 May 2012) | |
| • Rear Adm. Richard B. Landolt |
(23 June 2008 – 8 April 2011) | |
| • Rear Adm. Carol M. Pottenger |
(7 November 2006 – 23 June 2008) | |
| • Rear Adm. Victor G. Guillory |
(1 October 2004 – 7 November 2006) | |
| • Rear Adm. Gary R. Jones |
(28 July 2003 – 1 October 2004) | |
| • Rear Adm. Frederic R. Ruehe |
(March 2002 – 28 July 2003) | |
| • Rear Adm. Paul S. Schultz |
(Jun 2000 – March 2002) | |
| • Rear Adm. Harry M. Highfill |
(March 1998 – June 2000) | |
| • Rear Adm. Walter Doran |
(June 1995 – December 1996) | |
| • Rear Adm. George B. Shick Jr. |
(1980 – 1982) | |
| • Rear Adm. Don Whitmire |
(1974–1976) | |
| • Rear Adm. Wycliff D. Toole Jr |
(July 1972 – 1973) | |
| • Rear Adm. Walter D. Gaddis |
(1970 - July 1972) | |
| • Rear Adm. Daniel E. Barbey |
(January 1943 - ) |
References
- ^ CTF 76 Website – History Page Archived 10 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "About Us".
- Command History, Seventh Amphibious Force, 10 January 1943 – 23 December 1945
- MacArthur's Amphibious Navy ~ Seventh Amphibious Force Operations 1943–1945, Vice Admiral Danie E. Barbey, USN (Ret), 1969
- Action Report – Iwo Jima, February, 1945
- Navy amphibious force welcomes new commander – Date: 7/28/2003
- Task Force 76 Holds Change of Command in Okinawa – Date: 10/22/2004
- ESG 7/CTF 76 Changes Command – Date: 11/27/2006
- Amphibious Force 7th Fleet Changes Command – Date: 6/23/2008
- Amphibious Force, US 7th Fleet Holds Change of Command Ceremony – Date: 9/10/2013
- Amphibious Force US 7th Fleet Holds Change of Command – Date: 8/31/2015
- Amphibious Force 7th Fleet Changes Command - Date: 8/03/2016
- New commander of Navy 7th Fleet’s amphibious forces takes over - Date: 1/24/2018
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