Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Fleet, Admiral Samuel Shelburne Robison was advanced. He will succeed Admiral Robert E. Coontz after the return of the fleet from its cruise to Australia. Then Admiral Coontz will have leave of absence, and will be assigned to other duty?probably with the General Board of the Navy. Admiral S. S. Robison (not to be confused with Admiral J. K. Robison?see below) has been Commander of the Battle Fleet. A man of 58, he commanded at one time or another, the Cincinnati, Jupiter, South Carolina. During the War, he commanded the Submarine...
...letter from the President to the Shipping Board was made public. He advised the Board to place negotiations for the sale of ships to private parties in the hands of Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, President of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and keep its hands off except for a final O. K. or veto. His reason was that too many cooks spoil the broth. The Board was expected to agree-unwillingly-to this curtailment of its functions...
Umpire Hines rendered the first authentic account to reach the public of the outcome of the games. The plan was that the fleet, with an expeditionary force, known as the Blues, should attack the Islands. The garrison, with the ships and airplanes regularly stationed at the Islands, should constitute the defending force, known as the Blacks...
...Blues planned to seize not Lanai, but Molokai for an air base; then to make a feint with the fleet at the south coast of Oahu, making its main landing attack on the north coast, with a secondary landing on the west coast. As a matter of fact, both Molokai and Lanai were seized. The airplane carrier Langley was kept well at sea to avoid the Black submarines and the Blue airplanes flew to land as soon as the Islands were taken. Before this, the Black airplanes inflicted losses on the landing parties, sinking a tender, but of course could...
...Blue feint at the south shore of Oahu was a failure. The Blacks were not deceived and the attack brought the Blue fleet under the fire of strong land batteries. This was the second day of the attack. Early the following morning the Blues made their landing attack. On the west coast, the umpires decided that they were repulsed. On the north coast, the umpires held that they suffered severe losses, but were successful. The reserves were too far away...