Word: fleetness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...British government warned yesterday that Russia now has "the biggest submarine fleet the world has ever known...
...object of the withdrawal was to demonstrate that the U.S., after its show of the flag in the Eastern Mediterranean, is confident of King Hussein's stability. But, just to make sure, the Pentagon ordered five Sixth Fleet transports, loaded with U.S. Marines and protected by a screen of destroyers, to remain behind for "fire-brigade duty" if the threat of war should flare again...
Jordan's 21-year-old King Hussein boldly announced: "The crisis in Jordan is ended," relaxed the daytime curfew, and set out to try about 100 "Communists and fellow travelers" under martial law for seeking his overthrow. The U.S. Sixth Fleet wheeled round off Beirut and sailed away for the western Mediterranean, having made its point and enjoyed its shore leave. Eisenhower's Special Ambassador to the Middle East, ex-Congressman James P. Richards, after a last visit to Israel headed for home. Left glumly isolated and defeated in the first round, the Egyptian and Syrian press...
...itself, sounded as if it had been written by men on whom the jargon had rubbed off. Sample, from the newspaper Al Shaab: "In order to impose its hateful domination, imperialism decided to interfere in Jordan with the help of reactionary forces under the protection of the U.S. Sixth Fleet...
Neither of two downy-cheeked young bluejackets had ever heard of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, so the U.S. Navy League recently mapped an "Operation Remember" to remind the Navy's juniors that many of yesterday's heroes have not yet sailed off into the fog banks of history. In Manhattan last week some 50 retired admirals and Marine Corps generals, flying in from Remember's opening ceremonies in Annapolis, paraded up lower Broadway, felt salty planks under foot again aboard a dozen Atlantic Fleet vessels tied up at local piers. Senior officer present: Fleet Admiral William...