United States Seventh Fleet

United States Seventh Fleet
United States Seventh Fleet
	Seventh Fleet's insignia
Founded	15 March 1943
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Fleet
Part of	U.S. Pacific Fleet
Garrison/HQ	U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka
Nickname	'Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club' (Vietnam War)
Engagements	World War II; Korean War; Second Taiwan Strait Crisis; Vietnam War; Operation Formation Star; Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; Gulf War; 1994 North Korean nuclear crisis; Third Taiwan Strait Crisis; 1999 East Timorese crisis; Global War on Terrorism;
Website	https://www.c7f.navy.mil/
Commanders
Commander	VADM Patrick J. Hannifin
Vice Commander	RDML Katie F. Sheldon, USN
Deputy Commander	RDML Kyle Gantt, USN
Command Master Chief	CMDCM Jeremy E. Douglas, USN

The Seventh Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy. It is headquartered at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the United States Pacific Fleet. At present, it is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets, with 50 to 70 ships, 150 aircraft and 27,000 sailors and marines. Its principal responsibilities are to provide joint command in natural disaster or military operations and operational command of all U.S. naval forces in the region.