[GVGT] China panic: US navy will have first fleets base in Singapore. In 1973, it was disestablished and its duties assumed by the Third Fleet. The Navy used the command that would eventually become First Fleet from 1943 to 1973. Thread starter Furore; Start date Nov 27, 2020; ... SG has been a navy base for US fleet for years. The Navy has had a presence at the Singaporean Navy's Changi Naval Base since 1990 and now had Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) forward-deployed there under the operational control of 7th Fleet. Established in 2007, Singapore Area Coordinator (SAC) provides comprehensive shore support services to the Fleet… Braithwaite announced the plans at the conference of the Naval Submarine League on November 11. It was disestablished and its duties assumed by the U.S. Then it goes to question why when this 1st Fleet already seem to have a default base to operate out from, right in the middle of the Indian Ocean, conveniently within its area of operations, wants to even suggest Singapore as one of its possible? As part of a 1990 agreement (concluded in 1992) between Singapore and the United States, American military forces (primarily naval and air force) have been making use of Sembawang's base facilities. Installation Information. The Singapore Area Coordinator (SAC) welcomes you to Singapore, the U.S. Navy's gateway to Southeast Asia. Ship maintainers and crew from the U.S. Navy’s Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) have completed a continuous maintenance availability (CMAV) period in Singapore making it the first CMAV conducted away from the U.S. 7th Fleet maintenance hub in Yokosuka, Japan. Joined Nov 4, 2004 Messages 14,545 Reaction score 44. If it comes back, experts told Stars and Stripes that Singapore or Australia could … US Navy chief wants Indian Ocean '1st Fleet,' possibly in Singapore Secretary Braithwaite says 7th Fleet in Japan not enough to check China Littoral combat ship USS Coronado moors in Changi, Singapore, in preparation for the International Maritime Defense Exhibition. “We want to stand up a new numbered fleet,” Braithwaite said Tuesday, at the Naval Submarine League’s annual symposium, according to USNI News . The First Fleet was a unit of the United States Navy, in operation from as early as 1946 (but definitely active by 1948 as the First Task Fleet) to 1 February 1973 in the western Pacific Ocean as part of the Pacific Fleet. He said the new 1 st Fleet might be based in Singapore, where he recently met with officials to discuss enhanced Naval presence. US Navy chief wants Indian Ocean '1st Fleet,' possibly in Singapore Sponsored Content About Sponsored Content This content was commissioned by Nikkei's Global Business Bureau. Currently, the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet, operating out of Japan, covers a vast oceanic expanse, all the way to the India-Pakistan border. JivBunny Arch-Supremacy Member. The United States should boost its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region with a new numbered fleet, possibly based in Singapore, according to the U.S. Navy’s top civilian leader. The Navy chief said the new fleet would be called the “First Fleet” and could be based in Singapore. US Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite has proposed refounding the US First Fleet and basing it in the Indo-Pacific region, possibly Singapore, at the southern tip of the South China Sea. Seventh Fleet. “We can’t just rely on the Seventh Fleet in Japan. Singapore has given the go-ahead for U.S. Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft to operate out of its airbases to patrol the disputed waters of the South China Sea. Speaking at the Naval Submarine League’s annual symposium on November 17, Braithwaite has suggested that the proposed First Fleet will take some load off the U.S. As summarized in The Drive, a numbered fleet based possibly out of Singapore would make for a greater concentration of forces able to more rapidly and effectively respond to any conflict potentially involving China: When the Navy shuttered 1st Fleet nearly 50 years ago, it established U.S. 3rd Fleet in its place.