U.S. Fifth Fleet is responsible for U.S. Navy in the Gulf , Red Sea , Arabian Sea and the East African coastal areas of the mission , the Navy Fifth Fleet is the U.S. Central Command ‘s partner. The fleet in World War II April 26, 1944 in the Pacific was established. After the war, the Fifth Fleet in January 1947 Chebian .
July 1, 1995 , the U.S. Navy in the Gulf region in order to strengthen the forefront of military presence , naval forces in the Middle East based on the reconstruction of the Fifth Fleet . Fleet headquarters in Bahrain , the Navy Central Command commander concurrently .
U.S. Fifth Fleet ‘s mission is to protect the Gulf oil transported to the international market , observing the actions of Iran , responsible for the Gulf , Gulf of Oman , Red Sea and Indian Ocean activities in some areas , while direct participation in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the so-called anti-terrorist action and activities to combat piracy in international waters .
U.S. Fifth Fleet has an aircraft carrier , ships, attack submarines and destroyers and 70 combat aircraft .
In 2003, the Fifth Fleet to increase the number of the Marine Corps , when Washington launched the war in Iraq gathered 140,000 troops .
Recently , the U.S. Navy launched $ 580 million expansion of Bahrain ‘s capital Manama a Salman Port in eastern naval base. U.S. Navy statement said the plan includes four phases , covering 70 feddans (about 294,000 square meters ) , plans to be completed by 2015 .
In Iran an immediate threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz , the U.S. Fifth Fleet announced , will never allow the Strait of Hormuz waterway any interruption. Observers said the Iranian Navy did not like the U.S. Fifth Fleet ‘s military strength.
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