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Admiral King was appointed Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet, on 20 December 1941. Rear Admiral [[Royal E. Ingersoll]] was designated, with the rank of vice admiral, to relieve him as Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Admin-Hist/USN-Admin/USN-Admin-4.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227073944/http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Admin-Hist/USN-Admin/USN-Admin-4.html |archivedate=27 December 2010 | title=HyperWar: Administration of the Navy Department in World War II [Chapter 4 - Fleet Organization] | via=ibiblio.org | accessdate=22 May 2021}}</ref> He took command on 1 January 1942, and was advanced to the rank of admiral on 1 July 1942. To carry out this mission and other tasks CinCLant had in the meantime been reorganized, as of 1 March 1941, into ten task forces (commanded by flag officers) numbered from one to ten and named according to their intended employment. [[Task Force One]] was the Ocean Escort Force, TF2—Striking Force, TF3—Scouting Force, TF4—Support Force, TF5—Submarine Force, TF6—Naval Coastal Frontier Forces, TF7—Bermuda Force, TF8—Patrol Wings, TF9—Service Force, and [[Task Force 10]], [[1st Marine Division]] (commanded by a Brigadier General).
Of many significant engagements, [[Daniel V. Gallery|Captain Daniel Gallery]]'s capture of the [[German submarine U-505]] stands out. The capture was so top secret (because of the enigma code books captured) that the ship's flag was kept by the Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet, and not handed over to Navy authorities until after the war.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu/document.php?id=ldpd_4076081|title=Columbia University Libraries: Oral Histories Portal: Collection Overview|year=2010}}</ref>
===Cold War===
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From the late 1960s, nuclear ballistic missile submarines of the fleet began to make thousands of deterrent patrols.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4100&tid=200&ct=4|title=The US Navy – Fact File: Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines – SSBN|last=Petty|first=Dan|website=www.navy.mil|access-date=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102142051/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4100&tid=200&ct=4|archive-date=2 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The first patrol in the Atlantic Fleet [[area of operations]] was made by {{USS|George Washington|SSBN-598}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fas.org/programs/ssp/man/uswpns/navy/submarines/ssbn598gw.html |title=Federation of American Scientists |access-date=16 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224111712/http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/man/uswpns/navy/submarines/ssbn598gw.html |archive-date=24 December 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 1972, Commander, Anti-Submarine Warfare Force, Atlantic Fleet (Task Force 81) was headquartered at [[Quonset Point Naval Air Station]].<ref>Sean P. Milligan, Quonset Point Naval Air Station, 1996, 127.</ref> Under ASWFORLANTFLT was Hunter-Killer Force, Atlantic Fleet (Task Force 83), with [[Carrier Division 14|Carrier Divisions 14]] and [[Carrier Division 16|16]] (Wasp and Intrepid, respectively), as well as the Quonset ASW Group (TG 81.2) with [[Fleet Air Wing 3]] and surface units. More information on Anti-Submarine Warfare Force, Atlantic Fleet's, activities during the Cuban crisis can be found at the National Security Archive's document collections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB75/|title = The Submarines of October}}</ref>
[[Commander, Naval Surface Forces Atlantic]] was formed on 1 July 1975, incorporating a number of previously separate smaller commands – mine warfare vessels/units, service vessels, and frigates, destroyers and cruisers, along with associated destroyer squadrons and cruiser/destroyer groups.
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