Editing United States Asiatic Fleet (section)

==1910–1937==

On 28 January 1910, the United States Asiatic Fleet was reestablished.

In December 1922 the U.S. Navy was restructured, with the U.S. Pacific Fleet and [[United States Atlantic Fleet]] combining to form a unified [[United States Fleet]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Albert A. Nofi|title=To Train The Fleet For War: The U.S. Navy Fleet Problems, 1923-1940: The U.S. Navy Fleet Problems, 1923-1940|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0GJNa6TIs_YC&pg=PA1|date=20 December 2010|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=978-1-884733-87-1|page=1}}</ref> However, the Asiatic Fleet remained a separate entity and was charged with defending the Philippines and [[Guam]] and with upholding the [[Open Door Policy]] in China.

Due to political unrest in China, the Asiatic Fleet assigned the [[gunboat]]s {{USS|Sacramento|PG-19}} and {{USS|Tulsa|PG-22}} and [[destroyer]]s to the Chinese ports of [[Amoy]], [[Fuzhou]], and [[Shantou]] in 1932 to protect American lives and property.<ref>[http://www.combinedfleet.com/Fuchow_t.htm Hackett, Bob, "''RISING STORM'' - THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY AND CHINA 1931–1941: The Seizure of Fuchow (Fuzhou) - 1941," combinedfleet.com, 17 April 2013 Accessed 1 January 2022]</ref>

In late July 1937, the Asiatic Fleet's commander-in-chief, [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] [[Harry E. Yarnell]], took his [[flagship]], the [[heavy cruiser]] {{USS|Augusta|CA-31|2}}, to the [[Soviet Union]]'s main naval base in the [[Soviet Pacific Fleet|Pacific]], [[Vladivostok]], along with four of the fleet's [[destroyer]]s. The visit, urged by the Soviet government, was an attempt to display solidarity between the Soviet Union and the United States in the face of increasingly aggressive Japanese behavior in [[China]] and along the border between the Soviet Union and the Japanese puppet state of [[Manchukuo]] in [[Manchuria]]. The visit was unsuccessful in deterring further Japanese military operations in either area.<ref>Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, p. 3.</ref>