Sixth Fleet (other)
Sixth Fleet or 6th fleet may refer to: * United States Sixth Fleet * IJN 6th Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy * Luftflotte 6 See also * * * * * Sixth (other) * Fleet (other) * Fifth Fleet (other) * Seventh Fleet (other) Seventh Fleet or 7th fleet may refer to: * United States Seventh Fleet * 7th Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) See also * * * * * Seventh (other) *Fleet (other) Fleet may refer to: Vehicles *Fishing fleet *Naval fleet *Fleet vehi ...

United States Sixth Fleet
The Sixth Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy operating as part of United States Naval Forces Europe. The Sixth Fleet is headquartered at Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy. The officially stated mission of the Sixth Fleet in 2011 is that it "conducts the full range of Maritime Operations and Theater Security Cooperation missions, in concert with coalition, joint, interagency, and other parties, in order to advance security and stability in Europe and Africa." The current commander of the Sixth Fleet is Vice Admiral Thomas E. Ishee. The Sixth Fleet was established in February 1950 by redesignation of the former Sixth Task Fleet, which in turn was the 1948 redesignation of U S Naval Forces, Mediterranean. Since that time, it has been continually engaged in world affairs around the Mediterranean, and, on occasion, further afield. It was involved in numerous NATO maritime exercises, the U.S. Lebanese intervention of 1958, confrontation with the Soviets during th ...
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IJN 6th Fleet
The was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) that during World War II, had primary responsibility for the command of submarine operations. History The 6th Fleet was formed on 15 November 1940, and was assigned general control of all IJN submarine operations. Its initial mission was reconnaissance off the west coast of the United States, east coast of Australia, and the sea lanes of the Indian Ocean. Background Japan had prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor a diverse submarine fleet, some of which had unique distinctions: the only submarines in existence of over 5,000 tons submerged displacement, submarines over 400 feet in length (until the advent of nuclear power), the 41 submarines in its retinue (and of the world) that could carry specially designed aircraft, and submarines with the longest ranges and highest speeds of any nation. With the development of the Type 95 submarine-launched variant of the Long Lance oxygen-propelled torpedo, Japan not only had the world's ...
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Luftflotte 6
Luftflotte 6For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Luftwaffe Organisation (Air Fleet 6) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on May 5, 1943 from Luftwaffenkommando Ost in Central Russia (Smolensk). The Luftwaffe units listed here were detached in Belarus, East Poland, East Prussia, Ukraine, Slovakia and in Russian-occupied lands for air support of Axis forces in the sector; with command offices in Pryluky and Belarus during June 26, 1944 within the Eastern front. Strategical reconnaissance *Stab/FAGr.2 ( Baranovichi) *1.(F)/11 (Baranovichi) *1.(F)/14 (Baranovichi) *NSt.4 (Bobruisk) Bombers (Medium/Heavy) *14.(Eis)/KG.3 ( Puchivichi) *Stab/KG.1 Hindenburg ( Prohwehren) *II./KG.1 Hindenburg (Prohwehren) IV.Fliegerkorps (IV.Air Corps) Brest-Litovsk Strategical reconnaissance *1(F)/100 (Pinsk) Tactical reconnaissance *Stab/NAGr.4 ( Biała Podlaska) *3/NAGr.4 (Kobryn) *12/NAGr.4 (Brest-Litovsk) B ...
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Sixth (other)
Sixth is the ordinal form of the number six. * The Sixth Amendment, to the U.S. Constitution * A keg of beer, equal to 5 U.S. gallons or barrel * The fraction Music * Sixth interval (music)s: ** major sixth, a musical interval ** minor sixth, a musical interval ** diminished sixth, an interval produced by narrowing a minor sixth by a chromatic semitone ** augmented sixth, an interval produced by widening a major sixth by a chromatic semitone * Sixth chord, two different kinds of chord * Submediant, sixth degree of the diatonic scale * Landini sixth, a type of cadence * Sixth (interval) See also * * * ''The Sixth'', a 1981 Soviet film directed by Samvel Gasparov * The 6ths, a band created by Stephin Merritt * LaSexta La Sexta (; "The Sixth"; stylized as laSexta) is a Spanish free-to-air television channel. It is privately owned and was originally founded on 18 March 2001 as Beca TV that began broadcasting on 1 April 2001, that same year. By 21 July 2003, the ...

Fleet (other)
Fleet may refer to: Vehicles *Fishing fleet *Naval fleet *Fleet vehicles, a pool of motor vehicles *Fleet Aircraft, the aircraft manufacturing company Places Canada *Fleet, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet England * The Fleet Lagoon, at Chesil Beach, Dorset *Fleet, Dorset, England, a village and civil parish *Fleet, Hampshire, England, a town and civil parish *Fleet, Hayling Island, Hampshire, England, a hamlet *Fleet Pond, Hampshire, England *River Fleet, subterranean river in London, England **Fleet Street, named after the river ** Fleet Prison, named after the river **Fleet Line, named after the river, was the original name for the London Underground Jubillee Line *Fleet, Lincolnshire, England *Fleet (Kent), a term for a waterway in the Thames marshes, England Scotland *Water of Fleet, a river in Scotland *Fleet Bay, a part of a National Scenic Area within Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland United States * Fleet, Kentucky, US, an unincorporated community In business * ARC Centre of ...
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Fifth Fleet (other)
Fifth Fleet or 5th fleet may mean: * United States Fifth Fleet * IJN 5th Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy * Luftflotte 5 See also * * * * * Fifth (other) * Fleet (other) * Fourth Fleet (other) * Sixth Fleet (other) Sixth Fleet or 6th fleet may refer to: * United States Sixth Fleet * IJN 6th Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy * Luftflotte 6 See also * * * * * Sixth (other) * Fleet (other) * Fifth Fleet (other) * Seventh Fleet (disa ...