The U.S. Navy, the Neutrality Patrol, and Atlantic Fleet Escort Operations, 1939-1941

• Main Author: Hussey, Brian F.
• Other Authors: NAVAL ACADEMY ANNAPOLIS MD
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: Naval Surface Warfare; *WARFARE; UNITED STATES; COASTAL REGIONS; NEUTRAL; NAVY; PATROLLING; CANADA; SURFACES; FLEETS(SHIPS); VEHICLES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; BATTLESHIPS; DESTROYERS; ICELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; GLOBAL; *NAVAL OPERATIONS; PATROL CRAFT; ESCORT SHIPS; ATLANTIC FLEET; Canada; Battleship; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA245396; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA245396

Although the United States was officially neutral until 7 December 1941, the U.S. Navy entered World War II on 5 September 1939 when the CNO, Admiral Harold R. Stark, initiated Neutrality Patrol operations in the Caribbean and in waters 200 miles off the coasts of North and South America. During 194...