Admiral Kimmel noted as a testi cian rises to command of the Fle at a crucial moment in the world's history in which the United States Navy is playing an important role even thought it may never go into ection.
With war raging in Europe and the Middle East and threatening to spread fafthen in the Orient, the United States main naval striking force remains based in Hawaiian waters, poised for speedy transfer either to the Orient or to the Atlantic via the Panama Canal and acting as a threat and warning against hostile action toward the United States in either area, The Pacific Fleet has been stationed in Hawaii since the conclusion of Spring exercises in April, 1940, and the Sfcretary of Navy Mr. Frank Knox, recently announced that it would remain here indefinitely.
"The Pacific Fleet comprises the Navy's most potent striking force and is made up of 12 battleships, four aircraft carriers, 10 heavy cruisers, 15 light cruisers, 70 destroyers arid 35 submarines, in addition to at least Strong Indictment of
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