Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet
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| United States Pacific Fleet | |
| Abbreviation | COMPACFLT |
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| Seat | Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
| Appointer | The president with Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | 2–3 years (approx.) |
| Formation | July 22, 1907 |
| First holder | RADM James H. Dayton[1] |
| Deputy | Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet |
| Website | Official website |
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Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT) is the title of the United States Navy officer who commands the United States Pacific Fleet (USPACFLT). Originally established in 1907 as a two-star rear admiral's billet, the position has been held by a four-star admiral since March 19, 1915.
As of April 4, 2024[update], Admiral Stephen Koehler is the 65th and current commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet.[2]
History
The position has been known by several titles since its inception.
- 1907 to December 6, 1922: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT)
- December 6, 1922 to April 1, 1931: Commander-in-Chief, Battle Fleet (CINCBATFLT)
- April 1, 1931 to February 1, 1941: Commander, Battle Force, United States Fleet (COMBATFOR)
- February 1, 1941 to October 24, 2002: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT)
- October 24, 2002 to present: Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT)
List of commanders
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| 1 | Rear Admiral James H. Dayton (1846–1938) | July 22, 1907 | Oct 25, 1908[3] | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 2 | Rear Admiral William T. Swinburne (1847–1928) | Oct 25, 1908 | May 17, 1909 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 3 | Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree (1848–1922) | May 17, 1909 | February 19, 1910 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 4 | Rear Admiral Giles B. Harber (1849–1925) | February 19, 1910 | November 1, 1910[4] | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| - | Rear Admiral Edward B. Barry (1849–1938) | November 1, 1910 | January 15, 1911 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| - | Rear Admiral Chauncey Thomas Jr. (1850–1919) | January 15, 1911 | 1912 | ~
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| 5 | Rear Admiral William H. H. Southerland (1852–1933) | 1912 | March 1913 | ~
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| 5 | Rear Admiral Walter C. Cowles (1853–1917) | March 1913 | January 1914 | ~
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| 6 | Admiral Thomas B. Howard (1854–1920) | January 1914 | September 13, 1915 | ~
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| 7 | Admiral Cameron M. Winslow (1854–1932) | September 13, 1915 | July 29, 1916 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 8 | Admiral William B. Caperton (1855–1941) | July 29, 1916 | April 30, 1919 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 9 | Admiral Hugh Rodman (1859–1940) | July 1, 1919 | July 5, 1921 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 10 | Admiral Edward W. Eberle (1864–1929) | July 5, 1921 | December 6, 1922 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
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| 10 | Admiral Edward W. Eberle (1864–1929) [a] | December 6, 1922 | June 30, 1923 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 11 | Admiral Samuel S. Robison (1867–1952) | June 30, 1923 | October 14, 1925 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 12 | Admiral Charles F. Hughes (1866–1934) | October 14, 1925 | September 4, 1926 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 13 | Admiral Richard H. Jackson (1866–1971) | September 4, 1926 | September 10, 1927 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 14 | Admiral Louis R. de Steiguer (1867–1947) | September 10, 1927 | May 21, 1929 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 15 | Admiral William V. Pratt (1869–1957) | June 26, 1928 | May 21, 1929 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 16 | Admiral Louis M. Nulton (1869–1954) | May 21, 1929 | May 24, 1930 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 17 | Admiral Frank H. Schofield (1869–1942) | May 24, 1930 | April 1, 1931 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
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| 17 | Admiral Frank H. Schofield (1869–1942) | April 1, 1931 | September 15, 1931 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 18 | Admiral Richard H. Leigh (1870–1946) | September 15, 1931 | August 11, 1932 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 19 | Admiral Luke McNamee (1871–1952) | August 11, 1932 | May 20, 1933 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 20 | Admiral William H. Standley (1872–1963) [a] | May 20, 1933 | July 1, 1933 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 21 | Admiral Joseph M. Reeves (1872–1948) | July 1, 1933 | April 1, 1935 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 22 | Admiral Frank H. Brumby (1874–1950) | June 15, 1934 | April 1, 1935 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 23 | Admiral Harris Laning (1873–1941) | April 1, 1935 | March 30, 1936 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 24 | Admiral William D. Leahy (1875–1959) [a] | March 30, 1936 | December 31, 1936 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 25 | Admiral Claude C. Bloch (1878–1967) | December 31, 1936 | January 29, 1938 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 26 | Admiral Edward C. Kalbfus (1877–1954) | January 29, 1938 | June 24, 1939 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 27 | Admiral James O. Richardson (1878–1974) | June 24, 1939 | February 1, 1941 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
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| 28 | Admiral Husband E. Kimmel (1882–1968) [b] | February 1, 1941 | December 17, 1941 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| - | Vice Admiral William S. Pye (1880–1959) Acting | December 17, 1941 | December 31, 1941 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 29 | Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966) [c] | December 31, 1941 | November 24, 1945 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 30 | Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (1886–1969) | November 24, 1945 | February 1, 1946 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 31 | Admiral John H. Towers (1885–1955) | February 1, 1946 | February 28, 1947 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 32 | Admiral Louis E. Denfeld (1891–1972) | February 28, 1947 | December 3, 1947 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 33 | Admiral DeWitt C. Ramsey (1888–1961) | December 3, 1947 | April 30, 1949 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 34 | Admiral Arthur W. Radford (1896–1973) | April 30, 1949 | July 10, 1953 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 35 | Admiral Felix B. Stump (1894–1972) | July 10, 1953 | January 14, 1958 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 36 | Admiral Maurice E. Curts (1898–1976) | January 14, 1958 | February 1, 1958 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 37 | Admiral Herbert G. Hopwood (1898–1966) | February 1, 1958 | August 30, 1960 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 38 | Admiral John H. Sides (1904–1978) | August 30, 1960 | September 30, 1963 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 39 | Admiral U.S. Grant Sharp Jr. (1906–2001) [d] | September 30, 1963 | June 26, 1964 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 40 | Admiral Thomas H. Moorer (1912–2004) [e] | June 26, 1964 | March 30, 1965 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 41 | Admiral Roy L. Johnson (1906–1999) | March 30, 1965 | November 30, 1967 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 42 | Admiral John J. Hyland Jr. (1912–1998) | November 30, 1967 | December 5, 1970 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 43 | Admiral Bernard A. Clarey (1912–1996) | December 5, 1970 | September 30, 1973 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 44 | Admiral Maurice F. Weisner (1917–2006) | September 30, 1973 | August 12, 1976 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 45 | Admiral Thomas B. Hayward (1924–2022) | August 12, 1976 | May 9, 1978 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 46 | Admiral Donald C. Davis (1921–1998) | May 9, 1978 | July 31, 1981 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 47 | Admiral James D. Watkins (1927–2012) [a] | July 31, 1981 | May 28, 1982 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 48 | Admiral Sylvester R. Foley Jr. (1928–2019) | May 28, 1982 | September 16, 1985 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 49 | Admiral James A. Lyons Jr. (1927–2018) | September 16, 1985 | September 30, 1987 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 50 | Admiral David E. Jeremiah (1934–2013) | September 30, 1987 | February 15, 1990 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 51 | Admiral Charles R. Larson (1936–2014) | February 15, 1990 | February 15, 1991 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 52 | Admiral Robert J. Kelly (born 1938) | February 15, 1991 | August 6, 1994 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 53 | Admiral Ronald J. Zlatoper (1942–2022) | August 6, 1994 | November 7, 1996 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 54 | Admiral Archie Clemins (1943–2020) | November 7, 1996 | October 8, 1999 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 55 | Admiral Thomas B. Fargo (born 1948) | October 8, 1999 | May 4, 2002 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 56 | Admiral Walter F. Doran (born 1945) | May 4, 2002 | October 24, 2002 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
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| 56 | Admiral Walter F. Doran (born 1945) | October 24, 2002 | July 8, 2005 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 57 | Admiral Gary Roughead (born 1951) | July 8, 2005 | May 8, 2007 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 58 | Admiral Robert F. Willard (born 1950) | May 8, 2007 | September 25, 2009 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 59 | Admiral Patrick M. Walsh (born 1955) | September 25, 2009 | January 20, 2012 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 60 | Admiral Cecil D. Haney (born 1955) | January 20, 2012 | October 16, 2013 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 61 | Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr. (born 1956) | October 16, 2013 | May 27, 2015 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 62 | Admiral Scott H. Swift (born 1957) | May 27, 2015 | May 17, 2018 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 63 | Admiral John C. Aquilino (born 1962) | May 17, 2018 | April 30, 2021 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| - | Rear Admiral Stephen T. Koehler (born 1964) Acting | April 30, 2021 | May 5, 2021 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 64 | Admiral Samuel J. Paparo Jr. (born 1964) | May 5, 2021 | April 4, 2024 | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
| 65 | Admiral Stephen T. Koehler (born 1964) | April 4, 2024 | Incumbent | #REDIRECT Template:Age in years and days nts | |
In popular culture
In the movie, Top Gun: Maverick, Val Kilmer plays Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Register of the commission and warrant officers of the Navy of the United States, including officers of the Marine Corps (1908 ed.). Washington DC: US Navy. p. 6.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Admiral Stephen T. "Web" Koehler". U.S. Pacific Fleet. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Important Changes Will Be Made in the Navy: Nine Rear Admirals to Reach Age of Retirement and Many Promotions Along Line Will Be the Result". Fresno Bee. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Admiral Barry named Pacific Squadron Chief". Los Angeles Herald. Washington. October 4, 1910 [October 3, 1910]. p. 14. Retrieved December 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ a b c d Term shortened due to appointment as Chief of Naval Operations.
- ^ Relieved of command after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- ^ Nimitz was appointed CINCPAC in grade of admiral; he was promoted to fleet admiral on December 19, 1944.
- ^ Term shortened due to appointment as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command.
- ^ Term shortened due to appointment as Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Command and U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
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