- Gulf Sea Frontier
Organized 6 February
1942 the Gulf Sea Frontier was headquartered atKey West, Florida , and was later moved toMiami, Florida on17 June 1942 . CaptainRussell S. Crenshaw was Commander of the Gulf Sea Frontier untilJune 3 ,1942 , when he was replaced by Rear AdmiralJames L. Kauffman .During
World War II , it was responsible for protecting the waters ofFlorida and theBahamas as well as theGulf of Mexico , theYucatan Channel and areas nearCuba .Gulf Sea Frontier was designated in official records:
* GULFSEAFRON – Gulf Sea Frontier.
* COMGULFSEAFRON – Commander, Gulf Sea Frontier.ee also
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Sea Frontier References
Admiral Earnest J. King, [http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/cno/cnorpt_1.html First Report to the Secretary of the Navy: Covering our Peacetime Navy and our Wartime Navy and including combat operations up to 1 March 1944] . April 1944, pp. 75-88.
Samuel Eliot Morrison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1943. ISBN 0-7858-1302-0
External links
* [http://www.uboatarchive.net/ESF.htm U-boat Archive - Eastern Sea Frontier]
* [http://www.uboatarchive.net/ESFWarDiaryMar42.htm U-boat Archive - Eastern Sea Frontier - War Diary March 1942]
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/books/OPNAV20-P1000/E.htm Glossary of U.S. Naval Abbreviations (OPNAV 29-P1000)]
* [http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Comant44.html Naval Operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean to March 1944]
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