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576:, Commander, Naval Surface Group Pascagoula was renamed Commander, Regional Support Group Pascagoula. In April 1998, as the result of yet another reorganization, COMDESRON 6 shifted operational control to Commander, Western Hemisphere Group, and was redesignated as a Tactical Squadron. In December 1999, COMDESRON 6 was redesignated as a Tactical/Readiness Squadron under the operational control of Commander, Naval Surface Group 2. At one point, the composition of Destroyer Squadron 6 included FFG-16 at Mayport, FFG 22 at Charleston, SC,
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273:list of squadrons and flotillas of the Royal Navy
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1116:Carrier Strike Group Fifteen
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604:United States Pacific Fleet
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398:Charleston Naval Base
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627:Honda Point Disaster
599:Destroyer Squadron 9
594:Destroyer Squadron 8
588:Destroyer Squadron 7
580:Samuel Eliot Morison
553:Destroyer Squadron 6
530:Destroyer Squadron 4
485:Destroyer Squadron 3
479:Destroyer Squadron 2
473:Destroyer Squadron 1
452:carrier strike group
441:Carrier Battle Group
406:Waldemar F. A. Wendt
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