UNITED STATES FLEET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18943, 14 February 1925, Page 9

UNITED STATES FLEET.

VISIT TO DOMINION. * LIST OF SENIOR OFFICERS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Rord. 8.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Commander Halsey Powell, of the Naval Intelligence Department, has made available the tentative list of senior officers who are to command the various units of the United States fleet on its cruise to New Zealand and Australia. The Commander-in-Chief of the United States fleet, Admiral Coontz, will be aboard the flagship Seattle, which will be commanded by Captain W. 11. Sayles. The Commander-in-Chief of the Battle Fleet, Admiral Robinson, will be aboard the flagship California, which will be commanded by Captain R. 0. Hasbrouck. The commander of the battleship divisions, Vice-Admiral H. A. Wiley, will be aboard the flagship West Virginia, which will be commanded by Captain T. J. Sean. The commander of the battleship division No. 3, Rear-Admiral H. J. Ziegemeier, will be aboard the flagship Pennsylvania, which will be commanded by Captain H. Laning. The commander | of battleship division No. 4, Rear-Admiral W. I'\ Pratt, will be aboard the flagship New Mexico, which will be commanded by Captain F. 11. Brumby. The commander of the destroyer squadrons of the battle fleet, Rear-Admiral Frank H. Schofield, will be aboard tho flagship Omaha, which will be commanded by Captain F. ,T. Home. The commander of destroyer squadron No. 11, Captain E. 11. Dodd, will be aboard the flagship Melville, which will be commanded by Captain J. B. Gay. Division No. 30 of destroyer squadron No. 11 will be commanded by Commander A. H. Rice; division No. 31 by' Commander R. R. Adams; and divisiop No. 32 by Commander I. C. Johnson. The commander of destroyer squadron No. 12 will be Captain J. 0. Church, aboard the flagship Altair, which will be commanded by Commander E. P. Finney. Division No. 34 of destroyer squadron No. 12 will be commanded by Commander A. Claude; division No. 35 by Commander T. A. Kittinger; and division No. 36 by Commander R. E. Koch. Light cruiser division No. 3 will be commanded as follows:—Raleigh, Captain W. C. Watts; Detroit, Captain J. Hal-' ligan; Marblehead, Captain C. Shackford ; Memphis, Captain H. E. Lackey. . The destroyer Omaha and the lenders Melville and Altair have been recently included in the fleet which is to make the cruise. Other auxiliary vessels now scheduled for the trip include a mine squadron, two oil-burners, tho storcship Arctic, and the bridge-repair ship. Medusa and the hospital ship Relief. The latter will visit Sydney with the battlehips and Wellington with the destroyers.