NEW SEA COMMAND
SOUTH-EAST PACIFIC
REAR-ADMIRAL APPOINTED
Rec. 1 p.m. "WASHINGTON, May 22.
The United States Navy to-day announced a new sea command under Rear-Admiral J. F. Shafroth as Commander of the United States Naval Forces in the South-east Pacific, which includes the waters adjacent to South America and the Panama Canal.
Rear-Admiral Shafroth will be under the general direction of Admiral Nimitz, who is in command of the Pacific area.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 120, 23 May 1942, Page 8
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71NEW SEA COMMAND Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 120, 23 May 1942, Page 8
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