Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

US Navy Scouting Force

Also searchable as Scouting Fleet, Scouting Forces, US Navy Scouting Fleet.

Related time notes

  1. America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class
    3:57Why a large cruiser looked usefulChapter
  2. America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class
    56:11The US Navy Scouting Force doctrineChapter
  3. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    23:33An Americanized Hood in the US NavyQ&A
  4. What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?
    41:56Five Lexingtons would create an American fast wingChapter
  5. Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...
    55:14US cruiser scouts locate targets for the battle forceChapter
  6. Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?
    1:03:30Battlecruisers reshape American Pacific infrastructureNotable Point
  7. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:44:39Why scouting-force doctrine exposed uneven US officer preparationQ&A
  8. Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral
    10:30Kimmel's scouting-force background and carrier-raid plansChapter
  9. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    8:44Lexington began as a battlecruiser for information warfareChapter
  10. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    16:41Sims turns the scouting role into a carrier problemNotable Point
  11. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    23:33Lexington and Saratoga expose carrier-gun tradeoffsNotable Point
  12. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    3:34:41The Scouting Force shaped U.S. cruiser constructionQ&A
  13. Portland Class: Heavy Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen?
    19:32Portland as a scouting and presence cruiserChapter
  14. Portland Class: Heavy Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen?
    34:29Indianapolis becomes a presidential flagshipChapter
  15. Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)
    9:13Why the scouting force began with slow battleshipsChapter
  16. Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)
    11:49The Florida class illustrates the scouting-force paradoxNotable Point
  17. Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)
    25:09The 1939 scouting force as an area-control formationChapter
  18. Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)
    28:07McKean and Robertson give cruiser doctrine its frameworkNotable Point