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===Cold War===
On 1 January 1946, Commander Minesweeping Forces, Atlantic Fleet (ComMinLant) was activated to command minesweepers assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. The Commander, Mine Forces, Atlantic was responsible for all Fleet
Between 1947 and 1985, the fleet command was a concurrent appointment with the [[United States Atlantic Command]]. The [[Commander-in-Chief]] Atlantic Fleet (CINCLANTFLT) was traditionally a navy four-star admiral who also then held the positions of Commander-in-Chief [[United States Atlantic Command]] (CINCLANT) and [[NATO]]'s [[Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic]] (SACLANT). But after a major reorganization of the U.S. armed forces structure following the [[Goldwater-Nichols Act]] of 1986, CINCLANFLT was separated from the two other billets. The admiral commanding the Atlantic Fleet was designated as the Deputy Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command until 1986.
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In 1972, Commander, Anti-Submarine Warfare Force, Atlantic Fleet (Task Force 81) was headquartered at [[Quonset Point Naval Air Station]].<ref>Sean P. Milligan, Quonset Point Naval Air Station, 1996, 127.</ref> Under ASWFORLANTFLT was Hunter-Killer Force, Atlantic Fleet (Task Force 83), with [[Carrier Division 14|Carrier Divisions 14]] and [[Carrier Division 16|16]] (Wasp and Intrepid, respectively), as well as the Quonset ASW Group (TG 81.2) with [[Fleet Air Wing 3]] and surface units. More information on Anti-Submarine Warfare Force, Atlantic Fleet's, activities during the Cuban crisis can be found at the National Security Archive's document collections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB75/|title = The Submarines of October}}</ref>
The [[Commander, Naval Surface Forces Atlantic]] was formed on 1 July 1975, incorporating a number of previously separate smaller commands – mine warfare vessels/units, service vessels, and frigates, destroyers and cruisers, along with associated destroyer squadrons and cruiser/destroyer groups.
As part of a reorganization announced in July 1995 of the Atlantic Fleet's surface combatant ships into six core battle groups, nine destroyer squadrons, and a new Western Hemisphere Group, {{USS|John Hancock|DD-981}} was reassigned to [[Destroyer Squadron 24]]. The re-organization was to be phased in over the summer and take effect 31 August 1995, with homeport shifts occurring through 1998. In September 1995 the following ship assignments were intended to apply at the end of the transitional period:<ref>'Fleet's structure reorganized,' [[All Hands]], September 1995, p.1-2</ref>
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