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Navy reorganization prompts retirements and fleet shifts
The navy retires several senior officers to clear a path for new promotions while reshaping command. Admiral Remey is assigned to Nagasaki to coal the Brooklyn and prepare to relieve Kempf, who faces pressure over his Taku forts dispatches. The Brooklyn sails from Manila, due to reach Taku Sunday, as tensions rise in Washington over Kempff’s reports.
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