Actually thats an interesting question as the USN doesnt take mutiny lightly. One thing that they might be would be USN ships that were in mothballs that were being put back into operation and then crewed by men loyal to Civ Gov - i.e. older DD's and possible even the Salem's sister cruiser or cruisers.
As such they may never have officially rejoined the official USN. Either that or MilGov is giving them naval support for the operation on the basis that even though those troops arent answering to them they would rather have them in Europe and not in the US where they could be used against them.
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