ComServPac
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ComServPac, also seen as COMSERVPAC, was an approved U.S. Navy abbreviation or acronym for "Commander, Service (forces), Pacific (Ocean)" during World War II.
The service force was a division of the United States Pacific Fleet from 1942 until the latter part of the twentieth century. It was the reincarnation of the former Base Force. The Service Force comprised the supply train of the fleet which includes Oilers (AO), Gasoline Tanker (AOG), Repair Ships (AR), Ammunition Ships (AE), Destroyer Tenders (AD) and Submarine tenders (AS).
Service forces were under the ComServPac are known as ServPac or SERVPAC.
The ships of modern day equivalent of the service force has recently transferred from the active surface force component to the Military Sealift Command's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force.
Former Commanders, Base Force, Pacfic Fleet
- Rear Admiral William L. Calhoun U.S.N. (December 1939 - 27 February 1942)
Former Commanders, Service Force, Pacific Fleet
- Vice Admiral William L. Calhoun U.S.N. (27 February 1942 - 6 March 1945)
- Vice Admiral William W. Smith U.S.N. (6 March 1945 - 2 September 1945)
- Rear Admiral W.D. Irvin U.S.N. (1963)
- Rear Admiral Walter V. Combs U.S.N. (1968)
- Vice Admiral Edwin B. Hooper U.S.N. (1968)
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This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
