Special Service Squadron

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The Special Service Squadron was a component of the United States Navy during the 1920s and 1930s.

Under the United States Fleet, the squadron patrolled the Caribbean Sea as an instrument of gunboat diplomacy. It was headquartered in Balboa, Panama Canal Zone.

Commanders

v t e United States Navy Squadrons

19th Century	Africa Squadron Brazil Squadron Chesapeake Bay Flotilla East India Squadron Home Squadron Mediterranean Squadron Mosquito Fleet New Orleans Squadron North Atlantic Squadron Pacific Squadron West Indies Squadron

Civil War	Atlantic Blockading Squadron East Gulf Blockading Squadron Mississippi River Squadron North Atlantic Blockading Squadron Potomac Flotilla South Atlantic Blockading Squadron West Gulf Blockading Squadron

Post-Civil War	Asiatic Squadron Bering Sea Squadron European Squadron Flying Squadron North Pacific Squadron Pacific Station South Pacific Squadron Special Service Squadron Squadron of Evolution

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