ComServPac

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 Auxilary Force

Former Commanders, Base Force, Pacfic Fleet

• Rear Admiral William L. Calhoun U.S.N. (DEC 1939 - 27 FEB 1942)

Former Commanders, Service Force, Pacific Fleet

• Vice Admiral William L. Calhoun U.S.N. (27 FEB 1942 - 6 MAR 1945)

• Vice Admiral William W. Smith U.S.N. (6 MAR 1945 - 2 SEP 1945)

• Rear Admiral Francis C. Denebrink U.S.N. (1949 - 1953)

• 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)

• Vice Admiral John M. Barrett U.S.N. (1969 - 1971)

References

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

• ServPac
• Hyperwar Naval Chronology [1]
• History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

External Links

• Military Sealift Command [2]
• Ships of the Military Sealift Command [3]