Service Forces, United States Pacific Fleet

United States Pacific Fleet

The United States Pacific Fleet is a Pacific Ocean theater-level component command of the United States Navy that provides naval resources under the operational control of the United States Pacific Command. Its home port is at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii. It is commanded by Admiral Patrick M...

, usually known as COMSERVPAC, was a service support command of the Pacific Fleet from 1942 until the later 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 Ship

Ammunition ship

An ammunition ship is a warship specially configured to carry ammunition, usually for Navy ships and aircraft. Their cargo handling systems, designed with extreme safety in mind, include ammunition hoists with airlocks between decks, and mechanisms for flooding entire compartments with sea water in...

s (AE), Destroyer Tender

Destroyer tender

A destroyer tender is a ship designed to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships. The use of this class has faded from its peak in the first half of the 20th century as the roles of small combatants have evolved .Due to the increased size and automation of...

s (AD) and Submarine tender

Submarine tender

A submarine tender is a type of ship that supplies and supports submarines.Submarines are small compared to most oceangoing vessels, and generally do not have the ability to carry large amounts of food, fuel, torpedoes, and other supplies, nor to carry a full array of maintenance equipment and...

s (AS).

Service forces were under the ComServPac were known as ServPac or SERVPAC.

The ships of the modern day equivalent of the service force has recently transferred from the active surface force component to the Military Sealift Command

Military Sealift Command

The Military Sealift Command is a United States Navy organization that controls most of the replenishment and military transport ships of the Navy. It first came into existence on 9 July 1949 when the Military Sea Transportation Service became solely responsible for the Department of Defense's...

's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force

Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force

The 42 ships of the Military Sealift Command's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force are the supply lines to U.S. Navy ships at sea. These ships provide virtually everything that Navy ships need, including fuel, food, ordnance, spare parts, mail and other supplies. NFAF ships enable the Navy fleet to remain...

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Former Commanders, Base Force, Pacific Fleet

• Rear Admiral
  Rear admiral (United States)
  Rear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. The uniformed services of the United States are unique in having two grades of rear admirals.- 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
  Vice admiral (United States)
  In the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, and the United States Maritime Service, vice admiral is a three-star flag officer, with the pay grade of...
  
   William W. Smith  U.S.N. (6 March 1945 - 2 September 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)

External links

• Military Sealift Command http://www.msc.navy.mil/
• Ships of the Military Sealift Command http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/