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Aloha Everyone,

 

From 1942 into the 1980's, Service Groups and Service Squadrons supported the US Navy combatant fleet units around the globe. After WWII, they were organized in typical USN fashion between the Pacific and Atlantic fleets, with the odd numbered groups and squadrons in the Pacific and the even numbered ones in the Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. They were primarily composed of Auxiliary type ships providing logistical supply and support to the fleets. Oilers, Replenishment, Ammunition, Stores, Cargo, Repair, Towing & Salvage and miscellaneous Auxiliary hulls were their mainstay, plus added port, harbor clearance, photo, motion picture, maintenance & technical repair units.

 

Since the end of the Cold War the majority of these seagoing logistics functions are now provided to the Navy by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and their USNS service fleet (ex-MSTS)

 

Feel free to post any or all items you have from the Service Groups and Service Squadrons which held the line from WWII throughout the Cold War era.

 

 

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Salvage Sailor
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SERVICE FORCE ATLANTIC FLEET - 1950's

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Salvage Sailor
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SERVICE FORCE ATLANTIC FLEET - 1960's

 

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Salvage Sailor
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SERVICE FORCE ATLANTIC FLEET - 1970's

 

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Salvage Sailor
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SERVICE FORCE PACIFIC FLEET - COMSERVPAC

Japanese made

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SERVICE FORCE PACIFIC FLEET - COMSERVPAC

Different version Japanese made

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Salvage Sailor
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SERVICE GROUP ONE - West Coast

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SERVRON ONE - Service Squadron One, West Coast

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USS KOKA (ATA-185) Auxiliary Fleet Tug of SERVGRU ONE

 

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COMSERVGRU TWO - Service Group 2 Atlantic Fleet, Eastern Seaboard

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COMSERVGRU TWO - Service Group 2 Atlantic Fleet, Eastern Seaboard

 

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Salvage Sailor
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COMSERVGRU TWO - Service Group 2 Atlantic Fleet, 1970's Swiss Tex

 

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Salvage Sailor
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SERVRON 2 - Service Squadron Two, Atlantic Fleet

 

Different versions

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SERVGRU THREE - Service Group Three, Mid Pacific

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Salvage Sailor
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SERVRON 3 - Service Squadron Three, from the West Coast to Alaska and the Mid Pacific

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SERVICE SQUADRON 4 - Mid Atlantic

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Salvage Sailor
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SERVRON 4 - Service Squadron Four, Mid Atlantic

 

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Salvage Sailor
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SERVRON 5

The Pearl Harbor based Salvage forces supporting Guam, Vietnam and the Western Pacific

 

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SERVRON 5 - The Pearl Harbor based Salvage forces supporting Guam, Vietnam and the Western Pacific

 

SERVGRU & SERVRON 5 Plaques

 

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Three war Bolster class Salvage ship USS CONSERVER, The "Connie Maru" of SERVRON 5,

homeport Apra Harbor, Guam and later Alpha Docks, Pearl Harbor

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Salvage Sailor
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SERVICE FORCE SIXTH FLEET - The Mediterranean Sea support force in Naples Italy

 

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1950's Gemsco

 

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SERVICE FORCE SIXTH FLEET

SERVRON 6 - Service Squadron Six, Mediterranean Sea

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SERVRON 6 - Service Squadron Six, Mediterranean Sea

 

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Salvage Sailor
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SERVRON 6 - Service Squadron Six, Mediterranean Sea 1950's

 

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Salvage Sailor
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SERVRON 6 - Service Squadron Six, Port Services La Maddalena

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Salvage Sailor
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SERVRON 7 - Service Squadron Seven, the 7th Fleet in Japan (short lived)

 

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Salvage Sailor
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SERVRON 8 - Service Squadron Eight, The Caribbean and South Atlantic

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