| SPECIAL SERVICE SQUADRON Rear Admiral John Wilcox |
| CHARLESTON (PG-51) (F) Cmdr. Milton O. Carlson ERIE (PG-50) Cmdr. A. W. Ashbrook J. FRED TALBOTT (DD-156) Lt. Cmdr. C. H. Pike TATTNALL (DD-125) Lt. Cmdr. J. R. Pahl |
| VESSELS ON SPECIAL OR TEMPORARY DUTY |
| SQUADRON 40-T Rear Admiral C. E. Courtney |
| TRENTON (CL-11) (F) Capt. J. R. Barry DICKERSON (DD-157) Lt. Cmdr. E. E. Woods HERBERT (DD-160) Lt. Cmdr. R. P. Wadell |
| NAVAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE |
| CAPELLA (AK-13) Cmdr. D. R. Osborn, Jr. CHAUMONT (AP-5) Cmdr. D. F. Worth, Jr. HENDERSON (AP-1) Capt. J. J. Brown NITRO (AE-2) Capt. Calvin H. Cobb PYRO (AE-1) Cmdr. R.obertS. Haggart |
| RAMAPO (AO-12) Cmdr. W. C. Vose SALINAS (AO-19) Cmdr. G. P. Kraker SIRIUS (AK-15) Lt. Cmdr. H. F. Newton TRINITY (AO-13) Cmdr. J. E. Dingwell VEGA (AK-17) Cmdr. C. E. Eason |
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| Notes: 1. Following recommissioning. 2. Survey Duty. 3. Bureau of Ordnance duty. 4. "Special" Duty. 5. Engineering Experiments under control of CNO. 6. Station ship, Guam. 7. At Guantanamo Bay. 8. Station ship, Samoa. 9. At Guam. 10. Presidential yacht. 11. Secretary of the Navy's yacht. 12. In service, not in commission. |
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| BUSHNELL (AS-2) Cmdr. W. B. Coleman CORMORANT (AM-20) Lt. Cmdr. K. O. Ekelund CUYAHOGA (AG-26) Chf. Bosun J. H. Kevers DAHLGREN (DD-186) Lt. Cmdr. W. P. Hepburn GOLD STAR (AG-12) Cmdr. D. M. Mackey |
| HANNIBAL (AG-1) Cmdr. Virgil E. Korns MONTCALM (AT-39) Lt.. K. R. Hall ONTARIO (AT-13) Lt. N. W. Sears PENGUIN (AM-33) Lt. E. K. Wakefield POTOMAC (AG-25) Lt. Cmdr. Walter R. Jones SEQUOIA (AG-23) Lt. R. H. Rice |
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| CONSTITUTION - Sailing frigate Lt. Cmdr. H. P. Knickerbocker |
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| Gunboat ERIE (PG-50) of the Special Service Squadron, at sea, in May 1940. ERIE would be sunk by a U-Boat during WWII. Undated US Navy photo from the NAVSOURCE photo archive. As far as I know it is in the public domain. Thanks to Jon Bolson for providing the correct date for this picture. |
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