Special Service Squadron

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The Special Service Squadron was a component of the United States Navy during the 1900s 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

C.H. Hockson 1907 (?)

Henry F. Bryan 1920-1921

C. B. Morgan 1921

William C. Cole (29 April 1922 – 1923)

J. H. Dayton 1923

Julian L. Latimer (May 7, 1926 – July 8, 1927)

David F. Sellers (July 8, 1927 – May 12, 1929)

Edward H. Campbell (May 12, 1929 – 1930)

Arthur St. Clair Smith (1930 – 1933)

Rear Admiral Yancey S. Williams (1938)

John W. Wilcox, Jr. 1939-1940

References

Special Service Squadron Wikipedia

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