Special Service Squadron

For the Royal Navy squadron of the same name, see Cruise of the Special Service Squadron.

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)^[1]
John W. Wilcox, Jr. 1939-1940

United States Navy Squadrons

19th Century	Africa Squadron Brazil Squadron Chesapeake Bay Flotilla East India Squadron Home Squadron Mediterranean Squadron Mosquito Fleet New Orleans Squadron Pacific Squadron West Indies Squadron

Civil War	Atlantic Blockading Squadron East Gulf Blockading Squadron Mississippi River Squadron North Atlantic Blockading Squadron Potomac Flotilla South Atlantic Blockading Squadron West Gulf Blockading Squadron West India Squadron

Post-Civil War	Asiatic Squadron Bering Sea Squadron European Squadron Flying Squadron North Atlantic Squadron North Pacific Squadron Pacific Station South Atlantic Squadron South Pacific Squadron Special Service Squadron Squadron of Evolution

References

↑ "U.S.S. ERIE (PG-50)". Ship History. USS Erie.org. Retrieved April 16, 2015.

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