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ComPhibPac, also seen as COMPHIBPAC, was the official U.S. Navy abbreviation for "Commander, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet."

Amphibious forces under the command of ComPhibPac were known as PhibPac or PHIBPAC. One of PhibPac's subordinate commands during World War II was Transports, Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, or TransPhibPac. The commander of TransPhibPac was known as ComTransPhibPac.

In October 1945, Rear Admiral John L. Hall Jr. became commander of Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, [1] receiving the rank of vice admiral a few months later. [2]

Rear Admiral Arthur Dewey Struble commanded PhibPac in 1946-48.

From 1953 to 1954, during the Korean War, Vice-Admiral William M. Callaghan commanded Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet. [3]

PhibPac was amalgamated into the new command Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific, probably in the mid-1970s.

References

  1. ^ "Admiral John Lesslie Hall Jr". hall.navy.mil. Retrieved 14 August 2010.[ permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "USS John L. Hall (FFG32)". navsource.org. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  3. ^ Navy Department Library: Amphibious Force, US Pacific Fleet Archived 2011-06-24 at the Wayback Machine (December 4, 2006). Retrieved on September 8, 2009.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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