A Service Squadron (ServRon) was a U.S. Navy squadron that supported fleet combat units. Service Squadrons were used by the US Navy from their inception in 1943 to as late as the early 1980s. At the time of their inception during the second world war they allowed the US Navy to operate across the ocean for extended periods of time. During the war Service Squadrons would create a temporary forward base. A good example of one such base was at Ulithi, a small atoll in the central Pacific. Service Squadrons allowed the US Navy to do the seemingly impossible, they essentially created a major naval base at a location relatively near the area of operation. With the naval base at Ulithi to refit, repair and resupply, many ships were able to deploy and operate in the western Pacific for a year or m