To support our fleet we constructed temporary bases for various uses, and we formed floating mobile service squadrons and other logistic support groups. The advance against the enemy moved our fleet progressively farther and farther away from the west coast of the United States, from Pearl Harbor, and from other sources of supply. In World War II, logistic support of the fleet in the Pacific became a problem of such magnitude and diversity, as well as vital necessity, that all operations against Japan hinged upon it. Victory is won or lost in battle, but all military history shows that adequate logistic support is essential to the winning of battles. The Ponaganset loading fresh water at Balusoa Water Point, Samar The Ocelot - 'Spotted Cat' - Carter's flagship The oiler Cahaba fueling the battleship Iowa and the carrier Shangri-La on a smooth day

Pennsylvania low in water after being torpedoed by plane Load of powder midway between the Shasta and the cruiser Vicksburg at seaД«ow of Pittsburgh, towed in, cut up, and restored to the shipДestroyer Newcomb damaged by suicide attacksДamage to Kiland's flagship, Mount McKinley

Taking sugar on the carrier Lexington at night Transferring bombs from LST to the carrier Hancock at sea Gasoline lighter and an LCT alongside the carrier Intrepid Ships in Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island, in the Admiralty IslandsДЄrgonne damaged by the blowing up of the Mount Hood The concrete stores barge Quartz, one of the many of this type constructionДЄmmunition ship Shasta loading 14-inch powder and shells onto the New Mexico Submarine undocking from ARD-6 Dutch Harbor Honolulu at Tulagi with bow damaged by 'dud' torpedo Minneapolis, bow repaired with coconut-palm tree trunks USS Kitty Hawk at Pallikulo Bay, New Hebrides, unloading torpedo plane to self-propelled 50-ton barge Kitty Hawk supplying planes to the Long Island The appendix contains a list of commanding officers of service vessels under Commander Service Force Pacific, photographs of vessels and small craft representative of the principal types engaged in logistic support activities under Commander Service Force Pacific, and a glossary of abbreviations. The Move to Buckner Bay and Service Activities There the Remaining Days of the War Service Force Pacific Absorbs Service Force Seventh Fleet Service Squadron Ten Main Body Moves to San Pedro Bay Logistics at Kerama Retto for the Okinawa OperationД®xpansion of 'At-Sea' Support by Service Squadron Six Logistics Support Group - Service Squadron Six Service Squadron Ten Main Body Moves to UlithiДЄnother Midget Attack - Ammunition Ship Mazama Hit Preparations at Seeadler Harbor and EniwetokДЄmmunition, Smoke, Water, Provisions, Salvage STALEMATE II: The Western Carolines Operation Relationship of the Service Administrative Squadron EightД®arly Composition and Organization of Service Squadron TenДЄdministration of Ordnance Spare Parts and Fleet AmmunitionДЇORAGER Logistics in General and Ammunition in Particular Logistic Organization and Sources, South Pacific

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