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,
receiving the rank of
vice admiral a few months later.
Rear Admiral
Arthur Dewey Struble commanded PhibPac in 1946-48.
From 1953 to 1954, during the Korean War, Vice-Admiral
William M. Callaghan
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commanded Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet.
[Navy Department Library: Amphibious Force, US Pacific Fleet](_blank)
(December 4, 2006). Retrieved on September 8, 2009.
PhibPac was amalgamated into the new command
Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific, probably in the mid-1970s.
References
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Military units and formations disestablished in the 1970s