ComPhibPac, also seen as COMPHIBPAC, was the official
U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest displacement, at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft ...
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
Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral.
Australia
In the Royal Australian Navy, the rank of Vice ...
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 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
The Commander, Naval Surface Force Pacific (COMNAVSURFPAC) is the type commander for the Surface Force under the United States Pacific Fleet. The COMNAVSURFPAC is also the Commander, Naval Surface Forces (COMNAVSURFOR) and the Commander, Surf ...
, probably in the mid-1970s.
References
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Military units and formations disestablished in the 1970s