SERVICE SQUADRON TEN

The ships of Service Squadron Ten were stationed at the forward bases/anchorages of the Pacific Fleet. They repaired battle damage and engineering casualties, returning ships to front line service or making them seaworthy for transit to rear area Navy Yards.

Service Squadron Ten maintained four Service Divisions; ServDiv 101 at Leyte, ServDiv 102 at Eniwetok, ServDiv 103 at Saipan, and ServDiv 104 at Okinawa. In addition it had repair ships at Ulithi. ServDiv 103 was to be assigned WAG Campbell as flagship and designated to move forward to Kyushu.

IX 110 Ocelot Flagship of ServRon 10 and ServDiv 101 at Leyte

AG 31 Argonne Former SoPac Flagship, Flag of ServDiv 102 at Eniwetok

ARG 2 Luzon Internal Combustion Repair Ship, Flag of ServDiv 103 at Saipan

Destroyer Tenders

The Ten Destroyer Tenders that were designated for Operation Olympic are listed below with their August 1945 location. It is likely that a number of these units would have moved forward to Koshiki Retto and then Kagoshima Wan in order to repair ships as far forward as possible.

AD 12  Denebola        Eniwetok

AD  14  Dixie                Leyte

AD  15  Prairie           Ulithi

AD  16  Cascade          Okinawa

AD  17  Piedmont      Eniwetok

AD  19  Yosemite        Leyte

AD  20  Hamul               Okinawa, Flagship of ServDiv 104

AD  21   Markab          Leyte

AD  34  Alcor                  Leyte

AD  18   Sierra                Leyte